As I played Red Dead Redemption memories neighborhood play from the 1950s surfaced. One of the frequent after school activities on the block where I lived was a variant of Cowboys and Indians. Now please realize, this was back in the mid to late 50s, and this shooter usually was just Good Guys versus Bad Guys or Hermitage guys against Wood Street guys. None of us thought deeply about what the rolls meant in the grand scheme of it. We were just in a competitive mode and one side tried to eliminate the other, frequently enhanced by the shouts of "Bang your dead!", "Am not!!", and "Cheater!!!" I think that you might say that this type of activity is at the heart of team deathwatch in video gaming with the an algorithm set up to keep everyone honest. This not always accepted and results in a remark that the machine cheated. Sometimes negative results can still produce the fervent claims based on the distrust of the unseen umpire.
None of us, as far as I can remember shifted over to a life of crime just because we enjoyed being a villain. We knew it was fantasy play. I wonder if the immediacy of the Second World War, the Korean Police Action, and the constant threat of nuclear destruction had an impact on our perception of what was real and what was fantasy.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
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