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Call of Duty Under Fire after Religious Debacle - One Map Removed
Last weekend some of you playing Modern Warfare 2 probably have observed that a popular multiplayer maps, called Favela was removed. It seems that Publishers Activision and developers Infinity Ward took the map out of the game after receiving complaints from Muslim gamers who noticed offensive imagery contained within a room of the stage. It'll return after edits to the content in question have been made. Massive discussions have started all over the web. Read more after the break.
In a single room on the map, two paintings had been hung whose frames contained a decorative representation of a quote (pictured above) attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, which reads "Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty". Those paintings were hung in a bathroom, one right above a toilet, and didn't appear to be found anywhere else on the map.
You can see the paintings in this video, dated October 2. It can be offensive to those of Islamic faith—like those in the aforementioned video—to see holy teachings written on or in a bathroom, and with the paintings having been brought to Activision and Infinity Ward's attention, the map has been removed until it can be edited.
An Activision representative tells to the Press:
We apologize to anyone who found this image offensive. Please be assured we were unaware of this issue and that there was no intent to offend. We are working as quickly as possible to remove this image and any other similar ones we may find from our various game libraries.
We are urgently working to release a Title Update to remove the texture from Modern Warfare 3. We are also working to remove the texture from Modern Warfare 2 through a separate Title Update. Until the TU is ready, we have removed the Favella multiplayer map from online rotation.
Activision and our development studios are respectful of diverse cultures and religious beliefs, and sensitive to concerns raised by its loyal game players. We thank our fans for bringing this to our attention.
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#4432993 Posted on: 10/17/2012 01:29 PM
Block Ops 2 on the horizon, quick jump into it...
FIGHT FOR GAME CONTENT
Block Ops 2 on the horizon, quick jump into it...
FIGHT FOR GAME CONTENT
KOMBAT
, NOW..before its released.
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#4433082 Posted on: 10/17/2012 05:49 PM
again Billy Connolly sums it up for me quite well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtZ2k8xlTtU
re suicide bombers "every time there's a bang the world's a wanker short"
again Billy Connolly sums it up for me quite well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtZ2k8xlTtU
re suicide bombers "every time there's a bang the world's a wanker short"
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#4433103 Posted on: 10/17/2012 06:39 PM
First off I never said that. Do you just make things up as you go along? Thats the second time you've put words in my mouth. Secondly that definition is pretty much standard in most dictionaries I've seen so I don't know what you want there. I know what, why don't you give us your definition of evolution since according to you most of the dictionaries out there are wrong.
I am in no way implying my beliefs make me better than anyone else. And I think thats pretty obvious taken in the context with which I posted that. I merely meant that my beliefs make me a better person than I think I would be without them, again obviously not comparing myself to anyone else.
And life experience plays apart in every opinion everyone has ever had so saying it is irrelevant makes no sense to me. You don't think your life experience has anything to do with your views on the subject? Give me a break.
Basically I'm just giving you a hard time. By life experience I thought you meant "age" and not just literal life experiences.
First off I never said that. Do you just make things up as you go along? Thats the second time you've put words in my mouth. Secondly that definition is pretty much standard in most dictionaries I've seen so I don't know what you want there. I know what, why don't you give us your definition of evolution since according to you most of the dictionaries out there are wrong.
I am in no way implying my beliefs make me better than anyone else. And I think thats pretty obvious taken in the context with which I posted that. I merely meant that my beliefs make me a better person than I think I would be without them, again obviously not comparing myself to anyone else.
And life experience plays apart in every opinion everyone has ever had so saying it is irrelevant makes no sense to me. You don't think your life experience has anything to do with your views on the subject? Give me a break.
Basically I'm just giving you a hard time. By life experience I thought you meant "age" and not just literal life experiences.
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#4433194 Posted on: 10/17/2012 09:17 PM
Your choice of definition for the word 'evolution' is spot on, but you can't shoehorn that definition to describe the 'theory of evolution', which is different.
The 'theory of evolution' at its most basic part is this--what exists now will affect the future. Narrowing that to organisms... organisms that are alive (not better, not fittest, not smartest... the ONLY requirement is that it's alive and capable of reproduction) will affect what will be living in the future by producing offsprings.
This core of theory of evolution is actually universally accepted (who will deny that something must have existed in order to affect the future?) and practiced by any professional animal breeders... it's just that people keep adding weird ideas to it (common theme is that it's "guided" or how it "favors" the fittest).
why don't you give us your definition of evolution since according to you most of the dictionaries out there are wrong.
Your choice of definition for the word 'evolution' is spot on, but you can't shoehorn that definition to describe the 'theory of evolution', which is different.
The 'theory of evolution' at its most basic part is this--what exists now will affect the future. Narrowing that to organisms... organisms that are alive (not better, not fittest, not smartest... the ONLY requirement is that it's alive and capable of reproduction) will affect what will be living in the future by producing offsprings.
This core of theory of evolution is actually universally accepted (who will deny that something must have existed in order to affect the future?) and practiced by any professional animal breeders... it's just that people keep adding weird ideas to it (common theme is that it's "guided" or how it "favors" the fittest).
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My explanation: They're the work of the great unicorn.
Because it doesn't work that way. It doesn't prove anything. You can't prove something exists by saying "prove it doesn't exist". That means nothing, it has no substance.
And I'd say your dictionary sucks. Things don't just "evolve" into "better" things. That isn't the goal of any organism. They mutate, and those mutations might cause the organism to have traits that help the organism to cope better in the environment. Therefore it is statistically more likely that the mutated population will overtake the old un-mutated population's place in the environment.
Artificial selection is a form of evolution, except that the environment doesn't change but the breeder selects those plants/animals which exhibit the traits that the breeder desires. So the breeder acts as the "changing" environment that is less hospitable for the old un-mutated population.
But you gotta understand that the plant/animal/organism doesn't consciously take steps into some certain direction, as that is just impossible.
First off I never said that. Do you just make things up as you go along? Thats the second time you've put words in my mouth. Secondly that definition is pretty much standard in most dictionaries I've seen so I don't know what you want there. I know what, why don't you give us your definition of evolution since according to you most of the dictionaries out there are wrong.
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Oh, so now you're implying your belief system makes you a better person? Lol. Also, "life experience" has absolutely nothing to do with this topic. Not a single thing.
I am in no way implying my beliefs make me better than anyone else. And I think thats pretty obvious taken in the context with which I posted that. I merely meant that my beliefs make me a better person than I think I would be without them, again obviously not comparing myself to anyone else.
And life experience plays apart in every opinion everyone has ever had so saying it is irrelevant makes no sense to me. You don't think your life experience has anything to do with your views on the subject? Give me a break.