> You have my full support on this, Tat. > To those who say , its just a game, get over it > 1) It's a sim It's a simulation game. Is it used for "serious" research? You bet! However, it's also used as entertainment.
> 2) We are talking about the greatest mass murder of civilians in a > single act in history here. No wonder Tat is upset. He has every right > to be. > Actually, no we're not. We're talking about a bunch of people getting together online to _vaguely_ simulate a really nasty historical event. An event that is completely incapable of being "simulated" in FlightGear. > I take it there will be no objections when we organise a little fly in > with 757s Boston - Manhattan and the Pentagon? Or if we want to go with > the historical stuff how about a load of Zeroes from the Akagi into > Pearl Harbour? Have at! I'd even host the server if I had the pipe for it! Wanna know why? Because it's NOT REAL. IT'S FANTASY. IN A COMPUTER. I can understand why you're upset. I've had relatives that survived the PTO, including that merry little walk in Bataan. What blows my mind is the fact that seemingly reasonably people are getting their panties in a wad over something that is for the most part, based in the minds of the participants. > > Oh wait, those were American victims, thats different, isn't it? And as > someone else pointed out, the no fo victims at Pearl Harbour and > TwinTowers was a tiny tiny fraction of those who perished at Hiroshima > and Nagasaki. America shouts long and hard about rogue states getting > access to nuclear weapons. A bit rich coming from the only state ever to > have dropped them for real. > Yep, we dropped the first (and hopefully last) nuclear weapons in anger. Over 60 years ago. Before you get all saddled up on your high horse there, might I remind you that had the Axis powers gotten a working nuclear weapon first, you'd likely be the duty punch for some shustaffel(sp) officer right now. I have zero problem with someone simulating a run into the WTC or Pearl Harbor. It's not my thing, but I know that there is a very solid difference between meatspace and cyberspace. One doesn't bleed into the other unless you've got mentally ill people involved. > My vote is for that entire thread to be pulled and if necessary for the > MP servers to be made unavailable for the duration of this so-called event. > If the commentary violates the terms of use of the forum, I agree. Pulling the servers down is just silly though. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
