Police in Belfast, Northern Ireland recently raided a camp of climate change demonstrators near a power
plant. The usual weapons of violence were confiscated: knives, bolt cutters, chisels, a throwing star — and the board game “War on Terror.” Yes, a board game was confiscated as a potential terrorist weapon.
The satirical board game copies the United States’ war on terror with opposing nations creating terror cells and players using an “Axis of Evil” spinner. Apparently, that is the problem. The unlucky player who is selected has to wear a balaclava with the word “Evil” scrawled on it.
The police said the balaclava “could be used to conceal someone’s identity or could be used in the course of a criminal act.” Of course, all criminals and terrorists are going to run around wearing balaclavas with the word “Evil” written across it.
Yet that does not explain why the police needed to confiscate the entire board game. Perhaps the police thought it was a coded plan for a terrorist plot. With special cards for “suicide bomber”, “WMD” or “Hijack Airplane,” they might have thought they could figure the next terrorist move. On the other hand, maybe they just wanted to play the game and the “pursuit of liberty and oil” as the game makers describe it.
The game is available only online, but if you buy a copy, stay out of Belfast.
Nothing seems to be easier than seeing someone whom you can help but not helping.
I suggest we start giving it a try. Give love to the ones that need it.
God will appreciate it.