U.S. Army Maintains Medal of Honor Ban

[SL33TBL1ND]

What I want to know is why does it even matter? Can't the people on the base who want the game just go to any old normal store and buy the game? What's the big deal here?

 

[Don't Poke My Bobcat]

but it's nice in a way to see that the Army's position is informed by more than just cheap marketing.

I'm pretty sure all this proves is that the army's position is stubborn and short sighted. There is no difference between CoD's and MoH's MP now, bar MoH actually treated their customers respectfully and called a spade a spade.

 

[Nexus4]

Oh well, might as well switch back to using the Taliban now that the Army aint gonna change its mind. Also would be a great FUCK YOU to Mr Thompson who claimed credit for single handedly removing the Taliban.

 

[GamerRelic]

Please EA do us one favor and change it back,it will feel good for both of us when that childish dickhead cries to mommy...or al gore's basement.

 

[Cazza]

the "opposing force" has already been tainted with the name Taliban. Really it's just being stuck up if you think you can change the name last minute and get everyone to forgive you.

 

[BlueCollarTweaker]

I'm not in favour of censorship, but then again I doubt the army has much concern for a vidyagame. If they do, what are their priorities?

 

[SsilverR]

I wonder if they let CoD be sold...

...still think its odd, they will just get it from an entirely different source then..

probably because CoD glorified the west and its soldiers .... i mean cmon... there was an option to skip it but if they'll let you stroll through an airport mowing down helpless civilians in a certain stage of COD ... they can handle you playing as Malik, Hakim or Muhammed who have just had their families slaughtered and joined the taliban to get revenge on the US ... hell it could even be educational ... but nah ... we can't put faces on targets now can we? ... god forbid someone actually sympathises

 

[Rax]

The ban is fitting. Having the taliban in the game as a faction is not the issue, allowing it to be played is. Honestly, I wouldn't want to touch a game where I could hear douche bags online screaming "remember 9-11" when they shot you in the face. Its tacky and quite douche like.

I do however think it would be funny to include the taliban in the game because they get to become part of our media that they hate so much. To me that is both funny and ironic.

 

[darksakul]

Who gives a shit! Do they really have to ban it? That's going a bit far.

You got to understand, the military is a government organization; as as part of the government, they have to consider political issues. The last thing the military wants is more political back-lash. This a political move made by the military to try to keep public opinion, they are fighting an unpopular war none wants any more, and all the politically minded Mothers who protest the military doesn't need any more ammo.

Also the US military has the full legal right to arbitrarily decide what goes on their property. Everything from on-base driving privileges, off-base liberty (time-off work)for the service members to What the base XP or on-base gamestop can sell or not sell. Everything on a US military base that's not an essentially for living or their mission is a privilege not a right. It is one of the things our service members give up when they join our military. Anyways, this does not stop service members from going to Off-base Stores to get what ever game they want (unless their commands black-list the business from US servicemen use).