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re: Vice Video: The New Wave of American Masculinity

Posted on 5/10/16 at 11:03 am to
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 5/10/16 at 11:03 am to
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That is extremely slippery-slopish. How many kids play CoD, Battlefield, and other combat-oriented video games? A ton of them. They miss the physical component, but they still promote tactical thinking (if you're any good).

And I don't think that playing games like dodgeball or tug of war or Call of Duty is necessary to become an innovative military strategist. There are many ways to learn the kind of thinking that is required for military exploits


If anything, CoD and similar games give a totally fictitious and unrealistic view of war fighting to young men today. The danger is they think they know about war fighting from these games while I'm truth they don't.

A great example I can think of is the popular notion on the OT that drones would be an effective weapon all on their own at stopping a Russian combined arms attack against Central Europe.
Posted by Hog on the Hill
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Posted on 5/10/16 at 11:18 am to
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If anything, CoD and similar games give a totally fictitious and unrealistic view of war fighting to young men today. The danger is they think they know about war fighting from these games while I'm truth they don't.

A great example I can think of is the popular notion on the OT that drones would be an effective weapon all on their own at stopping a Russian combined arms attack against Central Europe.
And yet somehow playing tug of war and dodgeball gives you a better idea. Yeah right
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