Sony has pulled a number of bus shelter ads promoting Killzone 2 following complaints concerning their "violent" imagery. It's been proven that viewing pictures of things that may represent fictional violent acts in natural sunlight can sterilize women, rendering their ovaries barren and forming a rusted coating around the felopian tubes. For the sake of Toronto's vaginas, the adverts had to go.
"My kids, who come from a lot of different countries, who have to experience violence, who basically come here to seek shelter and safety, that's the stuff they don't need to see," complained teacher Davis Mirza. The teacher lodged his complaint directly with Sony Canada, criticizing the poster's use of a "menacing head with glowing eyes" and images of a warzone that was "like Iraq."
Of course, nobody has mentioned the irony that images of a warzone that IS Iraq get frequently broadcast on national television by news outlets, and are freely available in papers that anybody can get their hands on. The message here seems to be that fantasy violence is bad, while real violence and real death is perfectly fine.
Sony says the bus shelter ads were going down at the end of the week anyway, but have sped up the process following Mirza's email. Sony Canada's Kyle Moffatt said that in future, PlayStation adverts will draw a radius around schools and establish zones where future videogame promotion will be "off-limits."
This will definitely help to end all the violence in the world. All of it.
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6:30 PM on 03.12.2009
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Canada is weird.
Oh, and you spelt fallopian wrong.
Header image.
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"Ohh the man with red glowing eyes is out to get me, and so is the boogieman so thats why i have a nightlight" I bet his adopted kids either don't give two shits, or are begging him for a PS3 to play killzone 2 on, and thats why he gets his panties in a bunch.
People need to calm the hell down, and get their heads out of their asses. Another quality article, Jim. Until you can write a column in the New York Times or another publication, we'll hafta enjoy you here and spread your words of wisdom.
All I hear is blah blah blah mounties, blah blah blah maple syrup, blah blah blah milk bags.
There's a couple ad's I've seen around the city and there's one right by my place which is also close to a school. Not once have I seen a kid look at it while waiting for the bus and say "omg! Is that the terrorists coming to rape my mommy?" (or something along those lines). Anywho dumb ass choice on everyone who had something to do with the removal of the ad's.
I loves meh Canada, eh!
omg I haven't seen you around for a while, how ya doing? yea we do talk about maple syrup an awful lot, or I'm not your guy, budday! I'm not your budday, guy!
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and i agree that when the news channel just has depressing stories of massacres and economic woes, how the fuck can a guy in a mask with red eyes be horrifying and make people take offence?
the things people do make me think they have some unknown issues and are taking it out on something they don't have a clue about but think they can change it, and the fuct up thing is most of them do! but when masterchief is wearing a mask AND holding a goddamm gun where is this guy then?
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, more reason to BLAME CANADA!!
Anyways since I love my homeland, I'll say that this could just ad easily have had NY or NJ tagged to the article.
Please don't hate me people!!
I saw the ads only once while passing by a bus shelter. It was nothing except a Helghast helmet and Killzone 2 in the centre. Whoever thinks of war when they see a giant helmet is fucking retarded.
He's just mad because his students all got a copy of KZ2 before him and kick his ass online.
im just stating this cause everyone seemed to quickly jump in the bandwagon. have some perspective
Don't act like this doesn't happen in the U.S. I do disagree with Sony's decision though.
@ Chronic Logic
You don't hear me saying 'Stupid Yanks' every time they ban an ad in New York or D.C. Also I should note the irony in your spelling failure of 'stupid canucks'.
thats an overly dramatic statement, but i know the ideal. im just trying to see this from the eyes of said kids, whether not they actually exist in that school.