Like Gta:vice City? Then You're A Racist...
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Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
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<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>More GTA Uproar</b> <i>(January 23, 2004, 4:25 pm EST) - 24 Comments</i>
<a href='http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040120/206223_1.html' target='_blank'>Cuban American Bar Association Condemns Racially Charged Video Game</a> <i>(thanks Chris Johnson and Gamasutra (registration required))</i> 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.'<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So... If you watch Scarface, that's okay its just a movie. But if you like the video game heavily inspired by it (and other things of a similar nature, such as The Godfather), you're a racist...
I can understand the whole "video games makes young children violent" issue, because really for small kids it can be true. But "Playing video games makes you a racist"?? That is ridiculous. Now, there are many things I can tolerate coming from idiots who don't know what they're talking about. But being called a racist by them, is something that I cannot tolerate.
And you can't even kill them cause they would only see it as proving their point...
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>More GTA Uproar</b> <i>(January 23, 2004, 4:25 pm EST) - 24 Comments</i>
<a href='http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040120/206223_1.html' target='_blank'>Cuban American Bar Association Condemns Racially Charged Video Game</a> <i>(thanks Chris Johnson and Gamasutra (registration required))</i> 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.'<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So... If you watch Scarface, that's okay its just a movie. But if you like the video game heavily inspired by it (and other things of a similar nature, such as The Godfather), you're a racist...
I can understand the whole "video games makes young children violent" issue, because really for small kids it can be true. But "Playing video games makes you a racist"?? That is ridiculous. Now, there are many things I can tolerate coming from idiots who don't know what they're talking about. But being called a racist by them, is something that I cannot tolerate.
And you can't even kill them cause they would only see it as proving their point...
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I must just be racist towards everything.
i'm with you.
No? Good. Yes. Well.
I swear that in NS the black guy gets killed first ! Racism !!
Not just BS - <i>total</i> BS.
promote racism.....how stupid
They should just realize its just entertainment. Or we also remove C&C Generals and Zero Hour from shelves because you're up against a certain nationality each game.
And next thing we know, Deng Xiaoping rises from his grave and sues EA Games because they have 'racist' content in C&C Generals....<!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
it took them <i>this</i> long to get to the west island?
laff
All the more reason to go out and buy multiple copies of the game, because you never know when you might not be able to get it again <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
Hey he shouldn't be complaining! The China portrayed in Generals is pretty much what Deng's economic policies aimed for. Plus China wins in Zero Hour <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
All the more reason to go out and buy multiple copies of the game, because you never know when you might not be able to get it again :0 <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You did. And Rockstar ended up agreeing and said they'd remove the phrase from future copies of the game.
And then once they figured they got what they wanted once, the group decided to go all out and demand that that wasn't good enough, and that the game itself should be removed from shelves and all copies alreadys old recalled... Then a few weeks later congress gets involved, and now cubans...
It'd be funny if the cubans and the haitens got into a big fight over this though, that would be very ironic :D
I swear that in NS the black guy gets killed first ! Racism !! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I believe it's "I'm not racist, I hate everyone with equality."
Rennex's Avatar, ahhhhhhhhh, such a nice bootay it is.....
Hey he shouldn't be complaining! The China portrayed in Generals is pretty much what Deng's economic policies aimed for. Plus China wins in Zero Hour <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not when you're playing a multiplayer where you're GLA and beat China....and win <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
it took them <i>this</i> long to get to the west island?
laff <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
that's going HIGH on the nerdiest jokes ever list XD