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Turborama

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Thu Sep-02-10 11:37 AM
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Fury in Austria at anti-mosque game

Source: Al Jazeera English

Far-right party launches online video that allows players to shoot down minarets and muezzins.
02 Sep 2010

The game allows players to shoot down minarets and muezzins with a 'Stop' button

A far-right party in Austria has sparked outrage by launching an online video game which allows players to shoot down minarets and muezzins calling for prayer.

The game, called "Moschee Baba", or "Bye Bye Mosque", gives players 60 seconds to collect points by placing a target over cartoon mosques, minarets and Muslims and click a "Stop" sign.

It is being used by the Freedom Party (FPOe), which has a link to the game on its website, to encourage voters to elect Gerhard Kurzmann, the party's candidate in the picturesque region of Styria.

"Game Over. Styria is now full of minarets and mosques!" it says at the end of a session, before inviting players to vote for Kurzmann on September 26, when local elections are being held.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/09/201092112448282972.html

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greiner3

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Thu Sep-02-10 11:57 AM
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1. US republicans don't have the patent on hate.

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Turborama

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Thu Sep-02-10 12:26 PM
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3. The fearmongering hate propaganda against Muslims has been going on in Europe for a while now

Edited on Thu Sep-02-10 12:34 PM by Turborama

I think the Reichwingers have been taking lessons from the likes of Austria and Switzerland.

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Thu Sep-02-10 08:45 PM
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5. The far right loves games where they get to kill anyone who disagrees with them

Remember that Christian Video game where you're supposed to kill all the Atheists?

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Thu Sep-02-10 09:33 PM
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6. Muslims, the new Juden.

Edited on Thu Sep-02-10 09:35 PM by Arrowhead2k1

The question is, how much worse do things have to get before we are forced to re-learn the lessons of the past this time?

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Fri Sep-03-10 11:07 AM
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7. Not even close

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Fri Sep-03-10 01:17 PM
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8. History will be the judge of that. nt

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