fragile egoes; India protests for missing flag in farmville game

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bladerunner said:

I wonder if thats a reflection of what Chinese society has become during the last 3 decades?

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The stealing thing is part of the game - so you can't really say it's a reflection of Chinese society or anything.
You may as well say that with all the shooting and violence orientated games it is a reflection of what human society has become during it's existence.

Not wanting to react with too much angus, but that really was a bit of an insulting observation - even considering saying something like that is a bit... eugh. It's almost racist (but seeing as you're chinese yourself I can't really claim that).


EDIT: Just read your other post in more detail. On the whole moral integrity thing - the more developed a country is the more morality (or goodness etc) they would have - because they already have all they want so they wouldnt' NEED to steal other people's stuff.
And I think you're also right in the idea that people generally now have less moral integrity than older people (in their time they probably were taught more about morals?).


But anyway, the whole chinese farming game being able to steal I believe isn't a reflection of anything, it's just adding another dimension to a game - though what you said is an interesting idea.

Does any one Know were I can find this game is it free on line, or do I have to find it in a store?

i've seen ppl play, pretty shitty game, it has nothing to do with your moral standard. its like playing call of duty has nothing to do with whether or not you want to kill ppl...in most cases

bladerunner said:

When vesicles remarked that his wife who plays a chinese version of the game had her crops stolen by a friend playing from China. I was wondering whether it was symtomatic of the lowering of personal morals/integrity with the changing of CHinese society(Some old Chinese seem to think that)

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As any sociologist will tell you, online behavior does not translate into real-life behavior. Using your logic, I could comment on the degradation of moral integrity in North American society based on the number of hackers in FPS games.

lilzz said:

In early October 2009, there was controversy regarding the lack of the Indian flag as an available decoration on FarmVille; among several other national flags offered, the tricolour flag of India was missing. This was first publicized in The Times of India and later spread to other media sources.[9] Some considered this absence an "insult" to the country,[2] and campaigns were launched in order to bring attention to the issue. By October 9, over 20,000 users added their name to a petition asking Zynga to add the flag.[2] This also caused other players to request that their national flags be added to the application.[2] On the following day, Zynga released a Twitter message which stated: "We celebrate the diversity of all of our players around the world. We're working on all sorts of flags to help you represent your pride."[9] On October 13, the Indian, the Philippine, and Portuguese flags were added to the game.

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Uh, this is like being offended by an episode of South Park.

solarz said:

As any sociologist will tell you, online behavior does not translate into real-life behavior. Using your logic, I could comment on the degradation of moral integrity in North American society based on the number of hackers in FPS games.

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There's very vocal groups worldwide who claim differently. Claiming violence depicted in computer gaming and other visual media, can affect certain the more vulnerable sections of society, thats what the R ratings are used.

Hacking and pirating is showing disrepect for private private, note how that's an increasing problem along with social decay.

I have QQ account and I play QQ games frequently. What is the name of the game in Chinese? I will like to have a go on this game.

bladerunner said:

There's very vocal groups worldwide who claim differently. Claiming violence depicted in computer gaming and other visual media, can affect certain the more vulnerable sections of society, thats what the R ratings are used.

Hacking and pirating is showing disrepect for private private, note how that's an increasing problem along with social decay.

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Usually, when it comes to science, the more vocal a group is, the less scientifically tenable their position is. You know, like the climate "sceptics".