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Cuban American Bar
Association Condemns Racially Charged Video Game (thanks Chris Johnson and
Gamasutra
(registration required)) has word of the latest unhappy reaction to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, as
the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) has sent a letter "to the
manufacturers of the video game... condemning the game's use of racially charged
remarks promoting the hate and killing of Haitians and Cubans," demanding an
apology to each group. They copy U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and Florida
Governor Jeb Bush , as they are also "seeking the removal of the offensive video
game from store shelves throughout the country." Finally: "CABA's letter quotes
the Haitian government spokesperson, Mr. Mario Dupuy, who stated, 'this racist
game is psychologically extremely dangerous and is an incitement to genocide.'"
#37 ChangKhan
No, Bush and his cronies may not be uber-liberals but the people who bring things like this are - which makes Bush and Co a bunch of band wagon jumpers (they wouldn't bat an eye lid had the uber liberals not piped up)
The FACT is that movements like CABA could use their time and money better by fighting the inadiquacies in the social system or helping the deprived people they represent - instead of bitching about a line in a game that nobody cared about until the PC police jumped in.
Did any groups pipe up about the racist commnets in Romper Stomper about the Chinese or the racism displayed in American History X, is anyone trying to get Scarface banned, is the Godfather series inciting genocide (apart from part 3 which could drive a few people to murder should they be brave enough to watch it!) - no because they were all taken in context. So why is this any different?
No, Bush and his cronies may not be uber-liberals but the people who bring things like this are - which makes Bush and Co a bunch of band wagon jumpers (they wouldn't bat an eye lid had the uber liberals not piped up)
The FACT is that movements like CABA could use their time and money better by fighting the inadiquacies in the social system or helping the deprived people they represent - instead of bitching about a line in a game that nobody cared about until the PC police jumped in.
Did any groups pipe up about the racist commnets in Romper Stomper about the Chinese or the racism displayed in American History X, is anyone trying to get Scarface banned, is the Godfather series inciting genocide (apart from part 3 which could drive a few people to murder should they be brave enough to watch it!) - no because they were all taken in context. So why is this any different?
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