Capcom in trouble again, forced to remove Islamic phrase from Zack and Wiki

I wanna jump on the bandwagon!!

Goddamned Capcom and it's killing of white zombies in Resident Evil 0, 1, 2, and 3.

Oh shit, hit the fucking deck! Bury your head in the sand!

I never really saw any problems for moderate Islam, they should be happy that one part of their call to prayer has seeped into mainstream media culture.
On the other hand, they use the exclamation to call some savage critters to drink soup from their cannibalistic skull-cups... Maybe not the best way to portray the West's "reaching out" and such :)

fuck allah

I think Capcom should tell them to fuck off, what the fuck, can anyone review games and get them pulled from shelves?!? Fuckin' crybabies. Christ.

I do think this is a little bit different than the zombie/Africa case. As mentioned in the other article, as far as I know zombie myths are based out of African culture, and as many have said, it would be odd for a horde of white zombies to be parading around in Africa.

This though, seems a bit different. I couldn't find out the exact setting of the game (besides "Treasure Island"), but because it's got pirates galore and all that I'm assuming the Carribean. The percentage of Muslims in the Carribean is fairly small, somewhere between 5-15% of the population I believe, (and most of those are concentrated in Guyana, Tobago, and Trinidad), and Islam didn't really take hold in the area until the early 1900s. I absolutely detest censorship in video games and don't particularly agree with this (as I don't really agree with most censorship), but at the same time I have to wonder why they made the "savages" Muslim when, based on what I'm assuming the setting of the game to resemble, there is a very small Muslim population that really only popped up recently. I don't think the council is upset that people are saying the phrase "allah ackbar" persay, but rather that the people saying it are the "crazy backwards savages" in a setting that is predominately non-Muslim to begin with. It's kind of like how gamers get upset when they're portrayed in the media as super nerdy, awkward, and unattractive, when we all know that's not the case, at least with most of the Dtoid members.

Again, I'm not a fan of censorship at all and don't agree with the decision to pull it, but I also can see legitimate reasons as to why this group would be upset, way moreso than with the zombie debacle.

OMG will someone have the balls to tell these fucking maniacs to STFU?

For once in my life I want to see a radio jock, a news person, a game company or any other media outlet who is accused of "insensitivity" to just tell these special interest groups to fuck off. Theres bodies rotting in the sunlight in Darfur and the best that this group can do is sit there and act like some little fink in first grade running to his/her teacher because some Japanese game company DARES to use a religious phrase in a totally appropriate context.

Religion fucking things up again? No way.

Humans, a bunch of delluded animals or a highly evolved species? You decide.

"being confused with adorable animated munchkins would be a step up from the current stereotypical view of Muslim culture in our post-9/11 world."

Although, because they're cute and animated, it's more likely that younger children who don't understand the concept of stereotypes and things like that will see it.

This is something that's adorable and animated, and most people now (I hope) would consider it to be fairly offensive.

Yeah its kinda offensive, but who cares if something so stupid as this causes a lot of grief it just shows how people need something better to do with their lives then get pissy bout racism/stereotypes.

@Nex

I hope that didn't come across as me trying to show you up, because that wasn't my intention at all. And I agree that insulting physical features are more easily conveyed, but I also think it's fairly clear when you have a guy drinking out of a skull yelling ALLAH AKBAR.

@Andrew5329

In an equal society, that would make perfect sense and be totally ideal. In a country like the US, where I think the most recent poll said something like almost 50% of Americans distrust or dislike Muslims (I don't have a source for this, and if someone can prove me wrong I'd happily concede), it's a bit more sensitive. Additionally, everyone gets a little pissy about stereotypes when it's something that applies to them. Think about how we all get worked up (or at least I do), when some politician decides to take someone like the Columbine kids and say "LOOK WHAT VIDEOGAMES DO". Also a stereotype, granted it's far more extreme, but I think it helps highlight the point that it's really easy to dismiss other people's concerns about stereotypes yet act differently when the stereotype is a little more personal.

Oh, please. Stop with the intimidation tactics CAIR. This here infidel would like to tell you to STFUAJPG!

Lers make all video games with vague and ambiguous genders/races with no voice overs so we won't offend anyone. I think the immersion and realism would make for some great gaming, don't you?!? Hey, while we're at it we should remove any music, as not to offend your grandma that doesn't like that "Devil Music" you always listen to. What the fuck, lets just play a nice safe game of shuffleboard instead, but in silence, so we won't be in jeopardy of offending any passers-by. Also, cocks.

This game is at least less offensive than some Muslim oriented games are. I think Hezbollah made a game were you play as a young Arab boy that tries to stop the evil genocidal Israelis that try to kill your family for no reason.

@Nex

I used to believe the net-pro free speech thing, but it seemed to me that people felt that way until it came to something that really meant something important to them, and then free speech was out the window. Again I point to the example of when people talk about video games causing violence; it's massively incorrect, and most of the game community gets (legitimately) upset by it. We care because it directly relates to us, and it's a slander on who we are and what we believe in. When it happens to another group of people we don't identify with, it's a lot harder to understand the rationale about why they're upset, and as such it's easy to dismiss their claims. Because most of the stuff like this that happens on the net in general isn't really directed towards the majority of net users, it seems like the net can really be pro-free speech when in actuality it may not be.

Damn it, why are these doubles happening?

My point I was going to make was made moot by Nex claiming that most net goers are pro free-speech. I despise political correctness and any further ranting on my point is already refuted by Nex.

I swear I posted something in this thread... now its gone... odd.

i dont hear it.
T.T

Great, that music guy is going to get a ticking off, the characters werent sayign anything the badly recored "Alluh Akbar" bit was a backing vocal in the music. And this is just getting stupid, ok INSULTING their religion ok, id understand people being upset over that but, SAYING THAT THEIR GOD IS GREAT is offensive how? Touchy bastards.

Just kidding. I totally hate Faux Noise.

love the "National Institute for the Protection of Sensitive Italian Stereotypes" or now known as NIP-SIS. Any childhood memories that we need to know about?

Give me a fucking break. These people need thicker fucking skin. Let's censor anything that anyone takes any offense to! That'll make the world a better place. Right? Right?