Somebody once told us if memory serves, it was a member of the Israeli Air Force that Israels fighter pilots were so remarkably skillful because they were huge video game fans. There is no better way to improve eye-hand coordination than by manipulating the controls of a video game.
Somebody else probably some overly-worried talking head on TV said that video games are the worst possible things to let your kids get their hands on. They are highly addictive, promote social isolation, sanitize violence and spur all kinds of anti-social behavior.
Were going to admit it we dont know video games. We dont know whether they create good fighter pilots or evil psycho killers or both. But we do know anti-Semitism and its awful taste when we see it.
Witness the new online game I.S.R.A.E.L. Attack, which can still be seen and played, under its new name, on the website of Comedy Central, the cable TV company that owns and profits from the game.
In the introduction, a character speaks to I.S.R.A.E.L (an acronym for the Intelligent Smart Robot Animation Eraser Lady) and says: You lied to me, Jew Producer. The Eraser Lady then proceeds to murder children and wreak sundry destruction.
The encouraging part of this otherwise sordid story involves the creation of a Facebook group, composed both of Jews and non-Jews, by the name of Comedy Central I.S.R.A.E.L. Attack game is offensive. Remove it.
According to Honest Reporting, the group quickly gathered more than 2,700 members and got quick results from Comedy Central.
The name of the online game has been changed to Drawn Together: The Movie: The Game. The offensive introduction has been removed. The original graphic art, however, still remains, as does the bulk of the games content.
JTA tried to reach Comedy Central for comment this week and received no response. No surprise there. How could anyone possibly defend profiteering from the promotion of hateful, anti-Semitic stereotypes?
