Comments on: Ubisoft Says Sorry about the L-Word

By: BlueRaja

BlueRaja — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:51:53 +0000

Juvenile and superficial complaints, Rasa and crowbar. A rating creates expectations about the sort of content a parent can anticipate from a game. If I’d rather be the one to explain the reality of lesbianism to my children, at the time and manner that I see fit, I wouldn’t call that censorship. In fact, if you want to get all Locke-ian about it, I’m not sure how this supposed infringement on Ubisoft’s rights (or that of the consumer) are somehow more grievous than that of the infringement on the parent who purchased it. Beyond that, this apology was given freely without coercion, there was no restriction put on the game, and no one claimed a link between this exposure and childhood violence.

In other words, both of these posts are just noise. Ignorant noise.

By: DrunkenCrowbar

DrunkenCrowbar — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:24:16 +0000

I totally agree with you Rasa, this censor thing is beginning to get on my nerves.

By: Rasa

Rasa — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:18:14 +0000

Warm and Fuzzy? This makes me want to puke

Once more, moralists win a bout. “Oh no, surely our children will go on a murdering spree GTA style because the word “lesbo” is in a DS game. Oh noes, can’t expose our children to gays! While we’re at it, after we ban all violent games, I feel we should also screen all age 7- games for all references to reality!”