i am thoroughly /appalled/ by this website, www.darfurisdying.com. it's a /game/ modeled after the crisis in Darfur where the player is this girl going to fetch water for her people but is being chased by some sort of militia...
apparently it's supposed to raise awareness about the situation, but i think it's grotesque and completely misses the point.
i'm pretty sure it's sponsored by reebok and mtvu, and i really want to write a nasty letter to them. (there was an article about the game in today's life etc section.)
Anonymous
07:57:06 PM
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I read the Life, etc. section too!
have you played it? It tells you about the kinds of people who forage for water and say that people are always getting caught by the militia and killed.
It's not making fun of them at all. It seems just like one of the new age ways to "raise awareness."
It also allows for you to send a message to bush and learn more about Darfur, etc.
i didnt say it was making fun of it. i just dont think it appropriate at all.
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