shidoshi said:I don't know your situation, but it's possible that you don't give a damn about this cause because you have no involvement in it. It's easy to brush things aside when they don't affect you. For the people on here, and elsewhere, to whom the rights of homosexuals is a big deal, it makes perfect sense that they might not want their money going to such people.
What about all the other games they've bought and may buy that possibly have homophobic activists in high positions on the dev team? If someone is going to take this (in)action against Shadow Complex, they'd better be ready to research the social and political views of everyone in charge of every other game they ever buy. Or are we only being socially conscious when people with these viewpoints are being shoved right in our face?
I really wanted Shadow Complex, but now I may have to re-consider. Yes, fine, I'm sure EVERYTHING can be linked to something bad. But buying a pair of shoes when I need shoes, and not supporting a piece of entertainment that I'll get along just fine without are two totally different things.
True, which is why the above comparison to other game purchases is the accurate one, not the shoe comparison. If game purchases are suddenly going to be a moral choice due to OSC's viewpoints, then all game purchases must be as well. Ignorance of a situation is not an excuse for an immoral act. If Card's admittedly abhorrent opinions are the reason for someone's refusal to purchase Shadow Complex (not boycott - it's only a boycott if you can buy an alternate Shadow Complex from a totally different company that will not benefit the makers of the regular Shadow Complex - what people are proposing here is simply not buying a game), then they are now morally obligated to research the political and moral viewpoints of the makers behind every game they purchase.
It's an absurd notion, which is why I think a lot of people are reacting to the suggestion of not buying Shadow Complex because of Card's opinions with such derision. The only way it's morally consistent to do this and subsequently not research the opinions of the creators of other game purchases you're considering is if it's not Card's homophobic ideas that bother you, but the mere fact that he is outspoken about them. That's a very different thing, and not what most people supporting a non-purchase campaign are suggesting in this thread.