Feral
11-11-2002, 01:06 PM
OK, this is my brief rant, and I'm sure I'll get over it.
Content in Hitman 2 is going to be changed because in one of the levels you have to kill people in turbans. Some Sikhs have complained that this is racist, and to me this is jsut ridiculous.
First off, I've played the game, and you don't have to kill them if you're good enough at the game.
Second, the accusation that it is racist is absurd. There was no uproar from Italian American market, but Mafia members can be killed. Is this not stereotyping all Italian Americans as Mafia thugs? Postmen weren't complaining, but you can inhume them. Perhaps this is a subliminal attack on mail carriers? Bald people didn't make a fuss, but the assassin, controlled by the player, has an infinitely receded hairline. Surely this is implying that all bald men are cold-hearted killers?
Of course it doesn't. But being able to exterminate men is turbans is racist against Sikhs, apparently.
Eidos are now haing to take this excellent level out of the game and for what? It's a disgrace...
EDIT: Wow. It gets even worse.
A quote by a young Sikh
"This is disgraceful, because people may think that terrorists wear turbans but they don't"
What kind of stupid remark is this? "People may think that terrorists wear turbans but they don't". Christ, is anyone stupid enough to thing this? Heck, what's next? Blind people bemoaning the fact that the Mafia members in the game all wear sunglasses? Whoever decided to go out and badmouth this wonderful game obviously has no life whatsoever.
Content in Hitman 2 is going to be changed because in one of the levels you have to kill people in turbans. Some Sikhs have complained that this is racist, and to me this is jsut ridiculous.
First off, I've played the game, and you don't have to kill them if you're good enough at the game.
Second, the accusation that it is racist is absurd. There was no uproar from Italian American market, but Mafia members can be killed. Is this not stereotyping all Italian Americans as Mafia thugs? Postmen weren't complaining, but you can inhume them. Perhaps this is a subliminal attack on mail carriers? Bald people didn't make a fuss, but the assassin, controlled by the player, has an infinitely receded hairline. Surely this is implying that all bald men are cold-hearted killers?
Of course it doesn't. But being able to exterminate men is turbans is racist against Sikhs, apparently.
Eidos are now haing to take this excellent level out of the game and for what? It's a disgrace...
EDIT: Wow. It gets even worse.
A quote by a young Sikh
"This is disgraceful, because people may think that terrorists wear turbans but they don't"
What kind of stupid remark is this? "People may think that terrorists wear turbans but they don't". Christ, is anyone stupid enough to thing this? Heck, what's next? Blind people bemoaning the fact that the Mafia members in the game all wear sunglasses? Whoever decided to go out and badmouth this wonderful game obviously has no life whatsoever.