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The Force Is Not With Queer People In The Star Wars Universe
San Francisco, 2:43 PM
Tue Dec 15
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04/28/09
For once StarWars got something right.
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04/28/09
Glad they realized how stupid that was and have backed down. The guy who said it still needs to be bitch-slapped.
04/28/09
It appears BioWare has eased up a bit. The thread in question has been reinstated and folks are free to argue about sexual orientation and whatnot. I didn't read every dang comment but it looks like people are at least allowed to mention words like "gay," "lesbian" and "homosexual."
So, major victory for Civil Liberties, right?
[www.swtor.com]
04/28/09
Or maybe this Dahlberg is a bigoted douchebag.
Or both.
04/28/09
"Homosexuality and same-sex marriage were apparently accepted by the Mandalorians, as Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur were an openly homosexual married couple living on Mandalore, who were fully integrated into Mandalorian society."
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04/28/09
Right?
04/28/09
*cries in corner* Wait, why do I care?
04/28/09
on the one hand you have, what is basically a private club, able to determine their own rules, membership etc. so if the people who own the club say "sexual orientation is not relevant and therefore not a part of membership interaction" then there isn't much more to be said, those who are cool with that join, those that are not, don't. The WoW incident didn't go to court so there hasn't been any ruling on the "public accommodation" claim.
on the other hand you have the entitled masses feeling that every aspect of their lives must have the capacity to reflect their own personal characteristics, beliefs, etc.
that the thread(s) were closed and words 'banned' is unfortunate and it's clear this isn't being handled properly, but it's too early to say what the Star Wars Universe does or does not have in it...
04/28/09
On another note, a friend of mine who is homosexual works at Bioware. He's said nothing but good things about the company. I would guess that the decision to exclude an orientation option from the MMOD probably comes from LucasArts.
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04/28/09
It's going to be bad for business.
04/28/09