Witty Name Here said:
EvolutionKills said:
Are you American? Are you familiar with American history? Check out the Civil Rights movement of the 50's and 60's. When black people were chased down, beaten, had dogs sicked on them for wanting the rights they're entitled to under the Constitution. And the worst of all was the flagrant and outright murder of black people in the southern states, often with the consent or help of the local law enforcement. And the most iconic of these killing were the LYNCHINGS. Don't know what that means?
"Lynching is an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake or shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate, control, or otherwise manipulate a population of people, however large or small."
Do you understand now why the silhouette of a HANGED MAN might just be incredibly offensive to a good chunk of the American population, and could easily be taken out of context and turned into a media shit storm by people with a misguided agenda?
Are you swedish? Do you know Swedish history? Several innocents who were persecuted were put in the "bronze ox" which was a giant ox made of bronze that was commonly used by the swedes, the victims would be put inside the ox while a fire would be lit under it, burning them alive without being touched by a single flame. Yet each year people eat steaks and food made from cows, cows are offensive and shouldn't exist.
Dear god, really? I don't want to be offensive, but I'm American, and lynching wasn't even in my head when I saw that picture, hell, when most people see a person being hanged they don't think of lynching, they just think of an execution method, America isn't as much of a nanny state as people think.
For starters, it never entered your head most likely because you're not black. White people complain about people complaining about racism because they don't see it, because it doesn't still affect them on a regular basis. Everyone else complains because it still does exists but white people don't seem to notice because they thought everything was already fixed back in the 60's. Why? Because we're ignorant of our history (for the record, I am Caucasian).
And for your analogy to work, it would require the game box art to have a silhouette of an ox, and the silhouettes of what appear to be human/s inside it, and some flames. On a hill, all in red against the background art. Then, it would have to have a title invoking death or dying, something like 'Death Cattle' or 'Fatal Brahmin' or 'Danger Herd'. And the game would end up being about hunting an army of mutated cows or some such. But if they changed the box art for the Swedish version, and I was aware of this part of Swedish history, I would understand.
I mean, maybe. When was the last time this 'Bronze Ox' was used? Was it used as a scare tactic to depress an entire separate ethnicity within the Sweden? Was it within the last half century? Are there people still alive in Sweden that might have had mothers/fathers/sisters/brothers/aunts/uncles/etc that were killed in one of these things? In the same way that there are still people living in the US with emotional scars from the Civil Rights era?
Or did you really mean the Brazen Bull? The Sicilian torture device devised in ancient Greece. It seems that it was used most recently by Roman emperors against a few Christians. Regardless, this is ancient history. Not within the last half century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull
Anyways your analogy, that a 'bronze ox' = steak is bad, would be like saying 'hanged man' = rope is bad...
Also, that hypothetical box art for 'Death Cattle' would probably be super offensive to any practicing Hindu, to which cows are very sacred. 'Fallout 3' wasn't released in India for a similar reason. Not that Fallout 3 had Brahmin on the cover, but something seemingly simple as 'cows' to Americans and Europeans, holds a much deeper and significant meaning to people in India.
"Apparently some of the game's content can be offensive to Indians, our guess is that one particular aspect of the game, which has survivors of the apocalypse use "brahmin" -- two-headed cows mutated by radiation -- as pack animals. Yes, the game contains two headed mutant cows which are called Brahmins, which Microsoft India believes can cause unwanted controversy."
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Fallout_3_Not_Coming_to_India/551-94432-585.html
