06-13-2018, 02:02 PM
European Lawmaker Gives Free Publicity To Wants Mafia City Banned
Italian-Americans wanted to play mafia online banned because they said it portrayed offensive ethnicstereotypes. A European Parliament member wants it banned because it trivializes mob murders. I have a better strategy: STFU about banning bad games, and they'll eventually fade away.
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Sonia Alfano, the MP in question, also is president of Italy's association for the families of mafia mmorpg. "It really, really hurts," Alfano, recently said in an interview. "We can't allow this to happen, our wounds are still too fresh." Her father was murdered by the mob. It doesn't matter that it was 18 years ago, her wounds will always be fresh.
No offense to Alfano or anyone hurt by organized crime; this is still another one of those arguments where someone assumes their victim status gives them the authority to say what is and isn't appropriate for the rest of society. We deal with that a lot in video games. The fact Mafia City was released in August and this concerns a game most people have already rented or returned smacks of a publicity grab.
Bloomberg has a longer and more thorough story whose net effect is to intellectualize whining.
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As someone who actually knows who Sonia Alfano is, I have to say that accusing her of using Mafia City for a "publicity grab" is an exceptionally ignorant thing to say - sorry, Owen, but it really is.
I completely disagree with her call for a ban and I do agree that hers is an overreaction, but I would never in a million years call it a publicity stunt.
It's safe to say she's shown more determination and had more of a positive impact on society than any of us reading this blog ever had or ever will have.
Accuse her all you want of being out of touch and picking the wrong fight, but certainly not of using a subject that's always been her life's work for self-promotion.
Mafia City official site ( Yotta game studio),chinese version mafia game name is 黑道風雲H5, thank you!
Italian-Americans wanted to play mafia online banned because they said it portrayed offensive ethnicstereotypes. A European Parliament member wants it banned because it trivializes mob murders. I have a better strategy: STFU about banning bad games, and they'll eventually fade away.
Sonia Alfano, the MP in question, also is president of Italy's association for the families of mafia mmorpg. "It really, really hurts," Alfano, recently said in an interview. "We can't allow this to happen, our wounds are still too fresh." Her father was murdered by the mob. It doesn't matter that it was 18 years ago, her wounds will always be fresh.
No offense to Alfano or anyone hurt by organized crime; this is still another one of those arguments where someone assumes their victim status gives them the authority to say what is and isn't appropriate for the rest of society. We deal with that a lot in video games. The fact Mafia City was released in August and this concerns a game most people have already rented or returned smacks of a publicity grab.
Bloomberg has a longer and more thorough story whose net effect is to intellectualize whining.
As someone who actually knows who Sonia Alfano is, I have to say that accusing her of using Mafia City for a "publicity grab" is an exceptionally ignorant thing to say - sorry, Owen, but it really is.
I completely disagree with her call for a ban and I do agree that hers is an overreaction, but I would never in a million years call it a publicity stunt.
It's safe to say she's shown more determination and had more of a positive impact on society than any of us reading this blog ever had or ever will have.
Accuse her all you want of being out of touch and picking the wrong fight, but certainly not of using a subject that's always been her life's work for self-promotion.
Mafia City official site ( Yotta game studio),chinese version mafia game name is 黑道風雲H5, thank you!