"...such is the fear of causing offence that Sony has withdrawn all copies of its LittleBigPlanet game after discovering a background music track by the Grammy-award winning world musician includes two lines from the Koran.Posted by Kate at October 21, 2008 10:38 AM
How do you rhyme a line like, "Cut the kuffir's head off" ?
Posted by: Bert at October 21, 2008 10:42 AMThe lines in question are:
Every soul shall taste of death
All that's well on Earth shall perish.
What's not to like?
Posted by: Mississauga Matt at October 21, 2008 11:03 AMSorry, too busy playing Dead Space and Rockband 2.
What game now?
Posted by: Karthanon at October 21, 2008 11:17 AM"Every soul shall taste of death
All that's well on Earth shall perish."
Ahhhh the human empathy, love and tolerance just oozes from this religion of Peace....and such a tolerant sectarian reaction to Sony's Koranic joyfulness just mails that message home doesn't it?
Posted by: WL Mackenzie Redux at October 21, 2008 11:18 AMspineless - Islamofascists scream, and Sony (et al) bends over
Posted by: Sheila T at October 21, 2008 11:47 AMIslam is evil.
There, Daisy, I think I have captured the essence of your post.
Sony's risk management teams decided to dabble in politics. Intriguing.
Posted by: Dim at October 21, 2008 11:48 AMIs it me or is it a little crazy that Sony will bend over backward to change a song (which was supposed to be just gibberish I believe) because it sounds like the Koran, and being infidels they arent allowed to quote it, and yet, any other religion wouldnt give a rat's arse if their sacred texts were put to song by accident?
Course... they may already be getting firebomb threats from those peace-loving people who dont want us taking "Every soul shall taste of death" and "All that's well on Earth shall perish" lightly.
"How do you rhyme a line like, "Cut the kuffir's head off" ?
Posted by: Bert at October 21, 2008 10:42 AM "
And we will give you neat stuff?
Posted by: Justthinkin at October 21, 2008 12:44 PM*
you think it's just corporations?
looks like john bull has "assumed the position" too...
"Meanwhile, specially trained officers have been
supporting the men's families and have been
speaking to community leaders."
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Posted by: neo at October 21, 2008 12:58 PMThe cynic in me thinks that they're simply creating controversy in order to hype their game.
Posted by: Edward Teach at October 21, 2008 2:04 PMMr Teach.A company creating controversy to sell a product? Surely you jest ;)
Posted by: Justthinkin at October 21, 2008 6:19 PM"Islam is evil.
There, Daisy, I think I have captured the essence of your post."
Looks like I've got a stalker.
Posted by: irwin daisy at October 21, 2008 9:20 PMDoesn't anyone remember the Byrds' "Turn, Turn, Turn"? Almost the entire song is taken from Eccliastes, and I don't recall a single Christian or Jew objecting; in fact, many people thought it was quite beautiful.
And, come to think of it, I thought the Old Testament was sacred to Muslims as well. Don't recall them objecting at the time, either.
Posted by: KevinB at October 21, 2008 10:05 PMLook at the bright side, Daisy. I think we've spared everyone another long-winded and repetitive diatribe on what you and frontpagemag think about Islam.
Posted by: Dim at October 22, 2008 5:14 PM