Comments on: Singer defends ‘offensive’ LittleBigPlanet song, says it was meant to attract people to Islam http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/21/singer-defends-%e2%80%98offensive%e2%80%99-littlebigplanet-song-says-it-was-meant-to-attract-people-to-islam/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:00:02 -0500 hourly 1 By: TheHoldSteady http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/21/singer-defends-%e2%80%98offensive%e2%80%99-littlebigplanet-song-says-it-was-meant-to-attract-people-to-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-941125 TheHoldSteady Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:41:08 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=49656#comment-941125 I don't know how 'attractive' the phrases could be, given they were reported to be the equivalent of "kill 'em all and let Allah sort 'em out". Attractive for all the wrong reasons to all the wrong sort of psyche. And, how many people who understand spoken arabic aren't Muslim already? The Muslima.com ad is still going strong, though. I don’t know how ‘attractive’ the phrases could be, given they were reported to be the equivalent of “kill ‘em all and let Allah sort ‘em out”. Attractive for all the wrong reasons to all the wrong sort of psyche. And, how many people who understand spoken arabic aren’t Muslim already? The Muslima.com ad is still going strong, though.

]]> By: weatherman http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/21/singer-defends-%e2%80%98offensive%e2%80%99-littlebigplanet-song-says-it-was-meant-to-attract-people-to-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-940963 weatherman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:35:48 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=49656#comment-940963 I don't care if it's muslim, christian, jewish, buddhist, hindu, or b'hai - I don't want my video games attempting to "attract me to religion" full stop. Sony was right to remove it even if it's for the wrong reasons. I don’t care if it’s muslim, christian, jewish, buddhist, hindu, or b’hai – I don’t want my video games attempting to “attract me to religion” full stop. Sony was right to remove it even if it’s for the wrong reasons.

]]> By: Suf http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/21/singer-defends-%e2%80%98offensive%e2%80%99-littlebigplanet-song-says-it-was-meant-to-attract-people-to-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-940792 Suf Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:20:34 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=49656#comment-940792 "Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither". Sony was too quick to pull this out, and not quick enough to judge the complaint by its merits. The singer is a Sufi Muslim, it's part of their practice to actually put words from the Qur'an to music. Catering to any whiff of offence when it comes to Islam seems to be an absolute no-no nowadays. Such a shame, but then nobody wants violence. “Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither”. Sony was too quick to pull this out, and not quick enough to judge the complaint by its merits. The singer is a Sufi Muslim, it’s part of their practice to actually put words from the Qur’an to music. Catering to any whiff of offence when it comes to Islam seems to be an absolute no-no nowadays. Such a shame, but then nobody wants violence.

]]> By: thebonafortuna http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/21/singer-defends-%e2%80%98offensive%e2%80%99-littlebigplanet-song-says-it-was-meant-to-attract-people-to-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-940779 thebonafortuna Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:54:06 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=49656#comment-940779 ...a handful? This isn't meant as a dig at an entire religion (far from it), but Sony - and everyone else - has seen what happens when you're on the wrong side of the more extremist wing of the Islamic faith. And although they represent a fringe minority, numbers are growing and even the minorities have enough numbers to have people worried. Its not worth doing this from a business perspective. Sony probably didn't want to hear from retailers worried about carrying the game/worried about offending someone's faith/worried about making a profit. …a handful? This isn’t meant as a dig at an entire religion (far from it), but Sony – and everyone else – has seen what happens when you’re on the wrong side of the more extremist wing of the Islamic faith. And although they represent a fringe minority, numbers are growing and even the minorities have enough numbers to have people worried.

Its not worth doing this from a business perspective. Sony probably didn’t want to hear from retailers worried about carrying the game/worried about offending someone’s faith/worried about making a profit.

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