Canada Dismayed Over Quebec Terrorist Game Plot

Posted by simoniker on Thursday October 23, 2003 @10:57AM from the mais-non dept.

Thanks to Canoe.ca for their article discussing the Canadian reaction to the in-game plot of Sony's forthcoming PS2 title Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain, which has a level in which "...the [terrorist] Quebec Liberations Front has taken control of one of Toronto's underground subway tunnels." This is "an apparent reference to the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ), whose kidnapping and murder of Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte in 1970 led to the imposition of the War Measures Act." A spokesperson for the Toronto transit commission has suggested: "The fact is someone is putting the Toronto subway as a terrorist site, that is a very dangerous thing to do", while a group of Quebec sovereigntists have commented: "It's difficult not to be made to feel like a target when you have a game inviting players to shoot at separatists." Update: 10/23 23:25 GMT by S : According to CTV.ca, Sony have now agreed to change the game, "rather than face a real-life storm of angry Quebecers."

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Canada Just Wants To Feel Important by Macaco+Do+Mar · 2003-10-23 16:33 · Score: 0, Offtopic

No offense to any of you hosers out there, but i think that Canada just wants to feel like a real country. I mean come on, all they have are mooses, hocky, and french fries with gravy. I say let them have this one if it makes them feel like a real nation.