Off Topic - Violent Videogame against Sikhs - Update

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Update on campaign to remove video from market that depict Sikhs as terrorists

http://www.sikhnet.com/s/Hitman2VideoCampaign

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gordon

 

Off Topic - Violent Videogame against Sikhs

 

 

Hi to All

 

I am posting this as a matter which should be of grave concern to us all,

whether Sikh or non-Sikh. Please do not reply to this message via the list,

but if you feel strongly on this issue, go to the link given and sign the

petition.

 

Sat Nam!

Gordon

 

 

Last week, SikhNet found out about a video game that has been released by

EidosInteractive which features, on one of the levels of the game, bearded and

turbaned Sikh men being violently killed within a gurdwara whose description

matches the Golden Temple in Amritsar. We worked closely with leaders from four

other Sikh organizations: Sikh Communications Council,

 

Sikh Coalition, SMART and SCORE and jointly contacted the executives of Eidos

requesting that they recall the game and change the images that are not only

offensive to Sikhs but potentially dangerous in an environment already

predisposed to violence against people in turbans. Eidos removed

 

images and text from the website that referred to Sikhs and Gurdwaras, but has

declined to recall the game or take any further action. Already, there are

television commercials on air that advertise the game and show the briefest clip

of a Sikh character being stabbed to death. While conversations with the company

executives were going on, the organizations also worked together to draft a

petition to the company. Today, that petition drive was launched. Please sign

the petition, and encourgae everyone you know - Sikh and non-Sikh alike to sign

the petition. We're making a stand against vieo games being used as a mechanism

to promote hate and violence against a specific religious or ethnic community.

 

http://www.sikhnet.com/s/Hitman2Pet

 

In the coming days, we are looking at putting pressure on retailers and

distributors to not carry the game, as well as exploring how to work with the

media. I'll be sending you regular updates and looking for your support in

mobilizing your communities to pressure this game into being taken off the

market.

 

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