In spite of all the recent negative feedback on the direction the game is taking, dmg04 decides it is more appropriate to respond to one person's complaint about the usage of the word "Kamikaze", and that frankly is already off putting. What's even more is how disturbing it is that Bungie is willing to look into censoring a word that not only has historical significance, but also is a reminder and tribute to the people who fought against tyranny 80 years ago. The fact that anybody wants it removed is not only idiotic, but offensive to the people who experienced the atrocities of the Axis powers, including my family.
Firstly, my family on my mother's side is Chinese. My grandfather lived through Manchuria and Japanese occupation, and he has experienced things that cause him trauma to this day. He watched his sister get strung up in a tree in his yard, and moments later get executed by a Japanese troop using a bayonet. He watched his father, mother, and their fathers and mothers kneel in a line, and then get shot by a firing squad. His home was burnt down by cannonfire and aerial bombs, and he escaped to fight for his country against the Japanese army. However, he is not offended by some word that depicts a type of tactic used in the war. His efforts deserve to be remembered, not to be obscured by history.
The simple fact that censorship against the word "Kamikaze" exists is the highest order of ignorance. The word is a representation of something in history that caused death and sacrifice, used by a nation led by tyrants who were ultimately defeated by the forces acting for the freedom and liberty of oppressed people around the globe. These words and these scenes are reminders of what went wrong in the past, and the horrific actions men enacted upon other men. To silence these things is to pretend these terrible events never happened. To censor these words are to pretend the great struggles between human and human never existed. There is no higher crime than heresy against the sacred covenant between man and peace, no greater betrayal of the great efforts and blood spilled to create our free world than ignorance of the past.
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Just remember Bungie is working with NetEase now so they're a Chinese conglomerate. They will censor as is the way of the communist Bunige party.
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Am I the only one that finds it weird that people think that using kamikaze is more offensive than having a ship headed on a suicide bombing towards a place called "The Tower"?
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Amusingly, for the name of their volunteer forum censors Bungie uses a word from the same culture which is apparently non offensive: ninja. The definition of which is: The functions of a ninja included espionage, deception, and surprise attacks. Their covert methods of waging irregular warfare were deemed dishonorable and beneath the honor of the samurai. Kamikaze pilots were thought honerable and brave. Ninjas? Basically murderers, but that word is okay to use. People are just so easily offended.
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Goldenにより編集済み: 5/17/2020 2:50:05 AMI like that were playing a game with alien species eating each other and multiple guardians and regular people getting killed in the red war, innocent even children getting splattered, but oh no "kamikaze" did it for the snowflakes
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My reply to that person was flagged as hate speech when in fact had nothing to do with such thing. “Imagine being triggered by a video game with a rooster named colonel.” Mods not only removed my reply & flagged it as hate speech which is bullshit. I asked them about it in a help post which was locked. Was banned from using DM before the mod contacted me leaving it a one sided message. They didn’t even justify or explain why My dumb reply was flagged for hate speech. -blam!- these dudes for real.
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This is the most accurate usage of the word, as I've seen it, yet some still take offense... Honestly, is not about the word. It's not about the history behind it. It's the fact that one simple post from someone claiming to be offended, is what gets the attention of a Bungie employee amidst the rest of the frustration on the boards here. It's the fact that one simple post is enough to have the writing team slapped on the wrist, and their work changed. It's the fact that one simple post is enough to start the book burning and "censorship". That's what's really offensive. To anyone offended by this or any other word (when used correctly and in context) I truly feel sorry for you and your sensitivities. Hopefully one day you'll be and to move past what is holding you back. I'll not apologize for using words, however. Nor will the rest of society. We may choose to be polite with one another but we all have skeletons in our closets and our own sensitivities. Constantly mashing language down into what is safe and what isn't, will keep us further and further from truly communicating with one another. And that is no way to live.
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Nobody has made a case why it [i]must[/i] stay. So far all I've read has been "it doesn't bother me personally, so everyone else should be ok with it too." It doesn't bother me, but also I'm not gonna get a sore butthole because a group of people I'm not part of takes offense to it. You can be mad Bungie addressed it over everything else wrong in the game, but to be mad at the people upset at it? That's just a very childish and unrefined mentality.
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Bellkatzeにより編集済み: 5/16/2020 9:02:02 PMSJW's always win. Either because everyone is actually giving in or because they just deem everyone else's opinion as wrong. Don't give a Bungie representative a hard time cuz they used 30 seconds of their time to keep them happy. The alternative to a happy SJW is a witch hunt. We all know it and nobody needs that.
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You care far to much my friend, I realize it holds historical significance... however it is now a word thru and thru. You’re looking far to deep into its meaning. Ive grown up in a society where kamikaze has become something of a relaxed slang word... not a loaded grotesque historical term. I realize its offensive to you and is rather sad that it has become so. However this is true. I ask you forgive something like this because it truly does not mean such a terrible thing to a large majority of people. Or at least in my perspective of existence. Again Im sorry this is so offensive to so many of you. This is a cultural misunderstanding. Yes its wrong, but it does not hold this much weight. There are many things worse that could be done. I ask you gain some perspective, and again I really do understand where you’re coming from.
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I'm sorry you feel offended, my grandpa fought against the imperial army too, but I don't think kamikaze attack was ever used in the Chinese front, so it's not something we can relate any more than people from other countries that fought them in the pacific front, point is, this is a video game, let's avoid the political and historical talk, these talks just never end up with anyone being convinced and are in no way related to how we can fix the game.