Suicrat

" @Suicrat: "any legitimacy in deciding what another person can do with their own property"  Where do you actually come from? A government, no matter whether its Switzerland, or the Chilean leader on Easter Island, has all the right to decide what anyone does with their property. If i built a house, and painted a huge mural with an old man ass raping a chicken, then the government would order that I take it down. It doesnt matter if you paid every last penny for it...you gotta do what the Man says my friend.   And dude dont get me wrong im all for Arabs and Islam...its just these things are how they are. "

" @extremeradical said:

Of all the games I've played, I think Shadow of the Colossus is the most artistic game. In my opinion, the world of SOTC is an interactive canvas.

That is exactly what I thought upon reading through this thread. I mean. That game has a very different feel. Not to mention the story being kinda dark and twisted, which is often liked in the artsy circles. I wouldn't consider game as a form of media art though. Just as I don't see movies as art in the same caliber as a photo for example. But it's all content, of course. "

" @extremeradical: Oh yeah, I forgot about the most basic of human rights: "The right to build large towers representing religious beliefs." It's in the UN Human Rights Council's charter, right? From my understanding, minarets are used for calls to prayer and to signify a Muslim culture. Now, I have no problem with calling people to pray. As long as it doesn't override the normal sounds in the city, that's fine. According to Wiki stats, there are about three hundred thousand Muslims in Switzerland, 4% of the eight million population. I fail to see how that's enough close to enough saturation to claim another people's land as your own. And I find it really telling about the type of person YOU are that you read over my short post and jumped to such a drastic conclusion. "

" @Suicrat said:

" @Termite: The outcome will determine whether they retaliate with gratitude or with violence. "

Yes, I don't doubt that, but my actions will still have been coercive either way. What I did is not changed retroactively by their approval. I'm just saying this because you said that it will not have been an act of coercion if they approve of it, which I simply do not think is the case. "

" @Suicrat: So their not art but they are games so not all games are art. "