So has anybody heard about this thing where Blizzard apparently hired a band to play at Blizzcon and the band said some homophobic things? Apparently Blizzard responded that it was a joke?
Apparently this is all over the official WoW forums, and the ACLU and GLAAD and ESRB and other groups are getting notifications about this.
I cannot seem to find any specific data on what exactly happened though...
So has anybody heard about this thing where Blizzard apparently hired a band to play at Blizzcon and the band said some homophobic things? Apparently Blizzard responded that it was a joke?
Apparently this is all over the official WoW forums, and the ACLU and GLAAD and ESRB and other groups are getting notifications about this.
I cannot seem to find any specific data on what exactly happened though...
Anybody know anything about it?
Who cares? You can't have that many parades and support groups without getting made fun of every now and then. Not everyone likes rainbows.
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"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
The story was blown out of proportion. They aired a 4 year old video of Corpsegrinder from cannibal corpse ranting about how he hates the "homo alliance", and then he sang with lvl90ETC on stage, he's not part of the band.
What? I simply don't care. At all. If someone was standing on stage saying he hated gay people, they should leave, that would be one thing. But if he used the word fag, gay, or cocksucker or something like that then I honestly don't care.
I don't intend to support gay bashing or anything like that. Far from it honestly. But I'm not going to go out of my way to care either. That's their fight. Not mine.
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"I want to say something but I'll keep it to myself I guess and leave this useless post behind to make you aware that there WAS something... "
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
The world in general has gone PC mad, you have to constantly watch what you say and do in case you happen to offend someone about something. England is terrible when it comes to PC madness, here are just a few examples:
- Not being able to fly the English flag outside your home during the World Cup because it might offend people.
- Not being able to say "Merry Christmas" but instead having to say "Happy Holidays".
- Having to call a black board a chalk board (white board is fine though...) as to not offend black people.
- Manhole covers being renamed "Personnel Access Units" to avoid offending women.
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The question isn't why do I kill. The question is, why I don't kill everybody.
The world in general has gone PC mad, you have to constantly watch what you say and do in case you happen to offend someone about something. England is terrible when it comes to PC madness, here are just a few examples:
- Not being able to fly the English flag outside your home during the World Cup because it might offend people.
- Not being able to say "Merry Christmas" but instead having to say "Happy Holidays".
- Having to call a black board a chalk board (white board is fine though...) as to not offend black people.
- Manhole covers being renamed "Personnel Access Units" to avoid offending women.
I get the first two points but how does a black board offend black people and how does a manhole cover offend women?
Black people don't care if they're called black, if it isn't used to demean them.
I... well, a woman's mind can never be comprehended by man.
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Just as the Scorpion hunts...
Silently Lurking...
"Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted." ~ Ezio Auditore de Firenze
The world in general has gone PC mad, you have to constantly watch what you say and do in case you happen to offend someone about something. England is terrible when it comes to PC madness, here are just a few examples:
- Not being able to fly the English flag outside your home during the World Cup because it might offend people.
- Not being able to say "Merry Christmas" but instead having to say "Happy Holidays".
- Having to call a black board a chalk board (white board is fine though...) as to not offend black people.
- Manhole covers being renamed "Personnel Access Units" to avoid offending women.
I get the first two points but how does a black board offend black people and how does a manhole cover offend women?
Black people don't care if they're called black, if it isn't used to demean them.
I... well, a woman's mind can never be comprehended by man.
Who knows. And by "get" do you mean "agree with"? Because frankly I don't, if the sight of an English flag offends you it's time for you move back to wherever you came from, the country is called England, not Immigrantland. I really hate how we have to bend over backwards to not offend people who aren't even English.
I have some more ridiculous examples for you:
- Santa Clauses in Sydney were told not to say "Ho Ho Ho" as it might offend women.
- You're supposed to call black bags rubbish/bin bags now.
- Brainstorming is no longer allowed, you're supposed to say "thought shower" so you don't offend epileptics.
- The children's nursery rhyme baa baa black sheep is now baa baa rainbow sheep.
