In the latest example of PC sensibilities gone overboard, Sony has recalled a new PS3 game over fears it might offend Muslims.
The supposed autumn blockbuster LittleBigPlanet was due to go on sale this week, but has been withdrawn from stockists and put back to 28 October.
Song lyrics
That's because one of the songs used in part of the game contains words from the Qur'an. Sony says it will remove the song before redistributing the game.
Writing on the PlayStation blog, Patrick Seybold of SCEA explains: "During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur'an."
Knee-jerk
He concludes: "We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offense that this may have caused."
Nonetheless, the move is being seen as an overreaction. One member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said: "Many Americans already feel that Muslims want to censor everything."
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jreed
October 20th 2008
3. Just another excuse for sony to delay a game...
Why would you look for verses in the Quran to put in a game?
Secondly, the verses where
"Every soul will taste death" ...why would you put that in a Family/Rated E game??? It makes no sense anyway...
It has to be just a pathetic excuse for sony to fix a few problems, they could have released the game then a patch, but NOOO, blame ISLAM!!
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watcherzero
October 19th 2008
2. Remember Manchester Cathedral? Sony doesnt want a repeat.
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dyohanan
October 19th 2008
1. I do not understand why the rest of the world have to be careful to the sensibility of the muslim world, mean while muslims can say anything against other religion? Can someone can explain me this?
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