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Xbox Live Enforcement — No Swastika Logo
itwbennett writes "It's one of those questions that really should never come up, but as blogger Peter Smith points out, Stephen Toulouse, the head of Xbox Live enforcement, is used to fielding all sorts of strange questions. Recently, one of those questions was apparently 'Can I use a Swastika as my logo in Call of Duty: Black Ops?' When Toulouse responded with the obvious answer ('No, of course you can't, we'll ban you.') he was met with some pushback by people he refers to as 'contrarians' and 'internet pundits' who decided to educate him on the long and storied history of the swastika as a symbol of good fortune and how just because the Nazis used it, it doesn't make the symbol itself a bad thing. Toulouse covers the topic on his blog in a post titled Context and it's an interesting read if for no other reason than to get a peek inside the day-to-day issues the Xbox Live Enforcement team deals with."
Don't you mean that you don't think that there's anything cool about swastikas? Other people might disagree.
Filthy, filthy copyrapists!
"Believe it not (and apparently you don't), his view is normal and commonly held."
Normal, sure. Commonly held? Prove it.
All we have at this point is you saying "it's not commonly held" and someone else saying "yes it is." I don't care how many stories you have or how many people you've talked to, the plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". So unless you can point to a study, I'm not taking your word for it.
-1 disagree is not a modifier for a reason. -1 troll, flaimbait, redundant, overrated are NOT acceptable substitutes.
Could you please list the countries in Europe, apart from Germany of course, that have an active ban on the swastika?
The Nazis specifically prosecuted and eliminated Jews, gays, lesbians, Roma, handicapped people and probably a slew of other groups that didn't fit into their world view, quite a difference if you ask me.
You don't seem to know what the word specific means. That also explains the other errors.
"His name was James Damore."
Now I understand why XBOX games are so expensive. They have people on their staff that think about such trivial and inane topics as this. If they just focused on software, I wonder how much their stuff would cost?
That's right. I don't. Now fuck off. XBox is not a democracy, it's a business, and it has a vested interest in making sure that it pleases the majority of its customers and keeps within what is commonly held to be social norms. Wankers like you are too interested in being little internet VIPs to compensate for your stupidity in real life.
Hear, Here! I'm fully on board with companies employing people to make considered, rational judgement about player-created content. Stephen Toulouse demonstrated in his post:
1) Consideration: He and his team are aware of the history of the swastika.
2) Reasonableness: What the average user of their services would associate with the symbol.
This is sanity, not oppression. Toulouse should be commended for his straightforward explanation.