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The question isn't why do I kill. The question is, why I don't kill everybody.
Seriously! Rainbow Sheep! Is somebody taking lessons from Blizzard's Rainbow Unicorns?
When I said I get why people get offended, I mean that I understand why they get offended. I know somebody who gets offended when somebody puts up a flag for Democrats. The entire development where they live is Republican, except for the one family that has a Democratic way of thinking.
I just think it gets ridiculous at times.
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Just as the Scorpion hunts...
Silently Lurking...
"Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted." ~ Ezio Auditore de Firenze
The story was blown out of proportion. They aired a 4 year old video of Corpsegrinder from cannibal corpse ranting about how he hates the "homo alliance", and then he sang with lvl90ETC on stage, he's not part of the band.
Like I said, I didn't get all the information right. I apologize. :/
- Not being able to say "Merry Christmas" but instead having to say "Happy Holidays".
What's especially funny is that the people saying Merry Christmas have nothing to do with Christianity, especially in December.
Walk up to somebody and wish them "Happy Halloween" on xmas day. It'll drive them nuts, and they are not even celebrating a Christian holiday. Hilarious!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI
african snake SNAAAAAAKE SNAAAAAKE. How has anyone not seen this. I remember it was all the rage in year 12.
Apparently this is all over the official WoW forums, and the ACLU and GLAAD and ESRB and other groups are getting notifications about this.
I cannot seem to find any specific data on what exactly happened though...
Anybody know anything about it?
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
Who cares? You can't have that many parades and support groups without getting made fun of every now and then. Not everyone likes rainbows.
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
That...just... *Sigh* Nevermind...
You can see his nerd rage here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW_Lv0r-l4c
The whole situation is just a reminder of the politically correct egg shells we all have to walk on.
What? I simply don't care. At all. If someone was standing on stage saying he hated gay people, they should leave, that would be one thing. But if he used the word fag, gay, or cocksucker or something like that then I honestly don't care.
I don't intend to support gay bashing or anything like that. Far from it honestly. But I'm not going to go out of my way to care either. That's their fight. Not mine.
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtk7U-9bUJQ
People need relax more, Okay maybe not Gran Torino relaxed, but you get the point.
I'm as homophobic as the next guy, but shouldn't that sentence simply be "I don't support gay bashing". O.o
- Not being able to fly the English flag outside your home during the World Cup because it might offend people.
- Not being able to say "Merry Christmas" but instead having to say "Happy Holidays".
- Having to call a black board a chalk board (white board is fine though...) as to not offend black people.
- Manhole covers being renamed "Personnel Access Units" to avoid offending women.
My favourite one is, "If you don't like gay people you're secretly gay".
I get the first two points but how does a black board offend black people and how does a manhole cover offend women?
Black people don't care if they're called black, if it isn't used to demean them.
I... well, a woman's mind can never be comprehended by man.
Who knows. And by "get" do you mean "agree with"? Because frankly I don't, if the sight of an English flag offends you it's time for you move back to wherever you came from, the country is called England, not Immigrantland. I really hate how we have to bend over backwards to not offend people who aren't even English.
I have some more ridiculous examples for you:
- Santa Clauses in Sydney were told not to say "Ho Ho Ho" as it might offend women.
- You're supposed to call black bags rubbish/bin bags now.
- Brainstorming is no longer allowed, you're supposed to say "thought shower" so you don't offend epileptics.
- The children's nursery rhyme baa baa black sheep is now baa baa rainbow sheep.
When I said I get why people get offended, I mean that I understand why they get offended. I know somebody who gets offended when somebody puts up a flag for Democrats. The entire development where they live is Republican, except for the one family that has a Democratic way of thinking.
I just think it gets ridiculous at times.
Like I said, I didn't get all the information right. I apologize. :/
What's especially funny is that the people saying Merry Christmas have nothing to do with Christianity, especially in December.
Walk up to somebody and wish them "Happy Halloween" on xmas day. It'll drive them nuts, and they are not even celebrating a Christian holiday. Hilarious!