Monocle
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I get offended by all sorts of things that aren't necessarily intended to be offensive, yet I don't expect the world to rearrange itself to accommodate my sensitivities. I don't phone up the Academy Awards every time someone thanks God in an acceptance speech.
Muslims who are offended by a pretend floor carving in a video game should take it upon themselves to ignore or avoid the offensive material. It's unreasonable to expect it to be removed. What message is Harada sending by having the stage changed? Surely not one of tolerance. If I tweeted some developer and said that as an atheist I'm strongly opposed to the promotion of religion by prominently displayed Christian iconography, you can bet they wouldn't fall all over themselves to remove all the crosses from their game. More likely, they'd tell me to grow a thicker skin and piss off. And they'd be right. In a world where nearly everything is bound to offend someone, all of us need to be willing to—that's right—tolerate things that incidentally hurt our feelings.
Muslims who are offended by a pretend floor carving in a video game should take it upon themselves to ignore or avoid the offensive material. It's unreasonable to expect it to be removed. What message is Harada sending by having the stage changed? Surely not one of tolerance. If I tweeted some developer and said that as an atheist I'm strongly opposed to the promotion of religion by prominently displayed Christian iconography, you can bet they wouldn't fall all over themselves to remove all the crosses from their game. More likely, they'd tell me to grow a thicker skin and piss off. And they'd be right. In a world where nearly everything is bound to offend someone, all of us need to be willing to—that's right—tolerate things that incidentally hurt our feelings.