Hitman 2 Backlash [Oct 30, 2002, 09:40 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The SikhNet News' Hitman 2 Video Petition
(thanks Computer and Video Games)
looks to inspire a recall of Hitman 2. Here's the deal: "SikhNet has
partnered with thirty-five Sikh organizations around the globe to demand that
video game publisher, Eidos Interactive, recall one of its games from the
market. The game, Hitman 2, incites racism and hatred against Sikhs and Dalits
by linking them to terrorism. The game glorifies violence against Sikhs within a
Gurdwara that looks like the Harmander Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple,
while Dalits are portrayed as followers of an evil cult leader, according to a
vivid description that was recently removed by Eidos from its web site."
Your rather graphic example is missing one important point: The people mentioned in the game (I assume, I haven't played it as I assume you haven't.) are not specific. They are generalities, stereotypes perhaps. Your example was very specific. If such a game was produced that featured characters depicting real people, your point would be valid. My point is this: As long as games are not specific in the depection of individuals, what does it matter who the bad guys are? Someone has to be the bad guy. Someone has to be the villian. I am a middle-aged white man. If I took offense every time a MAWM was portrayed as evil or the villian in a game, novel, movie, or any media, I'd be a very unhappy person. It's not reality. It's fantasy.
My opinion.
O.
This comment was edited on Oct 30, 11:08.
My opinion.
O.
This comment was edited on Oct 30, 11:08.
O.
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I won't bore you with my pathetic system specs.
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I won't bore you with my pathetic system specs.
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