British army welcomes gamers

Sir Richard Dennatt, Chief of the British Army General Staff (Richard Dannatt, with all the regalia in the photo on the left), in a speech on behalf of big business on Wednesday , saluted the youth of the “Playstaion generation”. “There was a time when some commentators and experienced army officers expressed doubts about whether modern youth would cope with the harsh conditions of bloody conflict,” the general said proudly and added that “our young soldiers are more than satisfied with their demands.” According to him, many soldiers who are now successfully serving in Iraq have in the past been avid gamers.

Interestingly, the contented mood of the military does not fundamentally coincide with the mood of the English sports figures and, in particular, football. In October, a little more than a month before the defeat of the England national team of the Croatian national team, which deprived it of its ticket to the European Championship the following year, the manager of the Portsmouth Football Premier League team Harry Redknapp spoke very unflattering about the role of game consoles in education of the younger generation. According to him, today fewer and fewer children go outside to enthusiastically kick the ball, preferring this evening to the flickering computer screen.

The moral is simple: know the measure in your addiction to games! If it doesn’t hurt your health and fitness, the army will be waiting for you with open arms.