>>It would be easy for a sniper with a high powered rifle to sit on top of a mountain and pick off athletes or spectators.
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>Sigh.... Sometimes I wonder, are video games becoming more life-like, or is life becoming more video game-like?

About 10 years ago military experts were delighted with video games being played by children. They said "it was good training for the next war, which will be fought with such control devices as joy sticks"! All that we are doing is teaching the young to get ready for war. When I was a kid this was done with toy pistols and rifles. Now you can be 4F for the military because you played too many video games and screwed up your "trigger finger". :)