Sony announced that it will delay the release of its much-anticipated new Playstation 3 game, Little Big Planet. The game was scheduled for release this week, until it was recently discovered that two songs on its soundtrack contain passages from the Quran.
This goes past the issue of political correctness. Whether Sony knows it or not, all they are doing is sending the message that the Quran has no place in our country - not even in a video game.
How long are we going to indoctrinate our country that all Muslims are terrorists? I feel ashamed that our country has created a culture of fear about anything in media associated with Muslims or any people from the Middle-East.
All racism aside... The irony is killing me. Its funny how a game like Grand Theft Auto, one that rewards point for killing police, buying prostitutes and stealing cars, can make its way onto the shelf; yet a game that features two passages from the Quran on the soundtrack are pulled from release.
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WOW. This blows my mind.
Granted SONY has the right to do what they want with their products, this proves just why almost all of the rest of the world hates us.
I guarantee if no mention would have been made about the passages being in the songs, 99% of the people who bought that game would've never known. And the other 1% would've been people who actually read the Quran and would've been able to recognize the passages.
Geez, this is really mind blowing. Good job corporate American.
Regardless of any political connotations, I think that SONY is just avoiding any future crisis management that may have been headed its way with the inclusion of these songs.
True most people would probably have never known that the songs were in the game. It could have caused problems for SONY however if those who may have recognized the songs disagreed with their inclusion.
It would be one thing to never include them with the likelihood that no one would have a complaint but another for SONY to include them and stir up trouble with its consumers. I think it was probably just trying to avoid any potential threats to its image. However, now that the people know about this in the first place, SONY may have created problems for itself anyway.
wait, what? all muslims aren't terrorists?
but I couldnt agree more with you Tay. In our land of opportunity and freedom and all that american dream bullshit, aren't we supposed to have freedom of religion and the freedom to express said religion? And furthermore, who would honestly ever notice that the Quran was playin the background? I mean, I would because I have all their greatest hits, but most people would never freakin notice.
I agree! Even though most people would have never known about the background music, the very few that did could have caused problems. Sony was just trying to eliminate all possibilities of a bad judgment call on their part.
It takes a lot for a company to gain a good reputation, but only a few to send them downhill.
Seriously, I doubt anyone would even realize the lyrics of the songs, but the fact that SONY went out of their way to take them out? I don't get it. It is the reason why the doesn't like America. I find it embarrassing
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