I am appalled. This is more colonizing the future. This sort of thing creates more terrorists in a few years. Unfortunately its going to perpetuate the conflict.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 7:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Fw: [ShomerNet] Islamic Fun! > > > OMG. > > Between this and the earlier story about the kids > playing terrorist bomber, it's very scary. > > -Ben > > > > Independent NewsMuslim children 'kill' Israelis on > UK-made 'Islamic Fun' > > CD > > > > > > > http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=301456 > > > > > > > > > � 2002 Independent Digital (UK) Ltd > > > > > > > > > 03 June 2002 20:57 BDST Home > News > UK > This Britain > > > > > > Muslim children 'kill' Israelis on UK-made 'Islamic Fun' CD > > > By Robert Mendick > > > 02 June 2002 > > > > > > A British company is producing an educational CD-Rom that > encourages > > Muslim children as young as five to "kill" > > > Israelis. > > > The CD, called Islamic Fun!, is being sold for �19.95 > from a suburban home > > in Crawley, West Sussex. One of the games on > > > the disc, obtained by The Independent on Sunday, is > called The Resistance > > and tells children playing it: "You are a > > > farmer in south Lebanon who has joined the Islamic > Resistance to defend > > your land and family from the invading > > > Zionists." > > > Players procure ammunition to fire at Israeli tanks by > answering multiple > > choice questions and then firing at the > > > Israelis as the tanks roll across the screen. There are > three playing > > levels: for children aged between five and seven > > > years, those aged eight to 10, and the hardest level for > children aged 11 > > and over. > > > > > > Questions include "What was the crime of the Jews of > Khayber?" and "Who > > said: 'I know I have been elected thanks to the > > > votes of US Jews. I owe my election to them. Tell me what > I have to do for > > the Jewish people' to Ben Gurion?" > > > > > > Abbas Panjwani, the director of the company Innovative > Minds, which > > produces Islamic Fun! said: "The game does not > > > target any human beings including soldiers, it targets > Israeli tanks. From > > that point of view it's no different from any > > > other war game. It does not target any religious or > racial group including > > the Jewish community. In fact its educational > > > content teaches children the difference between Judaism > and Zionism." > > > > > > The company has been producing the game for more than > three years but it > > has come to the notice of the Jewish community > > > only in recent weeks and follows a campaign on Innovative > Minds' website > > calling for a boycott of Israeli goods. > > > > > > Mr Panjwani said: "Since last December when we started > [our] boycott > > Israeli goods campaign we have received violent > > > threats to my wife and child, abusive phone calls, > several hundred hate > > e-mails every day, our website was forced to > > > close down due to threats against our host providers > which have all been > > reported to the police. > > > > > > "This matter of the game is the latest of a whole series > of abuse we have > > been receiving simply for practising our right > > > to oppose illegal occupation and atrocities committed by > the state of > > Israel." > > > > > > The Board of Deputies of British Jews, which represents > UK Jewry, has > > investigated the legal status of the CD-Rom but > > > has been advised by lawyers there is no current > legislation to make > > Islamic Fun! illegal. Fiona Macaulay, the board's > > > director of public affairs, said: "This CD is completely > inappropriate for > > children. This is the sort of material that > > > when taught to children breeds violence and hatred. It is > a tragedy that > > this is coming not from Lebanon but from > > > Crawley." > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
