Apple removes all Civil War Games - facepalm

[Sousuke 1,214]

http://toucharcade.com/2015/06/25/apple-removes-confederate-flag/

As of the writing of this story, games like Ultimate General: Gettysburg and all the Hunted Cow Civil War games are nowhere to be found. Apple is famous for reaching for the axe rather than the scalpel when it comes to political issues (like rejecting Hunted Cow's Tank Battle 1942 for depicting Germans and Russians as enemies), so this move doesn't come as a great surprise.

[VOL 425]

Ain't this the same company with Homosexual CEO?

[decocker 7,198]

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Ain't this the same company with Homosexual CEO?

So that explains it.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

So that explains it.

And just when you thought we were going to have a rational thread on vj

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Next announcement, Gone With the Wind will now be banned from being shown every Thanksgiving.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Next announcement, Gone With the Wind will now be banned from being shown every Thanksgiving.

US critic: 'undeniably racist' Gone with the Wind should be banned from cinemas

The New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick has called for Gone with the Wind, the 1939 multi-Oscar-winning epic, to no longer be screened in cinemas.

“If the Confederate flag is finally going to be consigned to museums as an ugly symbol of racism,” writes Lumenick, “what about the beloved film offering the most iconic glimpse of that flag in American culture?”

The film, which is still the most lucrative of all time when figures are adjusted for inflation, screens on 4 July in New York’s Museum of Modern Art as part of its centenary of Technicolor celebrations. “Maybe that’s where this much-loved but undeniably racist artifact really belongs,” writes Lumenick.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/25/us-critic-deniably-racist-gone-with-the-wind-should-be-banned-from-cinemas

[Transborderwife 4,666]

US critic: 'undeniably racist' Gone with the Wind should be banned from cinemas

The New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick has called for Gone with the Wind, the 1939 multi-Oscar-winning epic, to no longer be screened in cinemas.

If the Confederate flag is finally going to be consigned to museums as an ugly symbol of racism, writes Lumenick, what about the beloved film offering the most iconic glimpse of that flag in American culture?

The film, which is still the most lucrative of all time when figures are adjusted for inflation, screens on 4 July in New Yorks Museum of Modern Art as part of its centenary of Technicolor celebrations. Maybe thats where this much-loved but undeniably racist artifact really belongs, writes Lumenick.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/25/us-critic-deniably-racist-gone-with-the-wind-should-be-banned-from-cinemas

Wow....and I was only half joking

[Boiler 43,429]

Obama to close all ACW Museums?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

The left....... LOL

Ignorance is strength.

[Rattlehead 69]

Next announcement, Gone With the Wind will now be banned from being shown every Thanksgiving.

Please tell me when that statement is no longer a joke... it'll be a day of great rejoicing. What a piece of garbage.

[Boiler 43,429]

Please tell me when that statement is no longer a joke... it'll be a day of great rejoicing. What a piece of garbage.

There are many people out there whose life is focused on being offended.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

http://toucharcade.com/2015/06/25/apple-removes-confederate-flag/

As of the writing of this story, games like Ultimate General: Gettysburg and all the Hunted Cow Civil War games are nowhere to be found. Apple is famous for reaching for the axe rather than the scalpel when it comes to political issues (like rejecting Hunted Cow's Tank Battle 1942 for depicting Germans and Russians as enemies), so this move doesn't come as a great surprise.

It has always been a strong belief by many that video games have a strong influence on society, including kids. However, I think this can slide. No need to remove it.

[Sousuke 1,214]

It has always been a strong belief by many that video games have a strong influence on society, including kids. However, I think this can slide. No need to remove it.

Saying this can slide sounds rather cavalier don't you think?

The flag clearly has a place anywhere within the historical context of war. Besides, game makers are just going to switch to this flag -

Edited June 26, 2015 by Sousuke

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Saying this can slide sounds rather cavalier don't you think?

The flag clearly has a place anywhere within the historical context of war. Besides, game makers are just going to switch to this flag -

History book. That's a good place for the flag.