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La Pucelle Tactics Publisher Explains Alleged U.S. Censorship
Thanks to 1UP for its interview with La Pucelle: Tactics publisher Bill Swartz regarding alleged censorship to the PlayStation 2 SRPG from the developers of Disgaea, after an eToychest interview with the game's Japanese producer revealed: "We did take out a very few things we felt would cause problems in North America." Following sustained noises of discontent on the GameFAQs messageboards, it's explained: "Alloute wore cross earrings a few times and we took them out. We also removed a few other cross accessories and changed a handful of devices that looked like crosses (unless you looked carefully) to devices that looked a little less like crosses." Swartz laments: "There are well organized forces that work hard to punish software makers and sellers for what they consider religious transgressions", and clarifies the changes were "...not things that either carried meaning to the game's original audience or were in any way part of the substance of the game."
Oh BS. You'll get the same minority fired up in those countries as you get over here. I thought you continental jackasses had this completely objective unbiased news.... Same song different chior I guess.
For your personal edification, moron, the proper way to handle a united states flag that has touched the ground is to burn it. This has been the case for a LONG time.
The Pledge of Allegence is hardly about a flag.
The correct and original version is:
I pledge allegiance to my Flag,
and to the Republic for which it stands:
one Nation indivisible,
With Liberty and Justice for all.
It's about the unity of a people and a repbulic a few decades removed from one of the bloodiest conflicts of the modern era. We can argue over the utility of loyalty oaths by children, or the unseemlyness of Caesar taking up religion to distract people from social ills. But the message is a good one. I like it in latin better, e pluribus unum, and were I devil king of children I might start every school day *that* way. But it ain't about a flag.
What's really funny is, it makes sense that you don't understand that. Not just that the American Civil war might seem esoteric to European children. But it's what makes America a superpower, and Europe not. When the shit hits the fan, we know which team we play for. When the shit isn't hitting the fan, we're in competition with each other. One continent's arrogance is another's introspection.