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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Some parallel insight...

Nov 9, 2002, 17:53

Alex Johnson

Let me tell you guys a little story (a true story, saw a documentary on it on TLC)... There was a black man somewhere in the south that committed a murder, but the circumstances were not totally known. Nonetheless he was convicted and sentanced to like 20 years. Needless to say, he was a likable man and the guards at his maximum security prison came to believe his version of the story and ended up getting behind him during his numerous appeals/parole hearings until he was released after doing like 7 years. Well, as it turns out, he really did commit the first crime and after bieng parolled he commited 2 more horrible home-invasion murders and was later apprehended after a multi-state manhunt. Well, now he was convicted a second time (to death) and since the state isnt to large population wise he was sent back to the same prison, in the deathrow wing. Believe it or not, several of the same guards watched over him again. Well, you wouldn't be suprised to find out they were quite mad to be fooled and used the "N" word when conversing pertaining to him within earshot. The story isn't quite over though, this man filed several lawsuits against the prison system for racism, bringing big news, the NAACP, and even a champion for civil rights, a catholic nun. She was so caught up in the whole affair (and, maybe a fetish or two of her own :P) that in the documentary interview she likened this monster to jesus in that both of them had been ridiculed by their jailers. The morale of the story? If it was a white man who did this and someone called him a pervert, rapist, bastard, or any other derogatory term under the sun, it would be commonplace. Anyone else, its racism.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Nov 9, 10:56	Blah	markv
	2.	Nov 9, 11:00	Re: Blah	Raven
	4.	Nov 9, 11:05	Re: Blah	Razorman
	5.	Nov 9, 11:06	Re: Blah	Dr.Del
	40.	Nov 9, 19:47	Re: Blah	Saint Proverbius
	48.	Nov 9, 23:50	Re: Blah	Raven
	78.	Nov 12, 03:33	Re: Blah	markv
	79.	Nov 12, 06:06	Re: Blah	Von Helmet
	99.	Nov 14, 13:39	Spicy food purveying peasants	drivelsadvocate
	100.	Nov 14, 19:28	Re: Spicy food purveying peasants	JediLuke
	80.	Nov 12, 12:40	Re: Blah - Company Apologies	Metacritic
	83.	Nov 13, 00:12	Re: Blah	Dr.Del
	84.	Nov 13, 01:40	Re: Blah	Quaternion
	85.	Nov 13, 02:10	Re: Blah	Nagumo2001
	89.	Nov 13, 12:54	Re: Blah	Dr.Del
	90.	Nov 13, 15:08	Re: Blah	Nagumo2001
	92.	Nov 13, 16:36	Re: Blah	Dr.Del
	86.	Nov 13, 02:21	Re: Blah	markv
	87.	Nov 13, 06:48	Unlucky Del	Von Helmet
	88.	Nov 13, 12:46	Re: Blah	Dr.Del
	91.	Nov 13, 15:34	Re: Blah	AgentD
	93.	Nov 13, 16:42	Re: Blah	Dr.Del
	94.	Nov 13, 17:14	Re: Blah	Von Helmet
	95.	Nov 13, 23:05	Re: Blah	Quaternion
	96.	Nov 14, 00:17	Re: Blah	Dr.Del
	97.	Nov 14, 01:20	Re: Blah	Quaternion
	98.	Nov 14, 04:46	Re: Blah	markv
	101.	Nov 14, 23:33	Re: Blah	Nagumo2001
	102.	Nov 14, 23:46	Re: Blah	Xombie
	103.	Nov 15, 00:18	Re: Blah	Quaternion
	104.	Nov 15, 03:30	#101	Von Helmet
	105.	Nov 15, 07:35	Re: #101	quazar
	11.	Nov 9, 13:15	Re: Blah	Silent Sorrow
	7.	Nov 9, 11:09	damm political correctness pussies	eric clapton is god
	8.	Nov 9, 11:23	Re: damm political correctness pussies	Totalitarinism
	81.	Nov 12, 14:24	No subject	WayneHarrow
	3.	Nov 9, 11:04	Look at the bright side	anon@216.23
