Fighting in a war is serious. Playing a video game is not.
In war, you have a high risk of dieing. In a video game you do not.
While in war you see your best friends get shot an killed. In a video game you do not.

When you play the video game you have a great time. Whether you are playing alone or with your friends. It can cause a big competition, laughter, and a great bonding experience. If you and your friends get tired of the game you can pause it, go get a snack, maybe go play outside, and then return whenever. But,playing the video games that imply that you are in the war are ridiculous. If you die, you start over. If you make it through the game without dieing, if puts the mentality in your brain that you could survive the real deal. In war, you have to be fit, active, strong, and ready to serve your country. Sitting on your couch does not prepare you for that.

In war you dont get to take a break. Most of the time its not a great bonding experience or much laughter. It is serious and you put yourself into a great load of danger. Forbid you die, but if you are killed in the real battle, there is no restart button. You dont get to use your next life, you are done. Gone.

The graphics on a video game is brutal at some points, but you move on and you go try and kill the enemy.
The graphics in war arent graphics. It is the blood from your friend. Another soldier.

The mental piece of it all is very opposing.
Suppose you are playing a war video game, and your friend is a fellow teammate. If you are playing and your friend loses his last life, he sits there and watches you finish the game in hopes that you will win. If it wasnt in the video game, you friend would be lying there in pain until he dies. He wouldnt be cheering you on while you try and complete your tasks.

"Oh its not that bad, we can start a new game and forget about us being killed"
No. That is the wrong message. The war does not hand out redo's.

They should not exist.

Dog(Plane)Fight.

To start off, that game was very difficult! If I can barely play the game I have no idea on how the pilot could do all of the controlling. While I was "attempting" to play the game I had to worry about not crashing into the ground, making sure the plane was going in the direction for a good aim of shot, and actually shoot at the other plane! I know that when there was an actual dogfight the pilot wasnt alone. The shooter in the back and the pilot had to be in complete sync with each other. If one went wrong the other was in trouble too. Thinking about it at first seems like if you were the shooter you shoot; if you were the pilot you steer. After playing the game it gives a good experience to understand that they not only had to do their job, they had to understand what their partners job was, as well.

Letters to Mommy.

http://www.war-letters.com/0023/0003.html





Could you imagine not being about to talk to your mom every day? Would it hurt you to know that you wouldn't know right away if anything was wrong with her? I know that I could never imagine, and it would kill me. Not knowing any information about my family. Not knowing how they are doing when ever I want. Im not sure how those men did it. I would think their frustrations are being angry from all the unknown questions, worried because of the unknown questions, but at the same time to hear from the family makes them feel the happiest that they could. Receiving the special gifts would be a joy.

Gallipoli. Wipeout.

-Weapons.
-Being on the front line.
-Gas bombs in the trenches.
-Long exhausting walks.
-Carrying heavy equipment.
-Sneak attacks.
-The harsh weather conditions.

These reasons came to my mind while thinking of the great number of casualties. The weapons were large, heavy and hard to maneuver. The sneak attacks describe itself, along with the Gas Bombs. The walks look horrendous and having to deal with the difficult weather conditions must have been a challenge in itself. Having the number of casualties that were recorded hurt society because no one would know if they had lost a member of their family. Everyone would worry and the only way to know is if you receive a letter (which would take longer than they would have wanted)