Musings from Kandahar

[astfgl]

Welcome, my friends, to the show that never ends. The UN has recently completed a board game called "The Road To Peace," designed for 10-12-year-old kids from Afghanistan. The game is intended to help the children deal with the realities of their lives in a positive manner, but realistically, it comes off as quite trite. Here are some of my

Comments

Western Sensibilities

[manonmaru]

This whole idea seems very Western to me. We won't be satisfied until everyone is playing their life like a video game. I'd love to see an Afghan version of the SIMs.

Re: Western Sensibilities

[astfgl]

Heh, but the sad thing is that we'd only ever see an American-made Afghan Sims, where all the Sims ran around increasing their racial intolerance and secretly plotting to overthrow capitalist Simerica.

Re: Western Sensibilities

[manonmaru]

Or they'd have SIMs hostage videos streaming across Al Jazeera, just like the SIMs Mtv videos. Have you ever seen those? Laugh, cry...it depends on how drunk I am when watching said displays.