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Sanitizing Expression In Virtual Worlds
1up has a piece looking back at the GLBT guild mixup that happened earlier this year in World of Warcraft. From the article: "'... last summer a friend introduced me to WOW, and I really liked it, though I didn't care for remarks many of the players made, like the fact that everything is apparently so gay when it's bad. So I decided to create my own guild, which would be GLBT friendly.' Sometimes singing, other times slogging her way through WOW's exacting echelons to a formidable level 60, Andrews had big endgame plans for her developing guild--until January 12, 2006, that is, when a note from publisher Blizzard blinkered everything."
That was so uncalled for! I mean that Blizzard Publisher is so ghay!!.. ;P
That's gay.
Steve -- http://tail-f.net/
Sorry couldn't resist.
/ignore users that say things you don't want to hear and please don't try to force your gay agenda on the rest of us.
In all seriousness, I don't want to deal with homosexuality in an online game.
In my opinion, one of the problems gays have in gaining acceptance is the fact that they have aligned themselves with the Bisexuals and Transsexuals. (GLBT)
The gays I know tend to be normal people who are great neighbors, teachers, whatever, independent of their sexuality.
Transgenders however are freaks. I would not care in the least if my child's teacher was gay. I would never, ever, ever let my kid be taught by a transgender- whether it is someone who has had their penis cut off, or a woman who has had an addadicktome. They look like men wearing makeup. They scare and confuse kids. Seriously- having your wedding tackle cut off and getting boobs is fucked up...
And Bisexuals do not exist. You are either gay or not gay.
Anyhow, my 2 cents- Posting A/C because of the poss. of getting flamed...
but insightful? that is soooo gay...
i'm sure moderator was being ironic. its absolutely impposible like saying the world is flat or that it was "made" in 7 days or something... wait... seebreze, you do know the world is round do you? right? ...
I don't tolerate people abusing the english language. Learn to spell "tolerate" and "intolerance" moron. Seriously, don't tolerate anything that someone might find offensive, because it's your god given RIGHT to be not offended, damnit! We should make sure no one can ever do anything that might possibly offend someone else, and make it a law! Let's outlaw interracial marriage. It offends me.
Most of the problem is that people are just looking for an enemy, looking for a pet cause they can get behind so they don't have to face the fact that they aren't doing anything actually useful with their lives (and I don't mean just people on about the usage of "gay". I mean people that get upset at violent video games, Republicans, Democrats, whatever. The most dangerous thing in the world is a person with too much time and a "cause")
My blog. Good stuff (when I remember to update it). Read it.
Wow, Blizzard just went from one of my favorite game companies to one of my least favorite. They were not my favorite because they have not made Star Craft 2, otherwise their products are great. If I ever own a company that has an online game, some discrimination will be alowed, like yelling at stupid assholes that don't know what the f**k they are talking about (like me) or the god damned religious people (oh wait, those are really the same f**king group) will be encouraged. Yelling at someone for being gay, bi, transexual, or anything like that will be strictly banned and met with a $500 fine, which will be writen into a binding contract. Half the fine will go to the company, have to the player who was insulted. For every insult the offender will be fined. So if he yells at ten people by saying "Your all f**king gay" he will be fined $5,000. Yes I ramble, but I shall take over the Earth anyway.