Premise: Video game technology was first developed in the military to augment training of military people.

Actual rationale: Military development funding is often the only way to bring a new technology into actuality.

Flawed conclusion: Therefore all video games are military in nature and breed militarism.


However, i think there is a good deal too much enthusiasm for militarism in certain segments of Western culture today -- including French, English, American, German, Russian and even Canadian versions thereof.

However I do not feel it is accurate or just to paint such sweeping and negative generalizations over a whole people, anymore than it is fair to accuse anyone who wears a turban of being a jihadist.

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