Air Soft Racist?

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

Muslim outrage over 'corporate war game' where office workers shoot enemies dressed as Arabs

Muslim leaders condemned a new war game where teams of soldiers shoot at enemies - dressed as Arabs.

Men in camouflaged military gear battle opponents wearing shemaghs - the traditional headdress of Arab men - at Zulu 1 Tactical Airsoft Simulations.

Participants use replica machine guns, pistols and sniper rifles which fire 6mm BB rounds at a 20-acre former RAF hospital in Nocton, Lincs.

Images from the company's website show soldiers pointing rifles at hooded "Arab" men spreadeagled on the floor following "close quarter battles."

Founders Peter Jenkins, 41, and Darren Howells, 42, denied the use of Arab headdress was racist, claiming it was the "easiest way to tell who the enemy are."

Hey Headwreck... your being targetted.

[Msterbeau]

Racist? Naw. They could have picked a less controversial way to distinguish friend from foe though.

I would target Headwreck too. :-)

[odims_sphere]

Consider the US Army Racist then because we dress the opfor as Arabs to give our training a more realistic feel.

[Msterbeau]

Consider the US Army Racist then because we dress the opfor as Arabs to give our training a more realistic feel.

Is that really racist? It's more religionist. Or perhaps enemy-ist.

[odims_sphere]

Is that really racist? It's more religionist. Or perhaps enemy-ist.

I agree. I'm just saying that if it's racist to use arab looking people as the enemy you'll have to include the US army.

As far as the air soft stuff goes, someone has to be the other side. who it is doesn't really matter does it? If it was all middle aged white guys how is that any more or less racist?

People are to sensitive I think.

Racist would be not allowing someone to play just because they were Arab.

[ttogreh]

Well, Airsoft could mix it up... use Chairman Mao style outfits, and call it the Korean war, put the Opfor in grey, and call it Georgia, 1864...

It's probably NOT racist, but it COULD be racist... you know?

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

You know, I only really posted this to get Chris