Dave Anthony, the former writer and director for the mega-hits Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, believes that United States soldiers should be stationed at schools. He contends that this will help to protect children from threats such as attacks from the Islamic State Iraq Syria (ISIS).
Anthony expressed his sentiments this past Wednesday at a forum hosted by the Atlantic Council, a group promoting “constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs,” where Anthony holds a fellowship in international security.
“The threat now, the invasion, comes from within,” Anthony told the group. “Imagine the concept of something like a ‘school marshal,’” he said. “Now these guys are U.S. soldiers who are in plainclothes, whose job and part of their responsibility is to protect schools.”
Anthony noted that he expected resistance to this idea, noting that “the public will think this is a police state.”
The writer/director went on to explain that this negative perception could be solvable through “marketing” and “brainwashing”.
“When we have a new product that has elements that we’re not sure how people will respond to, what do we do as a corporation?” he asked. “We market it, and we market it as much as we can—so that whether people like it or not, we do all the things we can to essentially brainwash people into liking it before it actually comes out.”
The Call of Duty scribe tried to drive home the alleged threat from ISIS attacking citizens on U.S. soil: “It could be that you have 100 of these guys who may be on our soil right now, who may even be U.S. citizens, who could legally walk into whatever gun store they choose, buy some assault rifles, and start attacking soft targets.”
Anthony’s remarks came a month after reports were published stating that school districts in California such as the Los Angeles Unified School District and the San Diego Unified School District received armored vehicles that had previously been used by the military in foreign conflicts.
Anthony did not reference any specific threats to schools from the militant Islamic group to justify the concept of armed school marshals.
The next game in the Call of Duty series, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare will be released on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC on 11/4/2014
How do you feel about the prospect of adding U.S. military personnel to schoolrooms? Has he been too immersed in his own Call of Duty plotlines? Sound off in the comments section below.
-Source: Businessweek.com
Not to mention it would be illegal. The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the use of the military on US soil as a law enforcement force. I’m a teacher, this is a stupid idea.
Really? No “Roll Call of Duty” Jokes or anything of the like?
The distrust of police in America is growing stronger every day due to them being the biggest and most dangerous gang currently in the country. The suggestion to have military patrol schools and ultimately be just another police force with even more power will make people fear the military just as much or perhaps more. The fact that Anthony had to say “the public will think this is a police state.” should have been a blatant confirmation that this would be a police state.
Perhaps my next Youtube video shall be me destroying my copies of Anthony’s crap games in protest of his stupidity and campaign to make the US more of a dictatorship then it already is.
It kind of seems like this guy has spent TOO MUCH time writing for the call of duty franchise and plunged into a constant state of paranoia. You definitely do not want to ask him about the impending threat of Nazi Zombies and why we should put random boxes in all of our schools.
It’s almost surreal how blatant he is about everything. “Anthony noted that he expected resistance to this idea, noting that “the public will think this is a police state.”” That’s because it is Anthony! The last thing we need right now is to take away more civil liberties and have more guys walking around with guns. It hasn’t been working out that well lately.
The Cubist hit the nail on the head. We don’t want guns in schools with kids. They could somehow get their hands on it or even think it’s ok for them to bring their parents gun to school. Kids are a lot more susceptible to association than people care to admit to.
It’s a disgusting proposition. The answer the violence isn’t more violence. Or in this case, the threat thereof. What happens when a clever couple of kids trick one of these guys and get his gun? With so much violence in schools already, the answer is not to put more guns in the vicinity. It really doesn’t matter who brings the gun to the party, it’s all about who ends up with the gun.
I think things like this should be kept as far away from kids as possible.
And brainwashing people into liking it? What the hell is this guy on? Sounds like one of those NRA nuts who thinks he should be allowed to walk into church with a machine gun at his hip.
That’s pretty interesting stuff. Not the worst idea I’ve ever heard but it kinda came outta left field. I also think it would be expensive AND unless the entire nation did it, it would make those few schools doing it bigger targets.