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Yes I know what you're saying. It's a sad world indeed. Sony just wanted to keep a smooth launch with LBP.
I think it's funny that they ended up offending more people by delaying the game due to the "cultural sensativity" issue.
It was a scam by sony.
Seriously.
Didn't someone say that they were more offended by the removal of the content rather that it's inclusion in the game? I mean, even he recognized that we have rights too, I would expect someone like Sony to realize that as well, but nope, I was wrong.
Having the right to say what you want (with constitutionally defined limits, as there are) is not the requirement to do so at every opportunity. I think they were right in replacing the track. It's a matter of standards. They could have used that as a defense, but chose to be polite instead.
I'm surprised they used the version with lyrics in the first place, as it had raised a bit of a fuss before.
There are tons of things out there that offend different people everyday, you don't see that taken off for anything. Know why? Because they have the right to say it, regardless of who it will offend. Same applies here, they shouldn't have removed it because they might have offended someone.
Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Gay, Straight, it doesn't matter. Nobody should be an exception to freedom of speech.
"Freedom of speech" is one of the must misunderstood values of our country. Freedom of speech protects citizens from the government censoring the speech. That situation was obviously not present in the LBP situation.
Freedom of Speech does not protect people from backlash from others who disagree or are offended by their speech. Freedom of speech does not mean someone can say what they want and others should just have deal with it.
Sony's decision was based on not wanting to offending potential customers. Making a decision about limiting one's speech to increase potential sales is not a restriction of free speech, its a private entity make a cost-benefit analysis choice. Obviously sony making more money is better than them making a political statement.
There is a difference between exercising the right to free speech and knowingly insulting someone when you can avoid it.
Little Big Planet was suppose to be a game for everyone and if the song was left in, someone may have been offended. Sony is not a person, it is a company and they can't afford to make mistakes like that. Think of it this way - christianity affects so much in the united states, but we are used to it, so no one says anything. It's just thatm but this one time it was a different religion, but I don't think we should approach it differently.
I know people SAY it was worse that they took it out, but had they left it in, you would have seen a shitstorm fanned by fanboys of the other systems that would have been way bigger than this. This was nothing, and the bonus is that no one was religiously offended. Most people don't even care. It's a great game and everyone is enjoying it except a few people who can't seem to let this issue rest.
I say, if you like the song so much, buy the album and play it in your headphones while you play. That should take care of that DEEPLY OFFENSIVE WRONG Sony has committed by choosing not to offend someone.
I understand that people would be offended if the song had been left in, I get it. But that's not the point I'm trying to make. What I'm saying is that it is Sony's RIGHT to leave the song in there, and they were wrong to take it out of the game.
Perfect example:
Resistance: Fall Of Man (A game published by Sony) offended the Church Of England when they included the Manchester Cathedral in their game. Same situation as this one, a religion is offended by something in a video game. What did Sony do? Nothing, just like they should have here, it's their RIGHT to do it, no matter who it offends.
Like I said before, NO religion should be the exception to freedom of speech.