Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay has become the latest in a growing line of people who presume to speak for their entire country and for every soldier in the world, criticizing Medal of Honor for its Taliban shenanigans and implying that anybody who enjoys the upcoming game hates Western freedom.
"The men and women of the Canadian Forces, our allies, aid workers, and innocent Afghans are being shot at, and sometimes killed, by the Taliban," says MacKay, telling us something we totally didn't know. "This is reality. I find it wrong to have anyone, children in particular, playing the role of the Taliban. I'm sure most Canadians are uncomfortable and angry about this."
There's the Canadian Minister of Defense, deciding to project his own feelings onto an entire nation, and also deciding that an M-rated game is being designed for children.
By the way, I heard Electronic Arts was building a Mosque on Ground Zero out of the bones of American babies IS THIS TRUE!?
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11:40 AM on 09.07.2010
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Ahh....america."
Canada. Not the US. Though peter mackay WISHES he was in the US.
And for the French canadians
LE BAAAAAAAAAAAWWWW
Seriously you guys stick to shady backroom deals and selling out your constituents to the highest bidder and let people who know .... anything .... about videogames cover the digital entertainment front.
that way you can go back to shouting, "GET OFF MY LAWN YE DARN KIDS, EH!"
We're angrier about having douches like the defense minister speak for us.
freedom to live, freedom to think, freedom to act, freedom to do what i want to do without government involvment, freedom from tyrany, freedom is dead.....
welcome to the police states of the world.
As soon as someone admits that they're ignorant enough to think all video games are for children they instantly lose all credibility.
I don't think I'm angry?
Although My double-double at timmies was actually a halfer-halfer eh. That really burns my canoe eh? Stupid hosers should know better.
Shut up. Please. To think that this man speaks for all conservatives is every bit as stupid and insulting as to think that he speaks for all Canadians.
"I'm playing as the Taliban aye and I'm mad aye."
It's "eh", not "aye".
"Aye" is for saying "Aye aye, captain".
"Eh" is for saying "How she going, eh?"
And who gives a shit about what politicians say anyway.
I am sure they can f*cking afford it with their "layoffs == even more money" policy
Or maybe not and im just talking out my ass and just hopping for the best.