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Russia Recalls Modern Warfare 2
eldavojohn writes "You may recall much ado over some questionable footage in the latest Call of Duty game. Well, that footage has led to a recall of Modern Warfare 2 in Russia. Seems the Russian government was none too happy about the portrayal of Russia in the game and decided to yank it from stores. Infinity Ward has responded with a patch that removes the 'No Russian' mission (the content in question) from the storyline. Before you overly criticize the Russian government, there may be some truth to the claim that the game's story line overly demonizes Russians as just terrorists as the Russian site GotPS3.ru alleges. Is cultural sensitivity becoming an overly played card in the gaming world? Not too long ago, Wolfenstein was recalled in Germany for containing Nazi symbols."
Oh boo hoo. Russia has a bad history, it should expect criticism
All your 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 are belong to us
Image is much more powerful than nukes (that you can't use anyway) these days, The first step to going to war with somebody is to deionise them, then make it clear that your soldiers are just doing a job while theirs enjoy killing, if the general public don't buy that, then when you drop nukes you'll be tried as a war criminal! PR is a much more powerful weapon than a nuke.
But hey your just a stupid fat american so you wouldn't understand that.
IranAir Flight 655 never forget!
Actually, it comes down to a difference of philosophy on how to build a brighter future. While Americans profess "We must learn from History, lest it repeat itself." -- Germany argues "We must not learn from History, lest someone get ideas on how to repeat it."
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How very arrogent of you, to think that people are so stupid as to be influced as much as you claim. Oh, but I'm sure you don't think media influcences YOU right? After all, you're too smart.
How about we do this instead; let people think for themselves.