http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/ Switched Comments for Rabbi Says WWII Video Game Helped Him Shake Fear of Nazis http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/]]>Mar 9th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/Mar 9th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/
Caps Lock is NOT cruise control for awesome.

Also, if you're able to use your imagination, a video game can be so very real and immersive. Don't believe me? Try playing Condemned in the dark. It'll freak you out.]]>Mar 9th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/
You need to go see a therapist. Restitution wont come about by doing exactly to them what made you so angry. It sinks you to their level and makes you no better than they are.

You can't do anything about what happened any more than I can other than spread the message and make sure it never happens again. Your feelings are misguided, stop being so bitter amd angry, the rest of the world has moved on and has learned, you should too.

And don't try and be clever back; I've been to Nuremberg, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin and to Auschwitz. I've seen the piles of shoes and hair and its no less choking to me than anyone else; but I don't leave wanting to come out and kill something. Defies the point if you do.]]>Mar 9th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/Mar 9th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/
I mean, is this mind set unacceptable by any group towards Nazis, but wholly appropriate for Jews towards others? A video game which allows people, Nazis and non-Nazis alike, to kill Jews would be called Anti-Semitic, hateful and would not be tolerated for an instant. But a video game which allows Jews to brutally kill Nazis is therapeutic, empowering and encouraged by Jewish Rabbis? I don't think so.

Gory, death-ravaging video games are detrimental to the healthy psyche of anyone who plays them. There is no special enlightenment, or therapeutic reward, from pretending murder and death will ease your worries. If Micah Kelber cannot use his mind in a positive way to conquer his demons and night terrors, he sure as hell shouldn't be living out his fantasies by playing the gruesome role of avenging angel. Now that is scary.]]>Mar 9th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/Mar 9th 2009 6:16PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/Mar 9th 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/09/video-game-helps-rabbi-overcome-fear-of-nazis/Mar 10th 2009 5:59PM