Just when you think you can't be surprised, something comes along and shocks you to your core. It happened to me just a couple of days ago. The news of this is working its way around the internet. What has so many of us so riled up? An android application called Dog Wars. Yes, dog fighting on your cell phone. The very same vile animal abuse for which Micheal Vick was jailed. Players of this "game," feed, water, train and fight their virtual dog for virtual money.
Why would anyone think that encouraging dog fighting on a cell phone was a good idea? How many people have downloaded this "game?" How many adults find it "fine" to abuse animals even in cyberspace? How many teenagers are playing with this application? And what is it teaching them? It teaches them that animal abuse means nothing, that it's just a game. That it's fun. It encourages brutal behavior. Well, when you think about it, Michael Vick got his football career back so why not? I'll tell you why not: to encourage violence is a breakdown of society. It translate to lack of empathy, of feeling, to condoning animal abuse. It encourages people to see one type of dog as brutal when it's the people who are brutal. Dogs have to be trained and abused to be pushed into such brutal fights. And I'm not even discussing the gambling aspect of the "game." What's next? Who else will be abused in a game? Babies? Women? Children? No, I'm not being dramatic, I'm being candid, following a thought process.
I can't tell you what to do. I can tell you what I did. I took a pro-active stance as the internet posts have suggested and contacted both the developer of Dog Wars, Kage Games, LLC and the owners, Google, to ask them to remove the application. If you want to write to them as well, here's the information:
Contact the Android market team here: http://tinyurl.com/3tqtrtr
and email here: press@google.com to demand this disgusting application be banned from the Android Market.
It's up to you to decide how you feel about this and if you want to take any action at all. Most people think that someone else will do it. Each of us is someone else and each of us is free to express an opinion.
1 comments:
You are spot on, Darlene. This is absolutely one of the worst, if not the worst game ideas ever. Thank you for speaking out and posting the contact information.
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