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The Church calls for Japanese allies
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 14th June 2007
The Church of England has appealed to Japan to support the protest against Resistance: Fall of Man.
The Church of England, outraged that Sony would include Manchester Cathedral in such a violent game, has been trying to gather support for its cause. Support is needed too, especially after the legal route appeared to have been taken away from it.
While the Church already has the support of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, it seems keen to gather allies from further afield.
Speaking yesterday, the Very Rev. Rogers Govender, the Dean of Manchester Cathedral, had the following comment to make:
"Today I want to appeal directly to the people of Japan to help us put pressure on Sony to respond. So I speak directly to those citizens who share our concerns."
The appeal seems to have incensed some members of the media however, who imply that the comment may be based on faulty, stereotypical impressions of Japan;
"Sure, Sony's headquarters is in Tokyo, but Sony's a multi-national corporation, and the game was made in America by Americans. What do Japanese people, who aren't typically Christian, have to do with this?"
Whether based on stereotypes or not, the impression among gamers - even established anti-Sony gamers - seems to indicate that the Church of England is fighting an uphill battle with the public, though what the 'normal', non-geeky hordes think about it all is perhaps another issue altogether.
Think the Church of England will ever get the 'large donation' it has been asking for? Will the game be pulled from shelves across the UK, despite already selling a million copies? Is Jesus going to come down and bitch-slap Sony personally? If you like making your opinions on these matters publicly known then get to the forums.
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If the church had anything to do with video games industry they would be like the ones Rod & Todd play in The Simpsons.....LOL
The CoE has already lost the argument by making it out to be a much bigger problem than it really is. Too many column inches, not enough story.
Jesus is a zombie [i.e., dead --> come back to life = zombie], so he'll rise from the earth, remove an arm and then bitch-slap Sony...
^what he said
The Church of England should merely counter with an Xbox 360 game entitled: Resistance , the fall of morales, showing something something with stuff.
lol totally agree
Its hardly like every individual contributes into the game content developed by Sony...
Rubbish, these days the mass media laughs at middle class white men. Theyre the one group of people who the media can lampoon without being classed racist, sexist, or ageist.
Muslim protests have grabbed more media attention of late than the church could ever hope to create, at least in the uk. When other religions protest of late the government has sat up and examined the issues, or theatres have withdrawn plays, noticeably because these religions tend to represent minority races and where not allowed to upset them for fear of being branded racist. But when the church protests its a case of "awhh the poor deluded people, give them a sec and they'll go to sleep again".
Cant you just update the original and not create so many ???
nothin against the Church, but many thing against Mr. Govender there....
pffftt