This song was out a long time ago and I don’t remember ever hearing any controversy regarding it. The CD was not recalled, no death threats were issued, no one’s head exploded upon hearing it. The artists (Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra) have won awards and are highly respected, they are from Mali, which is 90% Islamic. No one there noticed or was offended?!?!?!

If someone is offended by something they should not watch it or listen to it. Having everyone else tip toe around to preserve their fragile psyches is wrong. This world is too damn politically correct, it gives me heart burn. I am so tired of the world having to bend over for someone’s religious sensibilities. I am highly offended by ’stupidity’ and I don’t seem to be able to petition the film studios to releasing comedies starring Jim Carey, or making yet another ‘American Pie’ sequel.

The song is beautiful and completely suits the level (kudos to whomever designed the level/soundtrack). I have had the game since its original release date but I have to turn off the wireless and avoid the patch, hence I cannot enjoy on-line play.

THE PATCH SHOULD BE OPTIONAL!!!!!!!

This message has nothing to do with religious intolerance. The most intolerant people ARE the religious and I, thankfully, am an Atheist. I can get along with everybody!

This game is very artistic and Art should never have to be scrutinized by religious standards, neither should music, which is also Art! Maybe I can finally get stupidity banned if I started a religion, in where, ’stupidity’ was the only sin. Anyone want to join ‘The Church of Common Sense’?

[ http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/harrison-sony-took-absolutely-the-right-decision-to-recall-lbp ]
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Harrison: “Sony took absolutely the right decision” to recall LBP

Atari president Phil Harrison has told GamesIndustry.biz that he believes Sony took “absolutely the right decision” in recalling LittleBigPlanet over the controversial references made to the Qur’an.

Harrison, who was previously president of Sony Worldwide Studios before taking on his current role - and who championed the title from the very beginning - also thinks that the delay won’t affect the game’s ultimate success “one iota”.

Answering a question as to whether the game is worth the wait, he didn’t hesitate: “Of course,” he said. “I can only base my answer on my own experience of playing the beta, which was knowing an awful lot about how that product was created, and the passion and energy that the team at Media Molecule and Sony put into it,” he said.

“I downloaded the beta, I sat down to play it, and it’s pretty rare that within five seconds of starting a game you fall in love with a bit of software. And it was just the most fantastic experience, the whole intro sequence, where you’ve got the narration and the video of the dreams coming off the people in real life, going up to form the planet - I just thought that was absolutely inspired.

“And that was done after I left Sony, so all credit to Media Molecule for that, or whoever was responsible. And then you get into the game and it was just smiles all the way.

“So I think people are going to be blown away by the game, and while I’m obviously sad for the stumble, I don’t think it will affect the long term success of the game one iota.”

Speaking on the eve of his keynote at the Unite 08 event in Copenhagen, Harrison added that the decision to pull the game wasn’t one that would have been taken lightly, but one that was fundamental to the core mission of the game.

“I wasn’t privy to all of the discussions and debate that went on within Sony, but I know they would have thought very deeply about it, and at the highest level of the company,” he explained. “And on reflection I think it was absolutely the right thing to do, because LittleBigPlanet set out from day one to be a game for the entire world - and if there was anything that accidentally detracted from that vision and made the game not fun for the entire world, then the game would have fundamentally failed in its mission.

“So I think Sony took absolutely the right decision - painful though it was, and frustrating though it might be for gamers who were looking forward to it. It only seems to have heightened the anticipation, so I think it’ll end up being a win, and full credit to Media Molecule for turning around a fix as quickly as they did.”…
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BFN,

fp.

It seems that Sony can desecrated Christianity’s places of worship left, right and centre (as in Resistance: FOM), yet even the mere mention of a few lines from the Quran is deemed deeply offensive! All that the track does is MENTION lines from the book, it’s not saying ANYTHING bad against it or anything else for that matter.

So why is Sony not treating all religions equally? Why no clear and unreserved apology about the fire-fight in Manchester Cathedral in R:FOM, yet in LBP’s case, not only is an apology issued but probably Sony’s last chance game at re-establishing itself in the current generation of console wars, as being back on top (because let’s face it, it’s trailing both Nintendo and MS badly at the moment), is WITHDRAWN from marketing altogether.

Cowards! Sony just didn’t want any burning effigies outside their HQs worldwide or worse still…well, I’ll leave that to your imagination.

I never said that blasphemy was illegal, I said that sending somebody electronic messages of racial and/or religious hatred is. And, it is.

And seriously, he deserves racial abuse for offendings gamers by being offended himself? Seriously? Can you genuinely say that a human being deserves xenophobic abuse levelled at him because a f*cking PS3 game was delayed a week or so?

If so, then Jesus man, you’re really quite messed up.