Why the censorship?

by **TaCktiX** on Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:36 am

As a current member of the US military, I'm going to side on this being rightful censorship. While I agree with the actions taken in the operation depicted, it's way too much of a hot-button issue to be making a map about it. You might have seen on the news a little over a month ago about how a Chinook was shot down over Afghanistan bearing members of SEAL Team 6 (not the same guys who killed Bin Laden, but same group). It's extremely fresh in the mind, and there are people who will argue until the world ends about whether or not it was the right thing to do. I agree with I believe koontz's comment about a lot of our other maps being un-recent enough to allow for reflection. 4 months is definitely not un-recent enough.

by **MrBenn** on Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:09 pm

koontz1973 wrote:
1. Assassination of JFK (DiM's idea for a map)
2. Using the KKK in southern America.
3. Swastika (Banned by Lack)
4. South Africa (apartheid)
5. Map of Concentration camps 1945
6. Map of a real serial killer kills (Jack the Ripper)

1. Could be done tastefully
2. Seriously? This is a bad idea all the way.
3. Lack has made the decree, and there's a while thread about it elsewhere.
4. This could be done in a "unite the nation" way, but would gave to be done carefully.
5. This feels like another bad idea to me, that couldn't be done in good taste.
6. I struggle to see a way this could be done tastefully; you could probably get away with a jack the ripper themed map with weird masonic links etc, but it would be a stretch. Any more recent serial killer or massacre maps would only probably be in bad taste

by **koontz1973** on Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:18 pm

MrBenn wrote:
koontz1973 wrote:
1. Assassination of JFK (DiM's idea for a map)
2. Using the KKK in southern America.
3. Swastika (Banned by Lack)
4. South Africa (apartheid)
5. Map of Concentration camps 1945
6. Map of a real serial killer kills (Jack the Ripper)

1. Could be done tastefully
2. Seriously? This is a bad idea all the way.
3. Lack has made the decree, and there's a while thread about it elsewhere.
4. This could be done in a "unite the nation" way, but would gave to be done carefully.
5. This feels like another bad idea to me, that couldn't be done in good taste.
6. I struggle to see a way this could be done tastefully; you could probably get away with a jack the rooter themed map with weird masonic links etc, but it would be a stretch. Any more recent serial killer or massacre maps would only probably be in bad taste

I know most, if not all are bad ideas, but with DiM's opening of why the censorship and a line drawn by thenobodies80, it was interesting, trying to think up things that would be banned. Had a hard time thinking of these things. But it is interesting to see that you would of allowed 1, 4, & 6 (if done the right way).