Even better! We can rip them off, and let them rot, with such small damage to ourselves that it would hardly even matter!
No, they did. It became federal law in 1986 after first having been proposed in the 1960s, and is credited with ultimately resulting in the end of Apartheid in 1994.
Perhaps legislation is the model we’ll have to take again this time.
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Oh, it’s much worse.
Legislation is often ignored for the sake of money. I am actually aware of those laws; they were routinely broken. In fact, lobbies (polite word for political bribers) rose to enormous power during that period, seeking exemptions and exceptions.
Enough money greased enough palms and they were easily granted.
Sad but true (i.e., my former employer shall not be named here and plenty other US businesses)
Apartheid ended for many reasons, few had to do with US businesses fleeing SA. And we also didn’t fight the Civil War to free the slaves. But gosh, it sure looks good in history books, eh?
LOL Um. No. It’s the state of John Wayne and Ronald Reagan and was reliably Republican until relatively recently.
Also: China’s communist in name only. The obscene amounts of money they slang around would make Lenin spin in his Kremlin-enshrined glass coffin.
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Yes, that’s called crime. Very good.
Nobody is questioning Blizzard’s right to uphold a contract, just like nobody is questioning our right to financially bury this company into the ground.
See what your green text will be worth in a few months : )
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It is criminal, but rarely if ever punished. It’s the difference between US and THEM… if you have the right connections and enough money, crime is a sanctioned way of life and our “elected” “representatives” are happy to move that process right along.
We? go to jail.
When I told a friend from wow today that I am trying to stay out of the politics of what’s going in game, she said that I was speaking from a place of privilege and that’s why the world is so messed up when people don’t get involved.
But in all honesty, if I was to get involved, I would only take the side of the ‘tyrant’, so why would I want to do that?
I am all for freedom and the right to peaceful protest, but protests always turn violent, with people smashing cars, destroying property, and military/police needs to crack down on such people.
Outside of the Chinese branch of Blizzard making an official announcement regarding this, is there anything from the US branch of Blizzard on this yet?
Take all of your faux outrage to the Apple forums. Apple did something that actually DOES impact those in Hong Kong.
No one respects the green knight text anymore except in the tech forum. It is automatically dismissed by many right away as propaganda, like the Chinese branch of Blizzard.
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Yeah, like the other day I heard about these protesters who got on one of the King’s ships and dumped ALL of his tea into the water. I mean can you believe it!? Someone should do something about them.
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Yes it is.
They aren’t. Blizzard consumers can still say and do whatever they want. You aren’t gonna get permabanned for making a tweet or forum post about Hong Kong. Blizzard employees are an entirely different thing.
Where did they say they support China? I honestly didn’t know they released a statement supporting China if they did I stand corrected.
This is like literally the go-to line a company releases when they fire someone.
Take your faux outrage about the outrage and stick it right up your stormsong valley. We will post here as we like, post to Apple as we like, and anywhere else we like.
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The official response from the Chinese branch of Blizzard was clear, it was an offence to our nation it says. As if “china” is blizzard’s nation, but that is how blizzard described it.
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Are you referring to removing the Taiwanese flag from the Iphone imojis? Or that Apple pulled an app that allowed tracking HK police and protestors?
The removal of the app.
Bear in mind, in addition to the contracts these companies have with China, the US State department is on everyone’s behind b/c of ongoing trade negotiations. It’s a rat’s nest of “delicate diplomatic” issues and binding corporate agreements.
And guess what, blizzard’s banning brought light to their allegiances of what they decided to hold in store for their audience. They don’t care for the gamers that propelled them to the forefront of the online world.
In essence, we’re disposable to them as customers. They could have not have hamfisted the dude as hard as they did with the vague ToS wording they have…but I’m glad they did. They finally showed their true colors for the whole world to see. Bobby Kotick has no shame.
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