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minus-squareLath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down3·5 months agoAvoiding political opinions on South Korea, the court’s claim would be that because he likes shooting guns at other people in games, his objection to military service has no ground to stand on.
minus-squareShurimal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down4·5 months ago“A paintball player? Clearly you must be a gung-ho militarist who loves war!” “Have a BDSM kink? You go around kidnapping and torturing people, don’t you?” “So you like reading murder mysteries, huh? Seems like you’re a murderer yourself, then!” —Some South Korean judge, probably.
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down5·5 months agoWhich is fucking dumb beyond measure and logically, spiritually, and sensibly makes no fucking sense. Military service isn’t a god damn video game
minus-squareJerb322@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months ago“I miss Call of Duty…” “We are IN Call of Duty, and it SUCKS!”
minus-squareNightwatch Admin@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·5 months agoBy that logic, I should be their divine leader because I play RTS games.
Avoiding political opinions on South Korea, the court’s claim would be that because he likes shooting guns at other people in games, his objection to military service has no ground to stand on.
“A paintball player? Clearly you must be a gung-ho militarist who loves war!”
“Have a BDSM kink? You go around kidnapping and torturing people, don’t you?”
“So you like reading murder mysteries, huh? Seems like you’re a murderer yourself, then!”
—Some South Korean judge, probably.
Which is fucking dumb beyond measure and logically, spiritually, and sensibly makes no fucking sense. Military service isn’t a god damn video game
“I miss Call of Duty…”
“We are IN Call of Duty, and it SUCKS!”
By that logic, I should be their divine leader because I play RTS games.