[OT]Infantry computer training

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Brewer" <davidbrewer@blueyonder.co.uk>

> > (BTW, it's believed that "desensitization training"--in essence,
first
> > person shooter video games--will train riflemen to be much less
> > reluctant to shoot people.	Of course, if they played DOOM growing
up,
> > they may not need the Army's version....).
>
> FWIW, there was a report on the BBC yesterday saying that the
> British Army is using a version of "Half-life" to train squaddies
> on.

After the recent case where a student in Erfurt shot up his school there
was
a big discussion in the media because he was a big fan of
'Counter-strike'
and it was though he got some of his ideas from the game.

Greetings
Karl Heinz