最近種族問題和內戰時的南方邦聯旗又開始在美國造成話題,
今天Apple做出了以下的動作:
http://toucharcade.com/2015/06/25/apple-removes-confederate-flag/
Apple Removes All American Civil War Games From the App Store Because of the
Confederate Flag
If you've been watching the news recently, you'll know of the huge debate in
the U.S over the role of the Confederate flag in contemporary America. Many
see it as a reminder of the many pre-Civil War injustices while others see it
simply as a way to honor the soldiers who died for the Confederacy. Many
large US companies, like Walmart and Amazon, have already banned the sale of
any Confederate flag merchandise as a reaction to the recent events. Now, it
appears that Apple has decided to join them by pulling many Civil War
wargames from the App Store. As of the writing of this story, games like
Ultimate General: Gettysburg and all the Hunted Cow Civil War games are
nowhere to be found. Apple is famous for reaching for the axe rather than the
scalpel when it comes to political issues (like rejecting Hunted Cow's Tank
Battle 1942 for depicting Germans and Russians as enemies), so this move
doesn't come as a great surprise.
Apple's Tim Cook has recently spoke against displaying the Confederate flag,
so I suppose this development was to be expected. However, censoring
historical games (if that is indeed the reason why the game's have been
pulled) is always very tricky because those games don't glorify or promote a
cause but, rather, represent historical events using the symbols and insignia
of the period. However, I can also see the political and social pressure
mounting at the moment, which makes pulling the games the "safest" action for
Apple. What do you think? If Apple has indeed pulled the games for displaying
the Confederate flag, is Apple's action justified, or was there another way
to eradicate racism and remove the symbols and words that feed it, as Tim
Cook put it?
大意上來說, 為避免爭議, Apple Store將幾個Civil War相關的遊戲下架, 因為在遊戲中
使用了邦聯國旗(Confederate flag)
目前被下架的有兩款遊戲，Ultimate General: Gettysburg, Hunted Cow Civil War
不過前者倒是很有想法地接受了下架的決定:
http://www.ultimategeneral.com/blog/our-game-has-been-removed-from-appstore
As you may have been already informed (Read Facebook link), Apple has removed
our game from AppStore because of usage of the Confederate Flag. Ultimate
General: Gettysburg could be accepted back if the flag is removed from the
game's content.
We accept Apple's decision and understand that this is a sensitive issue for
the American Nation. We wanted our game to be the most accurate, historical,
playable reference of the Battle of Gettysburg. All historical commanders,
unit composition and weaponry, key geographical locations to the smallest
streams or farms are recreated in our game's battlefield.
We receive a lot of letters of gratitude from American teachers who use our
game in history curriculum to let kids experience one of the most important
battles in American history from the Commander's perspective.
Spielberg’s "Schindler's List" did not try to amend his movie to look more
comfortable. The historical "Gettysburg" movie (1993) is still on iTunes. We
believe that all historical art forms: books, movies, or games such as ours,
help to learn and understand history, depicting events as they were. True
stories are more important to us than money.
Therefore we are not going to amend the game's content and Ultimate General:
Gettysburg will no longer be available on AppStore. We really hope that Apple
’s decision will achieve the desired results.
We can’t change history, but we can change the future.
簡單就是說林背要尊重歷史,絕對不會接受修改遊戲的決定, 要下就下!
美國鄉民對此事的看法自然是一片罵聲, 沒想到Apple也像對岸廣電總局封殺
政治敏感(不正確)的遊戲.
大家的看法如何呢?