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General Discussion / Guns of Icarus Censârship
« on: November 17, 2015, 12:29:26 am »
Not sure where to place this but I am being harassed by an administrator about my ship name "gRAPES OF WRATH" This reminds me of such incidents of before, when ignorance and the dominance of 'PC' (politically correct) culture has over-regulated such matters:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_%22niggardly%22
I refer to the following wikipedia article which focuses on similar instances of useless censorship.
This is a great literary book written by one of the greatest American literary authors. Read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath
This also reminds me of a previous supreme court ruling, which again I will cite on wikipedia because this not an academic forum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it
In short, people will read far too much into whatever they read and place their own experiences and convictions instead of looking at something objectively.
This is precisely why there will never be a filter on a word such as 'grape': just because a certain person sees an offensive word inside of another is something I simply cannot control.
This isn't a thread about freedom of speech for I know that 'freedom of speech' does not apply anywhere but inside of government institutions. This is an issue of over-censorship and just because someone is offended doesn't mean there is something to BE offended about.
To me, this is such a non-issue. What Guns of Icarus should be focused on is the dwindling player base. I think it's the focus on such trivial matters that has led to its small player community.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_%22niggardly%22
I refer to the following wikipedia article which focuses on similar instances of useless censorship.
This is a great literary book written by one of the greatest American literary authors. Read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath
This also reminds me of a previous supreme court ruling, which again I will cite on wikipedia because this not an academic forum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it
In short, people will read far too much into whatever they read and place their own experiences and convictions instead of looking at something objectively.
This is precisely why there will never be a filter on a word such as 'grape': just because a certain person sees an offensive word inside of another is something I simply cannot control.
This isn't a thread about freedom of speech for I know that 'freedom of speech' does not apply anywhere but inside of government institutions. This is an issue of over-censorship and just because someone is offended doesn't mean there is something to BE offended about.
To me, this is such a non-issue. What Guns of Icarus should be focused on is the dwindling player base. I think it's the focus on such trivial matters that has led to its small player community.