Double Standards: The Taliban Controversy

WARNING: This post may contain material that can be considered fanboyish, mature language, and common sense. You have been warned.

With the recent backlash about a single name - Taliban, the media is giving much unneeded flack to the game industry. We as gamers should be appalled by the media, especially when they basically force a change in a video game that affects us all. Yeah its just a name, but forcing the change is a violation of our rights and freedoms to say what we want. We should be fighting the media, supporting our love of gaming and the proud men and women who make those games.

Now, looking back at other games there are many other nationalities that are labeled as the 'bad guy' in the game, Germans, Russians, Japanese, Religions, Gods, you name it. What makes the Taliban any different? Because they are killing Americans, thats why, the only reason why the media and moms who have nothing better to do, is complain about a game that you can kill Americans. Whoop-Dee-Fuckin'-Doo. But it is ok for Americans to kill every other nation. I see a double standard here, dont you my fellow gamers?

What should we do about the name change, you ask - I think we should rise up, and speak our mind to the media, contact EA and tell them we want the Taliban in the game, it is their right to have it and they should not listen to the controversy, or the media about the matter, it is us, the gamers, the ones who support them financially that should have the final say, not some news source that just wants ratings, it should not be some woman who has never picked up a controller in her life, it should be the gamers, no one else. WHOS WITH ME?

From this point on, I want every one of you to help bring this game back to the way the devs wanted it, whether it be contacting the devs, or contacting the media and express the right the devs have to freedom of speech, the freedom to do as they want. This is OUR territory, we will not let them take it from us.