Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to...
by strombofulous on Thursday July 02, 2020 @06:51PM
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This is not the same thing at all. Banning swastikas would mean resetting the decals of a car with swastikas, not preventing the account from using the game license they paid for. Banning cheating means you ban the account of the person who cheated.
Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to...
by arcticfox on Sunday July 05, 2020 @12:29PM
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"Banning cheating would mean preventing the cheat, not preventing the account from using the get license they paid for."
They're two different responses to bad behavior, both totally fair.
Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to...
by octocop on Thursday July 02, 2020 @03:44PM
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Choice is still present, is a person who is paralyzed and unable to speak by default non-racist?
Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to...
by gamblor956 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @04:14PM
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There is a huge difference between thinking bad thoughts and expressing or acting on them.
You can be as racist as you want in your own head. No one is stopping that. You can express those racist thoughts all you want on your own property.
But you have absolutely no right to express or act on those racist thoughts on someone else's property.
Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to...
by bastawhiz on Thursday July 02, 2020 @07:11PM
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People who are paralyzed and unable to speak aren't spreading hate in video games, so it's pretty pointless to hold them up as a counterexample. I know my grandparents probably have a lot of racist thoughts but unless they're unloading them at the Thanksgiving dinner table I'm not telling my grandmother to shut her mouth.
This seems semantic. For example, cheating is banned in many games, and if you cheat, you get banned. Banning cheating and cheaters is effectively the same thing.