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A letter I received regarding GAR


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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
PostPosted: Oct 27 2008 10:16 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Joe Locastro wrote:
I came across your site while researching racism in games. While your intentions are good your message is twisting it into something horrible. I HOPE the site is just a joke, If it is: Ha. You got me. If it's not, read on.

1) You mention that extreme violence is sometimes the only way to prevent racism. Dr. Martin Luther King taught the exact opposite message, and indeed the radical violent ways of race gangs are the REASON there is still a lot of racism today. Violence begets violence and promoting violence against man will only turn your message from brotherhood to something ugly.

2) You use racist terms in your banners. "Coon" is a horribly racist term, referring to Chinese as "yellow skinned" is VERY racist, and the "sometimes a live honky is better than a dead one" is terrible! People should be jumping up and down and yelling at you, or using extreme violence against you for using racist terms! "Less People means Less Intolerance?" This is some horrible stuff.

If the site is a satire, put up a notice. If it's not, consider your public image. You come across as a bully and a hypocrite, instead of an activist.

Thanks for your time,

-Joe
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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PostPosted: Oct 27 2008 10:17 pm Reply with quote Back to top

My response:

Yes, the site is indeed a joke. Thank you for your awesome advice about including a warning. I am totally going to do that. Warning people that what they are reading is satire is an excellent idea, and as everyone knows, such warnings are the hallmark of timeless satire. My favorite part of Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal is the footnote at the end where he wrote: "P.S. DON'T EAT BABIES, LOLOLOLOL!!!!"

Also, I have a suggestion for your project. You should talk about Resident Evil 5. Resident Evil 5 takes place in Africa, so most of the zombies you have to kill are black. Killing black people is racist, even if they're zombies. Next time around, Capcom should use a more ethnically diverse country so that you don't have to kill so many black people to win.

- Syd Lexia, GAR Project Leader
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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
PostPosted: Oct 27 2008 10:25 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Wow, that's twice this has happened now.


There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant.
 
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
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PostPosted: Oct 27 2008 10:26 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Jesus "light skinned" Christ, is this serious?
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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Oct 27 2008 10:41 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I held off on swearing, because I suspect this guy is like twelve.
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Probable Muppet
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PostPosted: Oct 27 2008 10:45 pm Reply with quote Back to top

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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Oct 27 2008 10:52 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I seriously hope that's not the same guy.
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Dr. Jeebus
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Joined: Sep 03 2005
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PostPosted: Oct 28 2008 08:22 am Reply with quote Back to top

That is 100% the same guy. I can't believe he wanted you to actually say the site is satire. If you need to be told that it's satire, you're a fucking idiot. I'm glad you brought up "A Modest Proposal" with him.


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Valdronius
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PostPosted: Oct 28 2008 01:54 pm Reply with quote Back to top

At least he didn't see the ARG posters.

You should send them to him.


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