I completely agree that there needs to be the ability to have an open discussion about religion in this country given that the United States draws its strength from it's diversity. However, even if you do not agree with another person's views, you should at least attempt to respect them enough not to be intentionally offensive.
According to TFA, all that was posted to the forum was:
"We Muslims consider the mixing of music and words from our Holy Quran deeply offending. We hope you would remove that track from the game immediately via an online patch, and make sure that all future shipments of the game disk do not contain it."
There were no threats of jihad or bombings. No one has been killed. It was a simple and reasonable request.
While I'm all for free speech, does the passage add value to the game? It sounds like it is being used as background sounds that 98% of gamers will never pay attention to let alone understand. It could just as easily be replaced by Klingon passages and have the same effect.
To leave it passages in when it adds nothing just to prove a point seems petty and spiteful rather than adding anything to the national discussion. It would be as if I wore a t-shirt with a picture of an aborted fetus to a Christian rally at a park. It doesn't add anything and is designed to offend those particular people.
The/. responses have been overwhelmingly negative towards Muslims, yet their sole input (in the form of the forum response) has probably been the most understanding and civilized I have read in this string.
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How is this not like Presidential candidates promising tax rebates and such during campaigns?
They are affectively buys people's votes with their own money.
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Very true. But we are in a very poor spot if we are looking to companies like Sony to be a moral guide.
I completely agree that there needs to be the ability to have an open discussion about religion in this country given that the United States draws its strength from it's diversity. However, even if you do not agree with another person's views, you should at least attempt to respect them enough not to be intentionally offensive.
According to TFA, all that was posted to the forum was:
"We Muslims consider the mixing of music and words from our Holy Quran deeply offending. We hope you would remove that track from the game immediately via an online patch, and make sure that all future shipments of the game disk do not contain it."
There were no threats of jihad or bombings. No one has been killed. It was a simple and reasonable request.
While I'm all for free speech, does the passage add value to the game? It sounds like it is being used as background sounds that 98% of gamers will never pay attention to let alone understand. It could just as easily be replaced by Klingon passages and have the same effect.
To leave it passages in when it adds nothing just to prove a point seems petty and spiteful rather than adding anything to the national discussion. It would be as if I wore a t-shirt with a picture of an aborted fetus to a Christian rally at a park. It doesn't add anything and is designed to offend those particular people.
The /. responses have been overwhelmingly negative towards Muslims, yet their sole input (in the form of the forum response) has probably been the most understanding and civilized I have read in this string.
How is this not like Presidential candidates promising tax rebates and such during campaigns? They are affectively buys people's votes with their own money.