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    Don't cancel Far cry 5 because of controversy

    Farcry has had us killing many other religious extremist groups and races in the past, so why is it not okay to kill white, Christian extremists. It's almost racist to not make this game and avoid the topic of white christian extremists all together and say "we just can't kill white christians". Additionally, these cultists that we are killing aren't christians they're extremists. You can't classify them as christians and get upset by the fact that we're killing "Christians".Think of it this way, if a KKK member was arrested for lynching an african american, you wouldn't get mad at the police officer that arrested him for arresting him because he was white. If Farcry 5 is "offensive" to christianity than words cannot describe how offensive Far Cry 4 was. In Far Cry 4 we literally destroyed temples and used them for all out war zones, we had the choice to kill someone because they wanted to make kyrat a religion based country, and somehow this is okay and farcry 5 isn't? And finally, everyone just needs to realize that it's just a game and no one made this to offend anyone and we need to be more desensitized to these topics to be able to understand and deal with them better.
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    Don't worry.....they'll only cancel games if Jews or Muslims are offended.
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    Yeah, but never when us poor white christians don't like what they do.... oh maybe i shouldn't say we as I don't even buy that you yourself are a christian, you certainly don't seem to possess any of their values.
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    You haven't been banned yet?!?

    Also can we please not make these topics? We should at the very least keep them to the ridiculous topics attacking FC5. No need for new ones defending this games reasonable story and setting.
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    Yeah, I think we just need to band together to keep actual relevant topics bumped & bury the garbage... the game is not in danger of being cancelled. All the far cry games end up getting a bit of controversy. FC3 was accused of racism because we played as a "white savior" coming to the rescue of incapable natives and killing all the other colored pirate baddies. Now FC5 is rolling around and not only are there extremists claiming it mocks their religion, there are people calling it a commentary for "white genocide".

    Literally cannot win. Kill non-whites, ubi is racist, kill white people, ubi condones white genocide. Have your game feature a militant cult who subjugates the population of a rural county in the northwest, and ill-informed ideologues accuse you of mockery and religious discrimination with complete disregard of the fact that the things this cult is 'preaching' has yet to be revealed. Oh but they've used imagery that these extremists have inferred means something different. Well guess what, inferences can be inaccurate, and in this case they very much were inaccurate, but once an idea is set in an ideologue's mind, good luck convincing them to see it in any other light, because that idea forms quickly and attempting to chip away at it only seems to harden their misguided resolve.
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    Agreed. I respect developers who take risks and who aren't afraid to be politically incorrect.

    Let's bump the good threads and let the trash fall where it may.
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    Originally Posted by mistados Go to original post
    Agreed. I respect developers who take risks and who aren't afraid to be politically incorrect.

    Let's bump the good threads and let the trash fall where it may.
    One f#(ked up train of thought I've seen people saying is that ubi wasn't "brave enough" to have islamists as the enemy. That doesn't take bravery, that is a cliche at this point. I think what they're doing with this game and setting it up as militant cultists in the backyard of modern america is far more brave a subject to tackle. There are alot of thought provoking implications about neighbors turned extremists. You know 2 characters who used to know each other are going to have to fight one another at some point and it could make for a very poignant moment if handled right. We'll have to wait and see. Hopefully this forum can get back to some proper discussion soon but I feel like this invasion of the misguided will get worse before it gets better... we're already seeing new recruits trickling in. Hope the mods can keep the forum from utterly devolving... Good luck Ubi-KitKoumal! You'll deserve a raise after what I suspect you're about to have to go through... prolly deserve one already just for having to read some of the things being posted...
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    Originally Posted by HorTyS Go to original post
    Good luck Ubi-KitKoumal! You'll deserve a raise after what I suspect you're about to have to go through... prolly deserve one already just for having to read some of the things being posted...
    Actually, I wanted to thank the guy (or girl who knows?) for his job lately. Too bad it angered our religious newcomers and drove them hellbent on the forum.
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    Originally Posted by HorTyS Go to original post
    One f#(ked up train of thought I've seen people saying is that ubi wasn't "brave enough" to have islamists as the enemy. That doesn't take bravery, that is a cliche at this point. I think what they're doing with this game and setting it up as militant cultists in the backyard of modern america is far more brave a subject to tackle. There are alot of thought provoking implications about neighbors turned extremists. You know 2 characters who used to know each other are going to have to fight one another at some point and it could make for a very poignant moment if handled right. We'll have to wait and see. Hopefully this forum can get back to some proper discussion soon but I feel like this invasion of the misguided will get worse before it gets better... we're already seeing new recruits trickling in. Hope the mods can keep the forum from utterly devolving... Good luck Ubi-KitKoumal! You'll deserve a raise after what I suspect you're about to have to go through... prolly deserve one already just for having to read some of the things being posted...
    It's not brave to spit in the face of Christians....Hollywood does it all of the time. However, it takes courage to target Judaism or Islam.....which is why they will never do it. And before anyone complains.....when I say Christian I simply meant using Churches (and other forms of Christian mockery like the Last Supper on the box cover art), and Judaism means Synagogues (and other religious symbolism), and Islam means Mosques (and other religious symbolism)....I did NOT mean them using the religions by their names.
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    Originally Posted by Kaide_XIV Go to original post
    It's not brave to spit in the face of Christians....Hollywood does it all of the time. However, it takes courage to target Judaism or Islam.....which is why they will never do it. And before anyone complains.....when I say Christian I simply meant using Churches (and other forms of Christian mockery like the Last Supper on the box cover art), and Judaism means Synagogues (and other religious symbolism), and Islam means Mosques (and other religious symbolism)....I did NOT mean them using the religions by their names.
    Half of modern day movies and a bunch before had terrorists killing under the banner of a deviant version of Islam. Even TV series like Homeland or others targeted Islam. So talk about courage...

    The only question I'm actually asking myself right know is how is it possible that you're still posting.
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