dorbie 0 #1 January 20, 2005 Your tax dollars at work: http://www.fema.gov/kids/games/tsunami/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #2 January 20, 2005 Let's just hope that was created before 225,000 died two weeks ago. Even so, it's in poor taste, but eh . . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #3 January 20, 2005 QuoteLet's just hope that was created before 225,000 died two weeks ago. Even so, it's in poor taste, but eh . . . Firefox shows me that the page was last modified on: Friday, October 22, 2004 5:11:00 PM Why is it in poor taste? - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #4 January 20, 2005 QuoteFirefox shows me that the page was last modified on: Friday, October 22, 2004 5:11:00 PM Why is it in poor taste? I see it as trying to teach kids what a Tsunami can do (without freaking the little kiddos out with all the death and bodies) and show the kids what FEMA does in response to natural disasters...that's just me. If I was directly involved with the accident in some form I *might* find it offensive, though.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #5 January 21, 2005 did you guys play it at all? Its a simple game teaching kids to put trash in trash cans, leave sea creatures in the sea. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PalletMan 0 #6 January 22, 2005 No need to worry about it anymore. They pulled it. FEMA Pulls Tsunami Game From Web Site QuoteFEMA Pulls Tsunami Game From Web Site Fri Jan 21, 3:26 PM ET By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - An online game to educate kids about tsunamis was pulled Friday from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (news - web sites)'s Web site amid worries it trivialized last month's devastation in southeast Asia and beyond. The game, which debuted on FEMA's kids' Web site in 1998, asked players to guide a car, a starfish, a surfboard and other beach objects back to their proper places after they were scattered by a tsunami. Winners were linked to a cartoon dancing frog. "A tsunami has just hit FEMA Beach and has rearranged a few things," the game directed. "Please put the 9 objects back where they belong to see the cyber-prize!" FEMA spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride said the game was first scrubbed from the award-winning kids' site immediately after the Dec. 26 tsunami. But the agency later restored it after hearing complaints from teachers and educators who missed it, she said. It was being removed for good Friday because of "the current environment," she said. "We thought that was the appropriate thing to do," McBride said. The tsunami cause an estimated 158,000 or more deaths in 11 nations along the coasts of southeast Asia and western Africa, and left as many as one million survivors needing food and shelter. Educators who still want access to the game and other kid-friendly disaster education materials can contact FEMA, McBride said. A spokesman for GiveWorld, a California-based online charitable organization, said the game's motive appears innocent but risks trivializing the recent devastation. GiveWorld says it has helped raise $500,000 for the tsunami victims. The game "makes it look like after, life can be just be pulled back together," said Upendra Bhatt, a member of GiveWorld's board of directors. "And it's not going to be that easy." I'm not sure I agree with this. The game is just a kids game and was there well before the tsunami hit. I played it and didn't think it was offensive. It smells like a case of being too politically correct. --ArtSky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #7 January 22, 2005 QuoteIt smells like a case of being too politically correct.Crazy We live in an age where we're expected to bend over backwards to make sure that we offend absolutely nobody. Are you surprised? - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soulshine 0 #8 January 22, 2005 QuoteIt smells like a case of being too politically correct. Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! While I am all for being considerate of your fellow man...some people take it too far. Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity! ~DEVIOUS BEEF~~FGF #69~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
