Littlebigplanet censored by The Religion of Peace

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First Ocarina of Time, and now this. ITZ COMING. Slaughter the camel, and prepare for the virgins! Allahu Akbar!!!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:

 

Oh my god Family Guy is going to show a picture of Mohammed! We're all gonna die!

 

It might be possible it was done for extra publicity.

 

Wait a minute. It's a licensed artist track, composed by a Muslim musician. If Muslims have a beef, they should go after him, not the game, since he actually wrote the song and included the lyrics.

How is this Little Big Planets problem, or are non-muslims simply not allowed to use music from Muslim musicians?

Sounds like a P.C. attack to me.

 

If you plan on selling your product to a particular demographic, knowingly including features that pisses them off is counter productive. Whether it's The Attack of The PC Brigade™ is of no concern to Sony. In fact, willingness to bend over backwards for ridiculous shit like this is a great way to build positive mindshare.

It's not being done for the non-Muslims, or most Muslims for that matter. Nobody orthodox enough to give a shit about this, gives a shit about you.

Whatever, if you - for reasons wholly beyond me - think you need to give a shit about orthodox Muslims, just be careful you don't catch teh crazies. Far too many people do.

 

Islam is a religion of peace.

 

Well it's not like it isn't true, well except the soul shit. We're all gonna die sometime.

 

"And I hate to remind you but you are going to die"

 

Was it censored because muslims were offended, or was it because Everyone Else™ didn't want to have to hear a bunch of jihadist bullshit while playing a game?

 

Inorite? We should burn those diabolical buddhists at the stake, rip those native Americans' arms off and turn them into human totem poles, and draw and quarter anyone who dares believe that there is an intelligent force behind our existence. Fucking bastards, the whole lot of them.

 

I actually think that Tibetan Buddhism is one of the most diabolical religious institutions in the world. It's an organized political cabal fed by western sympathy. I say they're nothing more than a bunch of crooks.

Buddhism as a philosophy? Sure, that's fine.

~ Hernan Cortez, describing the temples in Tenochtitlan.

 

It sounds like only two or three people on the forums got butt hurt about it, and Sony got rid of it to be extra extra extra extra careful.

 

Buddhism is part philosphy and religion and even then it's not an accurate description. it's a bit of a unique state. And Tibetan Buddhism is even another variation of Buddhism.

About what you wrote of the current state, what exactly do you mean? If you mean the Dalai-Lama using his position to draw attention to himself and his cause, sure, it's no secret that he is using it for publicity. He also always said that if Tibet is freed and he can return to it his first move will be to get rid of the theocracy and have democracy.

 

You do realize that that comic is really fucking lame, right?

 

I agree.
Be very wary of the left-hand path, very wary.

No one serves religion better than religion itself.

God is a bacterium:

 

Wasn't there this book called animal farm where a pig told these other animals that if they helped him build a windmill they could all live happily?

But seriously, of course he would say that. It, again, makes him sympathetic to our western mindsets. Have you ever spoken with a buddhist monk personally? Most of them don't know anything about Buddhism in my experience, and are far from what I would call holy men. Tibetan Buddhism works against the Buddha's teachings in every way as far as I can see, clinging to senseless rituals and enforcing theocratic hierarchies, yee haw!

I can't say that I have a ton of hands on 'proof' regarding the situation. But, it smells like a rat, looks like a rat...must be a rat.

 

Mind that I'm not an expert on the subject and until recently had mostly a neutral stance but decided to read a bit on the subject. From what I understood of the subject most people who practiced Buddhism in the early 50's, artists, Beats and the like, deeply misunderstood it. It and it was then that texts began to be translated and the Dalai Lama helped to make Tibetan Buddhism more popular and understood. Do not ask me what all the differences are, I'm really a layman on the subject, fact is that Buddhism is still incredibly rigid religion with still elements of philosophy in that it is not dogmatic and can be revised, edited, kind of compatible with the scientific method if you likem, and not a New Age fancy.

Now as I said before the Dalai Lama wants to get attention and the recent events in France during the Olympic Games show that it can be sometimes hard to do so with the pressure from China. I also know, and again it's only his word but a few intelligent people seem to believe it, that the DL said many times that he wanted to reform the Tibetan Buddhism and as I said that Tibet will be a democracy if he can go back there and he will only have a religious role and completely remove himself from the political life. Else I know very well that Tibet had always been a violent place under the old theocracy, with monk schools waging war against each other.

No, I've never spoken to a tibetan monk so I wouldn't know if he would be a holy man or not. I'd also add that rats are nice.

 

Socialism is trouble.

 

Good book by the way.

 

I kind of distrust Tibetan Buddhism myself. And I don't really trust the Dalai Lama very much... if the man is really that dedicated to establishing democracy and ending theocracy in his homeland, then why not more actively promote secular movements that aren't directly linked to his religion. The problem is, the Tibetans seem to want them back, so I feel like they should be the ones to make the call.

I do feel like the colonization of Tibet by Han Chinese is a pretty fucked up situation, and that the Chinese government is abusing its control over the region, of course.

 

Alot of the non Han Chinese areas are probably non to happy with the current situation.

 

I didn't really enjoy it. And this was before I made the connection that it would now be a furry book.

 

Didn't some English church complain that they were a level in a Sony game? Well, Sony didn't give in to them, but they give in to a few goat-fuckers on a message board.

 

Encyclopedic knowledge of religion and philosophy is like a 2nd Lt. fresh out of OTS in a room full of seasoned enlisted men. Plenty of credentials, but pretty damned useless when it comes to practicality.

 

Sony did 9/11.

... come on. I cannot believe no one has said that yet! You guys disappoint me.

I wouldn't go that far. I had a roommate in college one semister who was a foreign exchange student from Tibet. They only thing "diabolical" about it is that the frequent chanting can get on your nerves sometimes.

The western sympathy thing, on the other hand, is huge. Tibet is a rebel nation that wants to succeed from China. If I recall, we generally look down upon the American South for trying to do this during the 19th century.

Yes, because if anyone should be trusted about accurate portrayals of foreign cultures, it's Christian missionaries and Spanish consquistadors.

That was barely funny eight years ago, much less now. Try again next time.