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[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 46 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I wonder how people in the Middle East feel about Call of Duty.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Rami Ismail is Dutch but obviously cares about this topic. And when he seems to feel a particularly high level of self loathing, he talks about it online

https://kotaku.com/war-games-muslim-arab-call-of-duty-palestine-1851055848 is a great article that includes quotes from him and discusses the topic at large.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure the people of Gaza are always excited to play the "counter terrorists" on Dust 2 as well.

It took watching a bunch of videos on Israeli weapons development before I learned who uses the fucking Negev

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're not going to find a weapons maker with an unproblematic background (part of the problem with sourcing arms for your SRA meetup) but IMI certainly has a bad one.

They've also got a number of totally iconic weapons though. Separate the art from the artist and all that.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago

Of the lines I draw in my gun purchasing decisions (you're right they're all war profitiers), IWI and the like is the only one that I actively disuade people from.

That being said, the engineering history nerd in me is easily compelled to learn about design philosophies