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Old 07-24-2008, 04:20 PM
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Re: U.S. Military Recruits Children with Video Games

The problem though that makes America's Army special is the fact that the web site looks like (or may even be) a recruitment page for the American military unlike games like Call of Duty. The military also keeps statistics from American Army which the don't with other similar games.

Other than that I agree that children are desensitized to violence and there is far worse than American Army in that respect. But games like Grand Theft Auto, Silent Hill, and Call of Duty are not trying to turn children into soldiers.
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