Submitted by Monkeychow - May 16, 2007 at 6:59 pm -050071.70.252.37
@ILiveatVATECH : In no way does this say what you went through was not hard. In no way does the game state that it was not a horrible act. HAve you had to explain to your son yet about World War 2? Have you had to explain that ANY war game he plays was actually real at one time? People died. You can honestly look at this from either side. Anyone that can relate to ANY material is going to have a problem with it. Watching United 97 APPAULED part of my family, because I had family die in the WTC bombing. Why did they decide to make a movie and make money off the tragedy? Regardless of it is done in a tactful way or not, there will always be someone who won't like something. But for the people getting up in arms about this, there is PLENTY of other things in the world they should be up in arms about too..but I'm sure they're not. I'm sure they'll let their kids watch the same things, or play the same video games that basically mean the same thing.

It reminds me of the religious groups that picketed the Matrix movie when it came out. "OH MY GOD THE VIOLENCE!!!" "I WOULD NEVER LET MY KIDS WATCH THIS"..................then they went to see Passion of Christ...because they had to see how Jesus had it. If you have seen the movie, you will understand my irony.

I have seen material on the holocaust making fun of it, and I have laughed.....why? because I can separate the actual event from the media/fiction created about it. Same reason I could goto a horror movie and watch someone slaughtered, and it does not phase me....but to see someone hurt in real life...is a VERY horrible event. I relate it to a car crash I witnessed recently that shook me up. I can watch car crashes on TV and it does not phase me a bit. But when I saw an SUV flipping multiple times in front of me, that is a completely different story. THAT is reality...not fiction based around it.

To you, I have all the respect and prayers to you for going through what you did....it honestly was a horrible thing to happen. But if you can't ignore media and have to get over sensitive about it...then shame on you....you should be stronger than that.

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