	25.	Nov 9, 15:04	Turban Urbanites	drivelsadvocate
	26.	Nov 9, 15:14	Re: Turban Urbanites	Parallax Abstraction
	6.	Nov 9, 11:07	old files?	DrunkenMaster
	9.	Nov 9, 11:39	Another Blow to Freedom of Speech	Metacritic
	10.	Nov 9, 12:03	Thank god I'm an athiest	s i x p a c k
	12.	Nov 9, 13:16	EQUALITY!!	ExcessDan
	13.	Nov 9, 13:46	Re: EQUALITY!!	BrunoPuntzJones
	16.	Nov 9, 14:05	Re: EQUALITY!!	Ezos
	14.	Nov 9, 13:56	Re: EQUALITY!!	Dr.Del
	15.	Nov 9, 14:01	Re: EQUALITY!!	ExcessDan
	23.	Nov 9, 14:59	Re: EQUALITY!!	Vermilion
	17.	Nov 9, 14:05	Hrm	Wazootyman
	18.	Nov 9, 14:07	Re: Hrm	Dr.Del
	19.	Nov 9, 14:24	Re: Hrm	Parallax Abstraction
	24.	Nov 9, 15:00	Re: Hrm	LordVampyre
	20.	Nov 9, 14:27	Re: Hrm	sinistergfx
	27.	Nov 9, 15:16	Re: Hrm	Fausticle
	21.	Nov 9, 14:27	Re: No subject	Zyrxil
	41.	Nov 9, 19:56	Re: Hrm	Shadow
	46.	Nov 9, 21:46	Re: Hrm	Oblivion
	22.	Nov 9, 14:42	No subject	Bob Bobsen
	28.	Nov 9, 15:39	DIE SIKHS DIE	DusterAZ
	31.	Nov 9, 15:57	Re: DIE SIKHS DIE	drivelsadvocate
	32.	Nov 9, 16:15	Dr. Del	JediLuke
	29.	Nov 9, 15:41	Blah...	Weas
	30.	Nov 9, 15:48	.....	Fausticle
	33.	Nov 9, 16:36	I never...	Ray Marden
>>	34.	Nov 9, 17:53	Some parallel insight...	Alex Johnson
	35.	Nov 9, 18:22	Re: Some parallel insight...	Parallax Abstraction
	43.	Nov 9, 20:14	Re: Some parallel insight...	Rigs
	36.	Nov 9, 18:45	No subject	Elf Shot The Food
	37.	Nov 9, 19:23	Re: No subject	Parallax Abstraction
	38.	Nov 9, 19:34	Maybe.....	gravioli
	39.	Nov 9, 19:46	OH MY GOD!	Shadow
	42.	Nov 9, 20:09	Some more words for you Dr.Del	Shadow
	44.	Nov 9, 20:25		sponge
	45.	Nov 9, 21:31	No subject	ZetaMaiL
	47.	Nov 9, 21:51	Re: No subject	Shadow
	49.	Nov 10, 00:21	Re: No subject	JediLuke
	58.	Nov 10, 08:22	Re:	super_emu
	61.	Nov 10, 09:29	Re: Boxy Robots	Metacritic
	62.	Nov 10, 14:06	Sikh	Soupkin
	63.	Nov 10, 15:16	Ain't no time to discriminate	Von Helmet
	50.	Nov 10, 01:13	This is Bullshit	Hellbinder
	51.	Nov 10, 01:24	Now you've done it I've learnt something	Midwich
	55.	Nov 10, 02:21	Re: Now you've done it I've learnt something	Xombie
	56.	Nov 10, 05:28	Re: Now you've done it I've learnt something	DrEvil
	57.	Nov 10, 08:09	Re: Now you've done it I've learnt something	RepRev
	54.	Nov 10, 02:18	Re: This is Bullshit	Xombie
	59.	Nov 10, 08:58	Re: This is Bullshit	Metacritic
	60.	Nov 10, 09:25	Re: This is Bullshit	AhrimaaN
	64.	Nov 10, 15:18	Ahrimaan...	Von Helmet
	77.	Nov 12, 03:25	Flavour Flave says...	Dr.Del
	52.	Nov 10, 01:47	To Dantastic	banddirector
	53.	Nov 10, 02:08	How very odd	Xombie
	65.	Nov 10, 15:35	Idiots	warmonger
	66.	Nov 10, 16:53	Re: Idiots	Smin
	67.	Nov 10, 17:04	What all of this comes down to...	Quaternion
	68.	Nov 10, 18:19	Re: What all of this comes down to...	Parallax Abstraction
	69.	Nov 10, 18:40	I dont owe minority groups anything...	Alex Johnson
	71.	Nov 10, 23:03	Re: What all of this comes down to...	anon@24.76
	72.	Nov 10, 23:08	Italian Mafia Vs. Irish Mafia	Alex Johnson
	70.	Nov 10, 20:08	Dogma	Mead
	74.	Nov 11, 06:00	Re: Dogma	Von Helmet
	75.	Nov 11, 06:26	Re: Dogma	Mead
	73.	Nov 11, 00:34	Hitman	Quaternion
	76.	Nov 11, 06:58	SR-71's 'Politically Correct'	Metacritic
	82.	Nov 12, 14:28	No subject	WayneHarrow
	106.	Nov 15, 19:31	No subject	teh mane mahn
	107.	Nov 15, 19:43	hmmm...	schmenigan
	110.	Nov 16, 07:29	Re: hmmm...	Von Helmet
	111.	Nov 16, 15:37	Re: hmmm...	Quaternion
	108.	Nov 16, 01:23	Re: No subject	Metacritic
	109.	Nov 16, 02:13	No subject	teh mane mahn
	112.	Nov 22, 10:37	No subject	WayneHarrow