Church "forgives" Sony for Resistance blunder
- Posted October 24th, 2007 at 08:29 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Church officials at Manchester Cathedral have gone on record to say that they have “forgiven” Sony for failing to ask permission over the depiction of the building in Insomniac’s PlayStation 3 title, Resistance: Fall of Man.
"I think some important lessons have been learnt. So we do forgive Sony for what they have done, even though they still believe they have done nothing wrong”, stated The Dean of Manchester Cathedral, Reverend Rogers Govender.
"In an industry that is breaking new frontiers, it is important that long held traditions of film and television are maintained. These traditions include having courtesy, respecting the dignity of your subject, and admitting when mistakes have been made.”
"In so many ways Sony have failed to live up to these standards by disrespecting people of faith and the victims of gun crime here in Manchester”, he added.
Despite this, Rogers noted that the Cathedral has received a spike in the number of visitors since the discrepancy earlier this year, particularly in those of a young age as well as tourists.
Source: CVG
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galaxyman14 |
Apollo15- 8:41am BST - October 24th, 2007
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Sony hasn't done anything wrong. Sony didn't kill anyone and they didn't blow up the Manchester Cathedral. Maybe the church should actually focus on making their community better instead of spending resources on this circus. BTW, the church "forgiving" Sony is clearly just a way for them to make themselves look good and Sony look bad in the process. It is in no way genuine.
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SolsticeZero |
SolsticeZero- 8:57am BST - October 24th, 2007
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Let me go on record to say F**K the manchester cathedral
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 9:21am BST - October 24th, 2007
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Tradition of film and TV? Of course the have to ask permission to physically be there. What they are asking is more akin to harrasing an artist because he painted a scene of england that has the church in it. It is there in real life, and that is what they were trying to convey.
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CrashSharc |
CrashSharc- 9:23am BST - October 24th, 2007
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These guys are some really sick b*stards....
"thanks for putting up with our S**t! Now we have more money HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
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IRONMAIDEN
- 9:35am BST - October 24th, 2007
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its just a building. jesus didnt build it lol. the fact you have to apologize for using a building in a game is wrong
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TheRizeofWar
- 10:15am BST - October 24th, 2007
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I would like to say its just a building, God did not send his only begotten son to save a building. To many people today think man made structures are of "Holy" value. When they are not. They almost hold them as idols which is clearly stated against Gods word. So i think its stupid. Resistance is the best game i have and i love playing it.
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UnasFortuna |
Unas_Fortuna- 10:35am BST - October 24th, 2007
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@galaxyman14: Church genuine? That's a laugh. This has been nothing but a genuine showing of church greed from the beginning. Sony did nothing wrong. Games use representations of earth's locales all the time. They are nothing more than representations and you don't need permission to use a representation of a public area. I seem to remember that they were willing to forgive Sony in the past in lieu of a "generous" donation to the church. Guess they had to try to fund the molestation lawsuits. They need to put this crap behind them and focus on their community at hand.
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Jbthegreat
- 10:56am BST - October 24th, 2007
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"In so many ways Sony have failed to live up to these standards "In so many ways Sony have failed to live up to these standards"........Sony??? I thought they were blaming insomniac?
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kudoshinchi |
kudoshinchi- 10:58am BST - October 24th, 2007
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So next time when we make game that based on Mars, we should ask the alien permission first before making it
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D3v1lwqer23 |
kudoshinchi- 11:00am BST - October 24th, 2007
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"the Cathedral has received a spike in the number of visitors" Looks like they should be thanking Sony, rather than "forgiving" them.
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Morganator |
Hero_Nakamoura- 12:08pm BST - October 24th, 2007
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@SolsticeZero I will go as far as to say, "f**k religion." This only shows religions' and the people behind these religions' true colors.
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Jax Twinblade |
Jax-Twinblade- 2:21pm BST - October 24th, 2007
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I'm picturing myself what Sony would reply to the Church's "forgivness".
FU, YOU HIPOCRITS!!!
these people where to dumb to actually make some researchs on the game before Yackin.... Sony did not made the game, Insomniac did!!!
and they have nothin to apologise for either.
I agree with ya "Staticneuron", it's like suing an artist for painting a monumental statue while adding some cool things on it! :D:D:D
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Gen.Penguin
- 3:55pm BST - October 24th, 2007
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what a bunch of d1cks! "we are sorry about getting angry over YOUR mistake" well its surprising in its self that a church would actually apologize for anything being the people who think they are always right
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GoldenEwok
- 6:28pm BST - October 24th, 2007
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come on what was that, totally rediculous. totally like whats happening here in canada with muslim women voting covered up, BS!
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TestosteRohne |
TestosteRohne- 7:01pm BST - October 24th, 2007
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So will Resistance 2: Rise of Man be set in a devestated Vatican City?
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Alpha2
- 7:57pm BST - October 24th, 2007
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Ultimately what all this means is they arnt going to get jack out of sony, or even Insomniac. They've given up and while they can say they forgive them they've completely missed that the point of forgivness is not to continue to talk about how they havent lived up to what you wanted them to do. To forgive is devine, to continue to be petty b!tches just shows how hypocritical they are.
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 3:50am BST - October 25th, 2007
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Can't they just shut up already.They've given them selves a pretty bad reputation among gamers already.
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