Apple rejects Tank Battle 1942 for depicting Germans and Russians as "enemies"

Re:Apple rejects Tank Battle 1942 for depicting Germans and ... by SilasX on Friday March 14, 2014 @11:21AM (#7399355)

I think the decision is absurd too, but how does this generalize to history books? They don't portray one group as "the enemy" and good practice is to actively avoid that.

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Re:Apple rejects Tank Battle 1942 for depicting Germans and ... by sspiff on Friday March 14, 2014 @11:44AM (#7399562)

I think they do, although that's probably fine. Germany was "the enemy" of the Soviet Union, as was Japan. France was "the enemy" of pretty much everyone else in the Napoleonic wars. There's nothing wrong with labeling someone as "the enemy" of someone else, as long as you don't include a value judgement.

I doubt this game labels "the vile Germans" as "the enemy of the noble Soviets".

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Re:Apple rejects Tank Battle 1942 for depicting Germans and ... by protomyth on Friday March 14, 2014 @11:35AM (#7399486)

My high school history book of WWII definitely portrayed Germany and Japan as the enemies[1].

Going to other books, I am sure Apple will now ban all the Tom Clancy books.

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Re:Apple rejects Tank Battle 1942 for depicting Germans and ... by platz on Friday March 14, 2014 @11:24AM (#7399380)

it doesn't. History books and games are different enough in this regard.

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