I enjoy the "devil's advocate" position in debates so lets see if I can do this. And guess what, I'm also drinking at the moment so this should be "fair and balanced"
Note: This is nothing personal, its just an entertaining state of affairs.
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Originally posted by: KashogiStogi
Having a built, overly-diesel white person kill hundred's of black people is provoking the subject of racism. How, you ask? Well, this sh!t has been going on for over 500 years.
This kind of racism has been going on for hundreds of years. If it takes a
hardcore game like this to raise the ire of so many people then isn't this a bit absurd? The Spanish didn't bat an eyelid when RE4 was shown to be centred around a village with a lot of people which spoke a language not unlike their own.
Maybe its the visual difference between the attacker and the targets in this latest demo, but just because it is more evident doesn't mean it is intentional.
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Originally posted by: KashogiStogi
There are many black people all over the world; it only makes sense since people originated in Africa.
I don't argue with this train of thought
this is more of a personal thing, but yes, i believe that humans originated in what we know as Africa and then migrated over time. Move along. Nothing to see here.
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]Still, when a white Special task force agent is sent in to take down a sort-of viral threat, I guess it just stems back to the fact that Africa, although great and full of recourses, has been sent back a couple hundred years in the civilization time line because of outside forces dominating them, and this is just another example of an outside force intervening; for better or for worse.
You sound like you are playing the pity card at the current time, which is disappointing. There is a lot of potential in African nations for development at this time, even though there are significant issues such as drought, famine and war. I could cite the example of Ubuntu Linux, which was started up by a entrepreneur in South Africa a few years ago, which is at the forefront of the open-source movement in the technology industry, no matter how loudly GoldenPhoenix shouts to the contrary. If you look past the mainstream news you'll see that there is indication that things will improve in this region in the short-term (AIDS rate decreasing, financial aid increasing).
Its not definitive, but I do believe that things will change. Especially if that King Of Nigeria fellow gets his money out to those fortunate victims (i mean investors!)
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Originally posted by: KashogiStogi
The back-story to the game could clear up all sorts of things, but as it stands now, it's just disgraceful and simply, just hurts my feelings. I don't know why.....It's hard to explain. I just wish it was easier for others to understand how I felt no matter how "blind" or "racist" you all see me for saying such things.
Nah, I don't blame you for feeling this way. You're not the only one. But there is always two sides to each story (no matter how misguided each 'story' could be). If you're willing to pass judgment based on three minutes of video then you should wait until you understand the background of the story before you grab your torch and/or pitchfork.
For the record: Chris's big right-hand haymaker in the video was great. I didn't notice he hit one of the 'locals' until after it happened. And the video reminded me a lot of the movie "Black Hawk Down" in terms of animosity between American soliders and African locals.
EDIT: Cleaned up the stuff I didn't say. Saving space for the pending hate-replies.
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