Comments on: Army Considering Fort Belvoir Amusement Park

By: All Things Paintball »

All Things Paintball » — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:30:54 +0000

[...] Army Considering Fort Belvoir Amusement ParkOutside Beltway - Following closely on the heels of the forthcoming upgrade of the Vietnam Memorial ( frag your parents with authentic wacky paintball rifle!), the Army is pleased to announce that to pay for its somber, Medal of Honor-shaped national museum at [...]

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:10:21 +0000

As for traffic, it could be part of the development project to improve the traffic and access in the area. This is common for a developer to contribute to the infrastructure to support their project

Obviously you don't live in DC.

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:06:24 +0000

Army rejects military theme park idea

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The Army shot down a developer's proposal Tuesday to build a military theme park on a Virginia Army ...

By: JKB

JKB — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:12:34 +0000

Sounds like a great idea to me. Playing Army is fun for kids. Except for painting the rides camouflage and adding explosion sounds, little would be different from other parks. The parachute ride will still take you up and drop you, the roller coaster would still take you for a thrill ride. It seems the thought that someone might actually see the Army as anything but bad is the problem some are having with this. Let's face kids, even today, play army, not angry intellectual. Or at least the kids of people who would visit the National Army Museum play army.

If you want to dissuade kids from glorifying war, let 'em play paintball war. Nothing like finding out how painful little balls of paint are when your hit to make you appreciate not having lead shot at you.

Of course, there is always the risk that some small percentage of visitors will decide to test their metal serving their country when they come of age. But, you know, there's risk in everything.

As for traffic, it could be part of the development project to improve the traffic and access in the area. This is common for a developer to contribute to the infrastructure to support their project.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:13:56 +0000

Sigh...I recall when there used to be THREE world class resorts in Germany. There's also the nice hotel in downtown Tokyo... But seriously, my beef would be that the government is giving government land to a private business to develop the park, presumably to run as a private for-profit enterprise? If they're expecting 3 million visitors annually, then the traffic situation around the springfield "mixing bowl" interchange is going to become very interesting with the tourist traffic mixing with the commuters. I'm glad I don't live near that part of the county.

By: Donald Sensing

Donald Sensing — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:07:47 +0000

Are those complaining about this alleged “glorification” of war concerned about the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds traveling to sporting events and air shows wowing impressionable youngsters with the sexier side of the military?

Uh, yes, they are.

Please don't tell them that DOD (Army is the executive) runs three world-class resorts, one in Germany, one at Disney World, the other on prime real estate at Waikiki.

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