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The governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua has ordered that copies of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 be confiscated, according to a report on Spanish-language site El Diario.
Set in Juárez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, GRAW2 follows an elite combat unit battling Mexican rebels in the year 2014. Earlier this month, the mayor of Juárez, a city in Chihuahua on the Mexican-American border, criticized the game sharply, saying it instilled poor values and portrayed his town's people as violent.
According to the report, Chihuahua Governor José Reyes Baeza Terrazas considers the game an insult not only to the city of Juárez, but to the entire country. Currently, authorities are gathering information on where the game is being sold, reproduced, and distributed in preparation for a seizure campaign, El Diario reported.
Source: Gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6168009.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;1)
And people think our freedom of speech is limited...
Dylflon
03-24-2007, 12:07 PM
They can take their games, but their fighting spirit will live on.
Viva la revolucion!
Typhoid
03-24-2007, 12:20 PM
The governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua
That's as far as I read.
Any state that shares the name with a tiny, non-threatening dog is a.o.k in my books.
The dog is actually named after the state.
Typhoid
03-24-2007, 12:55 PM
I never said "Took the name from" I said "shares it's name with".
Also, really?
I totally thought Mexico loved the popularity of the tiny animal they put it in the anals of history and time by naming land after it.
/sarcasm.
I never said "Took the name from" I said "shares its name with."
I wasn't refuting your claim, simply stating a fact.
MrCoffee
03-24-2007, 01:51 PM
I can see where they get there idea from, if I was having these kind of issues and then this game comes out that practically advertises the rebellion...
Crash
03-24-2007, 01:53 PM
HA!!!! Juarez is a turd in the ground. GRAW portrays it better than it really is. And it is insurgents, NOT juarez residents that you're fighting. Don't act like you people in Juarez can afford an Xbox360 anyways.
Dylflon
03-24-2007, 02:39 PM
HA!!!! Juarez is a turd in the ground. GRAW portrays it better than it really is. And it is insurgents, NOT juarez residents that you're fighting. Don't act like you people in Juarez can afford an Xbox360 anyways.
Hey, I will not sit here while you bad mouth Mexicans.
I will go and eat two chimichungas in support of our southern brethren.
Viva la chimichungas!
KillerGremlin
03-24-2007, 04:20 PM
mexico is almost as lame as canada
Perfect Stu
03-24-2007, 05:57 PM
mexico is almost as lame as canada
i resent that.
it's nowhere NEAR as lame as us, ok? we're lamer than lame and proud of it.
Happydude
03-24-2007, 06:03 PM
YEAH! WHAT HE SAID!
Dylflon
03-24-2007, 06:06 PM
mexico is almost as lame as canada
Go die now.
DarkMaster
03-24-2007, 07:34 PM
But really though, if Mexico released a game where an elite squad of Mexican soldiers fought against an American insurgence in, I dunno, Texas, wouldnt you guys be kind of upset? I mean, aside from the fact that that makes no sense at all.
Fox 6
03-24-2007, 08:12 PM
i NO ME GUSTA !
Crash
03-24-2007, 09:03 PM
But really though, if Mexico released a game where an elite squad of Mexican soldiers fought against an American insurgence in, I dunno, Texas, wouldnt you guys be kind of upset? I mean, aside from the fact that that makes no sense at all.
Heh, I'm sure there are plenty of books about a similar thing. What difference does it make? Besides, I believe a similar thing did take place against santa ana, and I believe texas ended up a US state sooner or later.
KillerGremlin
03-25-2007, 04:26 AM
Que!?!
f*cking future people coming and taking our jobs
manasecret
03-25-2007, 04:36 AM
Dey turk arr jrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbbbbs!!
Typhoid
03-25-2007, 04:44 AM
*derrogatory racist post*
Perfect Stu
03-25-2007, 01:45 PM
But really though, if Mexico released a game where an elite squad of Mexican soldiers fought against an American insurgence in, I dunno, Texas, wouldnt you guys be kind of upset? I mean, aside from the fact that that makes no sense at all.
Remember the Alamo!
Professor S
03-30-2007, 12:22 PM
But really though, if Mexico released a game where an elite squad of Mexican soldiers fought against an American insurgence in, I dunno, Texas, wouldnt you guys be kind of upset? I mean, aside from the fact that that makes no sense at all.
Sure they would be upset, and probably complain and protest, but there wouldn't be any government bans. That is the beauty of free speech in a free society. It works both ways. EX: The Dixie Chicks. They came out strongly against the President and their fanbase came out strongly against them for their comments, which is their right. Boycotts are not censorship, as they are controlled by the market (read: people), and not the state and it is a form of free speech. Once the state determines what the people can or cannot see or buy, then that is censorship and a curtailing of freedoms, whether right or wrong.
Now I'm going to go mend the rift between Canada and Mexico in this thread by dumping salsa on a big bowl of poutine and chowing down. Hell, the salsa might even make the sloppy, soggy mass of beefy potatoes edible...
Dylflon
03-30-2007, 09:06 PM
FOR THE LAAAAAAND OF THE FREEEEEEE! AAAND THE HOOOME OOOF THEEE BRAAAAAAAAAAVE!
manasecret
03-30-2007, 09:29 PM
...........jjrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbbbbss.........
