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Hitman 2 & Sikhs Follow-up

[Nov 09, 2002, 11:54 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Hitman 2 front page (thanks Boba Fart) now has a link to a pop-up "corporate statement" following up on the recent uproar concerning the use and treatment of Sikh and Dalit imagery in the hired assassination sequel (story), and The Sikh Coalition Website has likewise been updated to reflect their satisfaction with this outcome. Here is a portion of the statement from Eidos:

In recognition of the concerns and sensitivities which have been raised, Eidos and the developers, IO Interactive, have responded in both a socially and commercially responsible manner by:

removing from the Hitman 2 website all relevant images and content;
taking steps to amend the game on all existing platforms; and
adapting the next edition of the game due out for the GameCube platform.

Eidos and IO Interactive would like to stress that no offence was intended but would like to apologise to the Sikh community and other persons for any offence taken.

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Nov 14, 2002, 01:20

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Treating others the way they treat you? Whatever! You go out of your way to pour gazoline on the fire to keep the flames alive. You love confrontation and you always have to have the last word. If you hadn't been so damn confrontational with everyone, these 2 threads wouldn't have gotten this far. That first post of yours on the first thread...Now that was a real winner. What did you expect? Coming to a site for this type of game and flaming Hitman2 as if it was a KKK game or something!? Can you say "exageration"? How about "blowing this whole thing way out of proportion"? That second one is a tad more difficult, but I'm sure you can do it. You know, it IS possible to prove a point without lying, exagerating and pissing everybody off. What about that "HA! IN YOUR FACE!" crap you've been spewing forth ever since Eidos caved? Oh yeah! You're real popular now, boyo! Keep on fighting people instead of just getting along. I learned to get along with others in kindergarten. But I don't get along with pissy little, trash talking jerks whose only purpose in life is to make everybody else's life miserable. I'm rude? Nah! I'm just blunt and I speak my mind. I'm just trying to pound a clue into that thick skull of yours before you make a fool of yourself like Bernard Shifman did. I'm sure some people here have heard of that nimrod. You got what you wanted. Eidos caved. Now why are you still bitching? Why are you still talking trash? Now what the fuck, may I ask, are you still trying to accomplish here? Do you have a purpose other than fanning the fire? PS: I noticed that in post #88. I neither have the time nor the inclination to read everything that gets posted on Blue's News.

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