To expand upon my original post on this thread me, the fact that sims remind you of the real thing is actually a quite a good thing in a lot of ways. I think it helps preserve the memory of a lot of very gallant actions, and serves as a warning for some of the nastier ones too.
Actions such as the sinking of transports with POWs on board - or anyone else for that matter - would for many people otherwise uninterested in history remain forgotten were it not for them appearing in simulations. And even though I've always been interested in history, I'll freely admit that many simulations have encouraged me to read a wider field of literature than I probably would otherwise have done.
It's also interesting to note that a shared interest in a subject, such as submarine conflicts, has brought many people together on this forum from around the world. Such an international meeting is going to make it ever-increasingly difficult for governments to demonise other nations in an attempt to get their populace to go and kill them. So in that sense, you could argue that submarine simulations are actually anything but depressing.
I'd certainly hope so.
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