As a retired 23 year veteran I have to agree that the game should be banned from every store in the USA. The game is an insult to every American who died in wartime. If I see a copy of it I'm afraid I will have to burn it in front of the store that sells it.

>>The U.S. military is overstepping its bounds here drastically, something it tends to do best.

Bullshit. The military has every right to ban anything they want from military installations. Military installations and the people on it are not bound by the United States Constitution -- they are only subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. US Constitution rights do not apply there. Anyone entering a military institution give up those rights during their stay.

I have to admit that I used to play a decent amount of Grand Theft Auto and its variants. I'll also confess that, while I normally play the part of a G.I. in video games, I've occasionally played on the Nazi side. Playing for the Taliban side seems a bit too far for me to go (I guess it's just too current and hence too real), but really, what's the difference? You're out there shooting cops and innocent civilians in Grand Theft Auto. Is that disrespectful to real-life cops and crime victims? I don't think it is. If you have a good sense of who are the good guys and who are the bad guys, it's harmless. I guess Grand Theft Auto was so over the top that it didn't even seem like real violence. Blowing up a U.S. Humvee would probably be more disturbing.

It would be interesting to see a survey of opinions of current U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan and see how many are offended and how many aren't, and how many would actually play the game.

I am so glad Ancient Dragon was here to defend those who serve and have served in the military.
My dad,my uncle, my grandfather, my great-grandfather, my great-great grandfather all served in the military. I am so glad that the government banned the game from being sold on the base. I think that this level should be banned altogether, but it is freedom of speech so it is allowed even though it is sickly warped, morbid, vile and Anti-Earth. Letting people play as the Taliban might give them the wrong impression. I keep seeing references to grand theft auto and how it didn't cause any problems. I know that a major fact has been ignored by gamers that GTA was the cause of at least one Real Life issue that I remember reading about off the top of my head. Three cops died because of an 18 year old who killed real cops after playing the Grand Theft Auto game. A long time ago when GTA was new a friend said this is a cool game. I put it in my system turned it on and as fast as I turned the game on I turned it off. I highly discourage the company from releasing this anti-american, anti-british, anti-earth level and if they do I highly question their judgment. You can give me negative ratings all you want. I know what is right and what isn't and this is not right!!
When I say anti-earth, I am NOT referring to all the countries, Men and Woman who are fighting to keep their Countries and families safe from evil. I am referring to the evil people who try to destroy our planet.

>>Letting people play as the Taliban might give them the wrong impression.

I've played GTA and I haven't run over any hookers, cops or children with my car yet.
I've played counter-strike as a terrorist, but I have never felt the need to take a bunch of people hostage, or rig a bomb somewhere.
I have also played Mario Bros and I don't feel the urge to dive in sewage pipes or eat green and red mushrooms.

People can think for themselves and know the difference between fiction and real life. If they don't: they need help. Your not going to help them by banning these games.

>> Three cops died because of an 18 year old who killed real cops after playing the Grand Theft Auto game

If it wasn't for videogames he would have done it because "aliens told him", "his dead father came to him in a dream", "the A-Team". These people are sick and need professional help. Putting your head in the sand by banning these games isn't going to help them or prevent these incidents from happening.
A few years ago "heavy-metal" was the source of all evil. Now it's games. Tomorrow it'll be something else.

I'll say it again: this game is wrong on so many levels.
The human mind, especially the teenager mind is very impressionable. This game should be banned or at the bare minimum have everyone be over 18 & carded & sign sometype of legal agreement. I am sure some stores will refuse to carry it while others see the dissatisfaction of their customers and stop selling it. Seriously, what were the game designers thinking? I design games & I leave anything to do with politics out of my games. Yes, this has to do with politics and so much more like morals and ethics.
Ding my rating all you want on here. I still won't change my comments.

1) There is nothing wrong with the military banning this game from their bases/service people to keep troop moral etc.. you need propaganda and censorship.

2) Video games do not make people go out an kill people, sick depressed frustrated people will go out and kill people no matter if they are reading a book with graphic descriptions of violent watching a movie or playing a video game or not.

3) These games are almost always rated M for mature meaning you have to be over 18 to buy it already it is the parents of the teenagers that are giving them permission to get it and often buying it for themselves and sharing it with their kids to have family time. Clearly it is the parents you should be complaining about not the video game manufacturer's.

The level should not be banned, games always let you play as good or evil I have won WW2 for the Soviets in RA, I have destroyed the Jedi as a Sith, I have used nukes and terrorist against enemies in many games. I have also done it as the good side. Depending on how it is done playing as the other side can give you insight into why they are fighting against you which is valuable if we want to stop them from fighting without exterminating every last one of them.

