Thank you everyone for your feedback regarding the closing night performance at BlizzCon. While we had some other messaging worked up we were going to post, the members of band wanted to instead address it themselves:Hey guys, we read and heard all the feedback from BlizzCon this year. The Corpsegrinder bit was never intended to be taken seriously. We are sorry that we offended anyone; everything at our shows is just meant in fun. Thank you all for speaking up. We’ll definitely keep this in mind for future shows.
Our humblest apologies,
Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain
Blue wrote on Oct 27, 2011, 10:50:AnointedSword wrote on Oct 27, 2011, 10:35:
Ohhh yes, we cannot disagree with people's views anymore and get away with it. You know what, I am a Christian, we get bashed a lot as well. Yup, but I would not call it hate speech. For example, if someone kills a christian, they should be charged for murder. We start adding all this other bs to the mix and you will see homosexuals getting locked up for speaking their mind against Christians. I am not for hate speech regulation because guess who defines what hate speech is? You guessed it...the government and states...What exactly is hate speech? The bible and nature says homosexuality is wrong...Does that mean I cannot believe and have religious freedoms any longer? I am all for everyone being able to speak their mind. That includes the Christian, the muslim, etc...
So this inspired you to pen an impassioned response in favor of hate speech? Interesting.
For the record, they have not actually locked up anyone here for the opinions they expressed, so you can cancel the order for a phony passport, they're probably not coming after you either. And no one mentioned any "regulation," the band member expressed his thoughts on this topic, as has GLAAD. Since you seem to be all for free speech, you should be pleased as punch at how this all worked out.