Texas Governor As E3 Keynote Speaker Causes Strife

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday June 3, 2008 @10:03AM from the keynotes-inciting-riots-a-new-popularity-tactic dept.

Zonk pointed out a post on Joystiq highlighting a recent tantrum thrown by the ESA. Apparently the ESA didn't appreciate the framing GamePolitics chose to use for a story about E3's Keynote speaker and Texas Governor, Rick Perry. GamePolitics continues to call Perry into question as a choice for keynote speaker, saying: "While there are surely many Christians among E3 attendess, there are just as surely many who aren't. Aside from the fact that Perry was a bizarre keynote choice from the get-go, his divisive comments indicate that the ESA should rescind the offer. We have to ask again: why is E3 2008 being politicized? The answer, we suspect, has much to do with embattled ESA boss Michael Gallagher."

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Re:GamePolitics motivated by bigotry? by jaspeers · 2008-06-03 10:47 · Score: 0, Troll

"It seems fair to ask whether GamePolitics is motivated by anti-Christian or anti-religious bigotry in their coverage. " Who's the bigot? The incident they mentioned involved the Governor agreeing with the infamous preacher Hagee, who said non-Christians will "burn in hell." Wait--who's the bigot here? How is it okay to think that a large group of people--most of the world--will and should burn for eternity in a pit of fire, but it's not okay to condemn people who believe such evil fairy tales?