There are 2 sides to every story. I find it funny that the Americans (the only people to have used the atomic bomb and they did it twice when once would have sufficed) and participated in the cold war which nearly did destroy the planet with nuclear weapons are accusing people resorting to improvised explosives of trying to destroy the planet. Get some perspective there are only a few countries/organizations in the world with the ability to destroy the planet and they are the ones claiming to be 'protecting' us.

@tiger86 if your games have nothing to do with politics how boring they must be, part of entertainment is looking at an issue from a different perspective that's why most forms of entertainment do not feature average Americans as the leading characters we already know what it is like to be them.

I think that we all may be making a bigger deal of this than it is. As the story states, there is no prohibition against owning the game. I served in the military and spent over a year in Afghanistan. I personally saw a person lose his leg when a RPG hit his 7-ton. I have no problem with allowing military members to play this game if that is what they want. However, I also have no problem with a military base deciding not to sell a game that will in some ways legitimize Taliban actions. They are not prohibiting the right to play the game, they are merely exercising their right to choose what items they offer in their stores. I can't help but think that on a military base, there would be several people that have been harmed by actions of the Taliban that would have to pass that game on their way to the BX/PX. While most wouldn't be affected, I applaud the decision to prevent even a few mental breakdowns that might be caused. For the record, I will not and probably could not play this game because of the material. I enjoy MW2, but to me that is impersonal and not real. To play in a arena that I spent so much time in would not be enjoyable to me. But I would not want others to be prohibited from playing if that is what they desire.

Okay, first off I've never played Medal of Honor. I have played Halo online. I was quite tired last night when I made my second post. I know that games like Halo and GTA depict violence, but what seperates them from this new level of medal of honor is that
(1 the versions of Halo online that I played weren't set in any era. I also would like to state that while I have played Halo Online I didn't like it and quit after a few days. My cousin wanted me to play it.
(2 we are currently in the middle of a war on terrorisim & Medal Of Honor allows people to be the enemy that we are currently fighting.
(3
There is a rating above M, it just isn't sold at retail stores or at least I've never seen it.

I will admit that GTA case does indeed have to do with the players mental stability, but There is a big difference between books and Movies.

I've never watched the movies you listed, because those aren't my type of movies. Games that have shooting like guild wars are fine IMO, because you kill monsters & ghosts. I am not a fan of PVP in games like that, but even then you are a fictional character with powers. What I find wrong with this new Medal Of Honor is the fact that you can play as the enemy and fictitiously kill are own men. It is fictitious, but sends out the entirely wrong message.
I won't reply to any other posts.

Anyone noticed the Irony yet?

The best recruitment tool the US army has every had is an online computer game where you play a US soldier and shoot terrorists etc... they pay real soldiers to play and befriend the other players and recruit them.

Course the military should realize by making such a fuss over this game it is just going to guarantee it will be a success, look at all the free advertising they are giving it.

>>Course the military should realize by making such a fuss over this game it is just going to guarantee it will be a success
It does seem to work that way with anything that is banned whether it is drugs, alcohol, movies, books, games, guns, etc. I don't know about other countries but in USA banning something seems to produce a backlash affect.

Good.

The mind can be incredibly delicate. I am shocked that it took this long for the military to make it an issue. To use the term Censorship gives creativity a bad name. This is more a case of not respecting a serious issue.

If you've ever read the General's current orders, you'd see how much is banned throughout the military. Making this not much of a shock.

Only people who have never served in the military would be shocked at the banning. Such a thing is actually pretty common. I recall one time the Base Commander banned a Cheek and Chong movie because it involved drugs.

The military is an organization; it has to "forbid" certain things in order to not be seen "condoning" them. So they say "you can't buy it at the PX" and it's done. People serving in the military don't seem to have any trouble getting hold of these things, and the military organization can say "we've done what we can". Everybody's happy. I don't see what the big deal is.

I thought the armed forces run their bases as they see fit. To hell with so-called civil liberties and all that pretentious ballocks - they aren't civilians. If the Brig wants to ban a game, so what? If the Brig wants to ban married men from watching Sex in the City, you'd better not cop a peek. He'll have your knackers on a silver plate me old china.

Who's complaining anyhow? Is it the servicemen? Is it the game manufacturer? Is it some disgruntled game-playing-saddo that thinks he has a right to feel disgruntled about something that doesn't affect him directly? This world's getting pettier by the minute. Huh, I can see a law suit coming on. That'll help - not.