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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. <br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Paul<br>
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Ellen Roskovich wrote:
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<p><strong>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.</strong></p>
<p><strong>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. </strong></p>
<p><strong>I would cringe at any group organizing this activity for
kids and it would have opened the door for "discussion" at our
household.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ellen A. Roskovich</strong></p>
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Subject: <i>Re: [Vision2020] church and paintball</i><br>
Date: <i>Sun, 1 Jul 2007 07:26:41 -0700</i><br>
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face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></font></div>
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<div><font
style="font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;">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.)</font></div>
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color="#000000">By Elaine Williams of the Tribune<br>
Sunday, July 1, 2007<br>
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Church groups are among the most frequent customers of FTW Paintball, a
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color="#000000">The organizers find that playing paintball is a way to
create relationships among their members, said Marty Frostad, owner of
the business.</font></font></div>
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