playing war

[MarkShot]

I play both war games (first person flight/sub, tactical, and operational) and business oriented games. I consider these to be intellectual exercises. As a systems person, I can tell you that any game based on real world material to simulate is likely to be more logical, interesting, and have closure than some sci-fi fantasy. So, I think war games offer a good challenge to the player. Finally, they are educational and I have learned more about history through this hobby than school ever taught me.

But these are only games to me. I am thankful that I have never stood on a hot battlefield, never been shot at, and never had the chance to shoot or take someone elses life. I am not pacifist, but I know that I am lucky to not know the horrors of war and that I owe a debt to the young men and women who gave/give their lives for me to have the life I have had.