Church Angry About Video Game
Does anyone else find it incredibly strange that the Anglican Church can get so up in arms about a "virtual desecration" of a cathedral while not saying a peep about real cases where churches have been desecrated by violence? Examples of the Church’s silence include the terrorist seige at the Church of the Nativity in 2002, numerous bombings of churches in Iraq by insurgent forces, and recent attacks on churches in Indonesia to name a few. Perhaps the Church of England should turn its rage against video games to more substantive cases? Does anyone know of examples where they have actually spoken out against these real outrages? I’d be happy to be proven wrong.
THE CHURCH of England has threatened legal action against Sony after a violent PlayStation 3 computer game depicts Manchester Cathedral as a back-drop for a battle.
Church leaders accused Sony of “desecration” and said it had not asked permission to use the building.
The new game, Resistance: Fall of Man, sees a virtual shoot-out between warring soldiers inside a mock-up of the cathedral. Players assume the role of an army sergeant as a battle is held inside the cathedral, with troops shown taking aim from the nave.
Church officials described Sony’s use of the building as “sick” and sacrilegious and demanded its removal from shops.
Nigel McCulloch, the Bishop of Manchester, said: “For a global manufacturer to recreate one of our great cathedrals with photo-realistic quality and then encourage people to have gun battles in the building is beyond belief and highly irresponsible.”
David Wilson, a Sony spokesman, said: “It is entertainment, like Doctor Who or any other science fiction. Throughout the whole process we have sought permission where necessary.”
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