Why all the Sony hate?

[rocketpig]

ElRhodeo said:

Ok, let's calm down a little. I wasn't gonna start a fight. Sorry if that sounded like a generalization, I hate those, too. I'm just a little bitter, because I've tried to discuss the issue of violent entertainment before; and there was NO tolerance for my point of view. To me, violence is not just another form of entertainment. And my impression was (from recent discussions over at Gonintendo and elsewhere) that especially some of the U.S. gamers were extremely pissed when I said I'd vote in favor of a ban for certain games, for example.

One guy went: "A ban is useless, I'm 15 and my mom will buy any game for me anyway, she says as long as there's not too much verbal abuse and no nudity she doesn't care if it's ultra violent." I'm not making that up. And there were several others saying similar stuff.

Other thing that irritated me: Did you see the "Army strong" ads on IGN? I thought they were absolutely awful, but that's one thing. What really bothered me is that they show them to kids on a gaming website. 

Now, I don't wanna generalize, and I do know that among 300 millions of citizens, there's a HUGE variety in views and beliefs. But war / army / weapons DO seem to be viewed more positively in the U.S. than they are over here. 

That's true. The American culture is somewhat embedded with violence. It's part of our nature. It's how we became a nation and it never left. But you can't take the ignorant comments of a 15 year old and extrapolate them over an entire nation. How many stupid things did you say when you were 15? I bet a lot. It's part of being an angst-ridden adolescent.

But just as I don't spout off how every European is a weak-willed pussy who can't wipe his own ass without consent from the government, you can't go spouting off that every American is an anger-filled monster who wants to spill blood on the streets.

Things are a bit more complicated than that and I hate generalizations. We may share different viewpoints on things but there's no need to start insulting each others cultures.