Reply To: Police called to sort out a young wargamer.

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You know this reminds me of the constant scapegoating of video games etc. A shooter plays a violent video game and the media cries out that it makes people killers. It has been the same throughout history (including at one point people railing against Opera)

 

Now with wargaming there is a swastika on those mins and that person owns those minis therefore this person must be a nazi. I believe in fighting extremist ideologies and trying to stop it when people are young and vulnerable but wargaming can be an exercise in socialising, empathy and history. I just watched Stalingrad the other day, it has swastikas and is even from the German perspective but it certainly isn’t pro Nazi.

 

Then again, right wing terrorism is on the rise and you can’t ignore things like this. It’s a complicated issue and as Robert says there are laws in place that kind of tie teacher’s hands. I can see both sides of this and its a damn shame its disheartened them and stopped them gaming.

 

Really what should have happened here is someone should have been a simple conversation to sort everything out. But this whole thing is food for thought. (sorry for the ramble this thread gave me thoughts)