Surlent said:
This site has characterized itself as a family friendly site since its beginning. And the level of language tolerated here has been following that line of thought. I have not had any misunderstandings or problems with that line up until this point.
"Faggot" isn't family friendly language. You're being deliberately offensive and portraying yourself as a bigot. Sad.
My original post was in essence my personal opinion what I do not consider entertaining personally for me and what kind of products I do not wish to spend my money on. The intention was not practise hate speech towards any group of people. The point was to voice a protest and vote with my wallet and feet.
I'm sure you also vote with a couple GB of your harddrive devoted to encrypted gay pornographic films. It's pretty much proven that the most vocal homophobes are actually in the closet themselves. Come out, brother!
]As I'm not a native English speaker nor living in a society speaking English sometimes the everyday use of every term and expression is not so obvious to me. Even after a look up of a word in a dictionary or thesaurus, it might not reveal to me the word's complete practical meaning. I apologize if I did end up using too offensive language for no apparent reason. As far as I understand all the expressions I used in my first post were within the limits of everyday common speech.
Yeah, okay. You obviously speak English well enough to form fairly complex sentences and paragraphs. You knew exactly what you were doing, don't feign ignorance- it just makes you look that much worse.
If we consider this site's family friendly moderation and the themes present in this game like all the gore, decapitation and now the added homosexuality. I can see why the conversations about this game can easily test the moderation. All said and done I guess I'll have to pay surgeon like precise attention what to write on this forum.
Or you could show some common sense and not use hate speech?
Was the name calling really a necessary practise from an employee of Bioware? First off, you're part of creating a game that is not appealing to me. After I express my views on a public forum and clearly state they are my sole opinion, you insult me in person?
I think everyone has a right to insult your person after your statement. I'm sure the moderators would have completely erased your post if you said "this game has niggers!! holy shit! i'm not touching it!" or maybe even banned you completely. I personally don't believe a warning is enough for people like you, but it's their call.
As for the sarcastic remarks about my culture and intelligence. Not everyone lives in Canada or US and shares the same values and culture as you do. How is that a sign of their lack of intelligence and sophistication? Often the best/worst (depending on your point of view) way to start the bigotry is to put yourself above the rest of the world and belittle them.
Cultural relativism goes only so far. I'll personally accept any cultures customs or beliefs as long as they do not deliberately inflict harm on other individuals out of bigotry or ignorance, at which point I'll call those cultures out.
Sure, you have freedom of speech. But so do I. If you can be a bigot, I can call you out on it. To bring this back to the modern RPG- you made a choice (to post hate speech on the internet) and now you have consequences (a "warning" and now me calling you out on it. If the internet wasn't anonymous and people you know in real life people heard you spout hate, you'd probably get a lot worse).
I'm sure Bioware doesn't care that you won't buy their game. It's gonna sell a billion copies, regardless. And frankly, I think all their games should include gay male sex now- it'll bring people like you out of the woodwork and we'll know who to shun.
