Video game ad 'condoned violence'

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  1. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    A poster for a video game has been found by the UK's advertising watchdog to condone violence.
    The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that a poster for Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance was irresponsible and likely to incite people, especially children, to violence.

    The ASA had received 15 complaints about a scene from the poster that showed a hooded black youth wiping his bloodied hand on the shoulder of a white businessman with text stating: 'It's in us all'.

    It found that the image confused real-life crime with a game, ruling that the poster was distressing and likely to cause offence.


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2966725.stm
     
  2. Lord_A

    Lord_A Boom baby!

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    wtf is up with people nowadays, they always bitch about everything. They should get a life ffs.
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  3. djgizmo

    djgizmo 1337 pimp

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    exactly. hollywood is full of violent movies about serial killers and what not, and people bitch about some poster because it has a bit of blood on it, and just because 15 people complained, doesn't mean the other 10 000 000 british people that have seen it have something against it... the fact of the matter is, that any kind of political view is going to be opposed by some people, especially in a country with tens of millions of citisens. ffs. 15 complaints! heck, i could have made more complaints than that, if i decided that i didn't like the game! it's probably just some rival game developers behind most of the complaints anyway.:D
     
  4. v3rt

    v3rt What's a Dremel?

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    This political correctness crap gets on my nerves. People getting anal about it...

    Don't get me wrong, ignorance towards others and culture etc etc isn't a good thing, but this is pathetic.

    You're right, they should get a life...

    [Bleh... // Dan]
     
  5. MadSkunkBurner

    MadSkunkBurner What's a Dremel?

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    Wait till they get a load of Postal 2 then - truly jawdropping antics...

    Smoke your crack pipe to get a boost - decapitate peeps with shovels, urinate on peeps and much more. Even though it is done in a very tongue in cheek way it's rather disturbing tbh - and thats coming from somebody who is pretty open minded about these type of things!

    But hey - rather than look at the route of the problem, stuffy ignorant people blame the worlds problems on video games.

    A bit sad really.
     

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