While some casualties of weapons are acceptable…
As you may guess, I dislike cats.
They’re usually not okay. Getting kind of sick of war games. Owning something with the purpose to kill actually turns my stomach, whether it be a toy or an actual gun. Only exception is something along the lines of a katana (a samurai sword), for ornamental purposes only.
Running around perpetually shooting arabic men in the face because they’re terrorists isn’t fun for me, it’s ridiculous. I won’t force what I believe on anyone else, but I do share this sentiment with the best of intentions in mind. Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty (whichever one we’re up to now) – they’re all the same over-the-top violent crap. Is it really a good idea to raise your kids learning that it’s fun to shoot things? Especially when it’s often doing so by subconsciously inciting a bias against arabic people or Islam through hating terrorism, without actually telling them what it is.
Agus, na nGaeilge. I had a conversation about this last night, almost entirely in Irish. Admittedly, it started out in Japanese, and with a different person, but I’ve now got a new resolution to become fluent in Irish. Tá cinneadh agam ansin. (Y)
