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Sirius87 on 05 March 2014
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Wright said:
Porcupine_I said:
Wright said:

Why do Germany still tries to cover their past? (Assuming that unconstitucional symbol is what I think it is). Why can't they just, move on? Seriously, this makes no sense.

 

Britain or Spain did much more damage in previous eras, and no one tries to hide those things from the public. Germans are oversensitive with these things.

They don't try to cover the past, they try to make it difficult to be glorified.


Even if the depiction of the symbols are to be mocked and not glorified? It's South Park what we're talking about here.


I think that the swastikas could actually go through considering the context (swastikas often appear in other satirical contexts in media or in art here in Germany). Ubisoft is just playing it safe. And I can understand them. Distribution of unconstitutional symbols can also be considered a felony, albeit being unlikely in a case like this.
The most likely scenario would be that the game is put on the so called index, meaning that the game cannot be advertised and not be bought by minors. I'm hoping that at some point a studio actually has the balls to go to court with such a case, with there not being any landmark court decision on swastikas in games yet.