[Vision2020] [Bulk] Re: church and paintball

[Paul Rumelhart]

In my opinion, as long as you have a good grasp of the line between 
fantasy and reality it shouldn't be a problem.  In that respect, it's 
like video games. 

I've played paintball, and it has more in common with the old games we 
used to play in the woods as boy scouts than it does with actual 
military training or conditioning.  You know it's not real, which 
completely changes the dynamic.  Nobody is drilling you, telling you how 
you might just kill somebody if you screw up, nobody is making it plain 
that other lives may one day depend upon your performance.  It's just fun.

A lot of companies use it as a team-building exercise, because (if you 
want to win) it forces you to rely upon someone else and to be relied 
upon to achieve a goal.  It also enhances your problem-solving skills.  
I see no conflict with religious groups doing the same thing, myself.

Paul

Ellen Roskovich wrote:
>
> *Dancing and making joyous noise is a far cry from slithering around 
> in the bushes, taking pot shots at your buddies and keeping score on 
> how many kills you have.*
>
> *Call me a fuddy duddy if you wish.  No, I'll even do it for you. . . 
> I'm a fuddy duddy.  I do not like organized "games" that condition 
> people to kill off their fellow humans.  *
>
> *I would cringe at any group organizing this activity for kids and it 
> would have opened the door for "discussion" at our household.*
>
> *Ellen A. Roskovich*
>
> **
>
>  
>
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>     From: /"g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>/
>     To: /<vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Mark Solomon" <msolomon at moscow.com>/
>     Subject: /Re: [Vision2020] church and paintball/
>     Date: /Sun, 1 Jul 2007 07:26:41 -0700/
>
>     Absolutely! Any time the Churched strip off their sack cloth and
>     ash and venture forth from their cloisters I worry that they might
>     have something resembling a good time. Next thing you know they'll
>     be dancing and making a joyous noise and goodness knows we can't
>     have any of that.
>      
>     g
>      
>      
>      
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         *From:* Mark Solomon <mailto:msolomon at moscow.com>
>         *To:* vision2020 at moscow.com <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>
>         *Sent:* Sunday, July 01, 2007 5:32 AM
>         *Subject:* [Vision2020] church and paintball
>
>         Does anyone else find this as disturbing as I do? (I'd post a
>         link to the full story, the rest of which is a straight
>         business story about paintball, but the Tribune is a
>         subscriber only website.)
>
>         Mark
>
>         *********
>
>         *Aiming for fun, with a license to thrill*
>
>
>         By Elaine Williams of the Tribune
>         Sunday, July 1, 2007
>
>
>         Church groups are among the most frequent customers of FTW
>         Paintball, a store that recently opened in Lewiston.
>         The organizers find that playing paintball is a way to create
>         relationships among their members, said Marty Frostad, owner
>         of the business.
>
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