Dylflon
03-30-2007, 09:57 PM
It would be sweet if someone made a game where Americans were an invading force and you had to fight them.
Then America would be like "That's anti-American and also fascist and probably communist! These colors don't run!"
Professor S
03-31-2007, 07:59 PM
It would be sweet if someone made a game where Americans were an invading force and you had to fight them.
Then America would be like "That's anti-American and also fascist and probably communist! These colors don't run!"
Once again, I'm sure we backward, unsophisticated Americans would be upset, yet we seem to have enough couth to not create legislation from those feelings, unlike the Mexican governor. The ability to exchange differing opinions is the backbone of a free society. Come spend some time in the US sometime if you can't wrap your mind around that concept. (Yes, that was petty and insulting, but so were the majority of your posts in this thread. Tit for tat.)
The funny part is its not the conservative Americans that are leaders in censorship these days, its the leftists ( I refuse to call them liberals). Al Gore has decided he will not even entertain any opinion opposing his global warming alarmism, even though both NASA and The New York Times have released data that refutes his claims. US Colleges and Universities consistently have expelled students who dare to express a differing opinion to that of "War is bad" and "Immigration laws are for meanies". Recently a proposed US ambassador was voted down, and the main reason given for this was that he dared to contribute $ to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (they campaigned against Kerry in 2004), which sets a horrific example.
Conservatism is no longer considered a political philosophy by the left, its considered evil and racist. Its not something that they consider for debate, its just wrong for the reason that it differs from their opinion (and it doesn't put "nice" before "pragmatic"). Leftists HATE conservatism and view it as rich people trying to become richer while exploiting the poor. Conservatives may think that leftists are wrong, but most still believe that they have the best intentions, even the radio talk show hosts admit that. This is a dangerous contrast for a democratic republic.
What were we talking about again? Oh yeah...
Once again, free speech goes both ways. If you criticize America, expect americans to return the favor. Its your right to criticize and its others right to criticize that criticism if they disaggree with you. Now if America then banned your criticism or made it illegal, then maybe you'd have something to really bitch about. Its kind of like how Sean Penn babbles about how dissenting opinion is censored in the US... yet he is babbling his dissenting opinion... in the US... while he's saying he can't actually do it...
Gotta love that kind of logic.
And this time please try and reply to my posts with ideas and not some silly quote from our national anthem. That kind of behavior just supports my view that those on the left have contempt for conservative ideas, or just have nothing real to refute them with. Plus, you sound a bit retarded doing it in all Caps. Your fellow Canadians deserve better representation, and you are fully capable of giving them just that.
Typhoid
03-31-2007, 08:27 PM
What were we talking about again?
That seems to be a mainstay in 90% of everything you post.
Teuthida
03-31-2007, 08:28 PM
Poutine puzzles me more than any foreign policy.
Typhoid
03-31-2007, 08:31 PM
I dont even know what poutine is, nor have I ever tasted said concoction.
Fox 6
03-31-2007, 09:03 PM
Plus, you sound a bit retarded doing it in all Caps.
Text has sound? Just a bit of creative criticism, a better word would have worked. How about seem, or look or how about we stop making 75% of all threads, in a video game forum no less, into something political?
Typhoid
03-31-2007, 09:29 PM
how about we stop making 75% of all threads, in a video game forum no less, into something political?
I dont think those self-proclaimed backwards, unsophisticated Americans could handle it.
Dylflon
03-31-2007, 09:42 PM
Jesus, Strangler. What I said, I said in jest. I have no problems with America or Americans. Generally, most of you are not retarded.
I'm not saying you'd ban games or burn books. I'm not saying Canadians are any better than Americans. I'm not saying a lot of things.
You're saying a lot of things. Your posts are too long. Eat a chimichunga or something.
manasecret
03-31-2007, 10:20 PM
Chimichunga? Ok, a quick google shows you're not alone in your use of that spelling. (Is that common where you are something?) However a quick google of Chimichanga shows that it is the more accepted version.
Haha, funny writeup methinks on Chimichanga on Wiki
The Chimichanga, or chivichanga, (pronounced chimmy·CHAHN·guh /tʃɪmiˈtʃɑŋə/ in English and /tʃimiˈtʃaŋga/ in Spanish) is a deep-fried burrito that originated in Tucson, Arizona. Flour tortillas are folded into rectangular packages and filled with a wide range of ingredients, most commonly beans, rice, cheese and shredded meat. They are then deep-fried and usually served without a sauce, but may be accompanied with salsa, guacamole, sour cream or cheese.
According to a legend, Monica Flin, who started the restaurant El Charro in 1922, accidentally dropped a burrito into the deep fat fryer. She immediately began to utter a Spanish curse-word, but quickly edited herself to say "Chimichanga" the Spanish equivalent of "thingamajig."
The origin of the chimichanga is subject to some debate. In addition, Macayo's restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona claims that its founder, Woody Johnson, invented the chimichanga some time in the 1950s.
Hahaha leave it to an American to deep-fry something and give it a new name. Though I don't believe that Monica Flin story for one second.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimichanga
How's that for changing the subject?
Oh, right........JRRRRRRRRRRBBBBBBBBS!!
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