Is the 9/11 Pokemon offensive?

[Kaltazraza]

I don't find it offensive, and I would like to say that my Kyurem is 9 feet and 10 inches.

 

[fooddood3]

10 fucking years ago.

Honestly, the reference completely passed my mind until you brought up just now. I still don't really care, however. Seriously, I can understand the emotions around 9/11, but you American's seem to treat it as though Al Qaeda nuked half your country away when the Twin Towers fell, and seem to want everyone else to care just as excessively about it when we have no reason or care to.

Stop bringing it the fuck up. Please.

This. And I'm from America.

Hell, I was sick of it by the first anniversary of it.

this. it's not like the US hadn't killed 20 times as many Afghanis and Iraqis within the first year as died in 9/11. "we" got our f'in revenge (and largely against people who had nothing to do with the attack), it's long past time to let it go.

Are you saying we killed 40,000 Iraqi civilians in one year? Because that is pretty much 100% incorrect.

 

[ThisIsSnake]

If it was intentional, which I doubt it is, it is then 83.3r times less offensive than American depictions of them saving the day by dropping a nuke on something.

 

[Dragonpit]

More stuff about 9/11? Really? Is it really that hard to let go?

Okay, let me put this down. One thing I have learned about life is that it's not about suffering, but overcoming suffering. So overcome it already!

 

[FFHAuthor]

Offensive? No.

I'd rather use the term dumb since 'tactless' and 'shallow' infer a level of sophistication that it lacks.

 

[kickyourass]

This is probably the first time I've actually wanted to call the whole staff of Cracked.com a pack of fucking idiots. Ok the others were perfectly deserving of that list, but a fucking Pokemon game? That is a definite contender for the stupidest fucking thing I've ever fucking heard.
(This is also probably the most I've ever put the word "Fucking" in a single post)

 

[Zhadramekel]

There's no way this was intentional and if it wasn't then the game creators didn't mean anything bad by it (as Masuda said).

 

[Zhadramekel]

I don't find it offensive, and I would like to say that my Kyurem is 9 feet and 10 inches.

Yup, the official stats on Bulbapedia say all of them are 9'10". That's close to it. Not 9'11" exactly. It's a coincidence.

 

[BENZOOKA]

As a massive Hip Hop fan I know perfectly well, when Christopher Wallace died. Incidentally I even know the name of the baby on the cover of Ready To Die. I thought it was rather general knowledge to at least know Biggie died in the nineties.

I just happen to think about that line every time 9/11 is mentioned. Partly, because the "...World Trade" was censored on a track that I listened to some years back (after 9/11). It was either Juicy edited, or most probably a remix or another song which had samples from Juicy. Crazy, huh :s

I don't blame you, because obviously, at least know when I look at it, it's hard to tell whether the quote was for why it really was, or because of facepalmingly bottomless ignorance, which you took it for.

Ah, all is forgiven. I assumed (wrongly I guess) that because of the crazy amounts of anti Hip-Hop sentiment and stigmatism on this site, you were ignorant of the basic facts. Yeah, though, I get where you're coming from, I often am reminded of the same thing when listening to 'Come Clean', by Jeru the Damaja (Cuz I blow up spots like the world trade center).

As I'm sure you can tell from my Name and Avatar, I am too a massive Hip-Hop fan, so I couldn't let such a blatant seeming error go without reprimand

Even though through an unintentional reference followed by a misunderstanding, the hunt for correcting that was for a good cause

Yeah, the stigma and dislike for Hip Hop is unfortunate, and quite noticeable on this site... But there's plenty of people here who share the love of Hip Hop as well.

Oh, and it was you who made that thread about love songs, featuring Cunninlynguists on the original post. I knew I had seen you before, probably elsewhere too. Oneirology is finally out too.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I didn't notice the connection until I saw it on the list so if I didn't see it, some other people didn't see it either so I don't see it as offensive. As for that Pokemon height I wouldn't really notice the connection aswell.

 

[krugerrand123]

No, it was not obvious to me and I do not think that was his intent.

 

[Screamarie]

Maybe it's representing 9/11, maybe it's not. If it is, I think it's great, use that tragedy to inspire something great, but if it's not...then there's nothing to worry about.

While I feel sorry about the people that had to die that day and the people that suffered because of it, 9/11 is not somehow sacred or holy. It's a tragedy, it's sad, it inspires emotion, but there's nothing about it that means that we shouldn't use it to somehow infuse our videogames, movies, books, or tv with something interesting or inspired.

 

[Gladiateher]

no the best way to balance out being responsible for innocent deaths are to take responsibility and review your politics and take the past experiences on board for a better future... but America is as likely to do this as the gravity turning upside down...
and the eye for an eye is more your style anyway... why did you attack Irak again?

Lol Irak, the reason they attacked Iraq is the same reason they attacked Nazi Germany, money. I would count that war as justified just as this one is. Saddam Hussein committed a god damn genocide he was no better than Hitler, his attendants were no better than the fucking SS. Iraq deserved to get invaded god bless America and all her allies.

 

[DarkenedWolfEye]

I personally think it's in poor taste to include a 9/11 reference in what is primarily a children-to-preteen franchise, but the reference seems subtle enough that younger kids aren't going to get it, so I don't think there's any harm in it.

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

As a massive Hip Hop fan I know perfectly well, when Christopher Wallace died. Incidentally I even know the name of the baby on the cover of Ready To Die. I thought it was rather general knowledge to at least know Biggie died in the nineties.

I just happen to think about that line every time 9/11 is mentioned. Partly, because the "...World Trade" was censored on a track that I listened to some years back (after 9/11). It was either Juicy edited, or most probably a remix or another song which had samples from Juicy. Crazy, huh :s

I don't blame you, because obviously, at least know when I look at it, it's hard to tell whether the quote was for why it really was, or because of facepalmingly bottomless ignorance, which you took it for.

Ah, all is forgiven. I assumed (wrongly I guess) that because of the crazy amounts of anti Hip-Hop sentiment and stigmatism on this site, you were ignorant of the basic facts. Yeah, though, I get where you're coming from, I often am reminded of the same thing when listening to 'Come Clean', by Jeru the Damaja (Cuz I blow up spots like the world trade center).

As I'm sure you can tell from my Name and Avatar, I am too a massive Hip-Hop fan, so I couldn't let such a blatant seeming error go without reprimand

Even though through an unintentional reference followed by a misunderstanding, the hunt for correcting that was for a good cause

Yeah, the stigma and dislike for Hip Hop is unfortunate, and quite noticeable on this site... But there's plenty of people here who share the love of Hip Hop as well.

Oh, and it was you who made that thread about love songs, featuring Cunninlynguists on the original post. I knew I had seen you before, probably elsewhere too. Oneirology is finally out too.

Yes it was! I actually remembered you and your appreciated shout out of 'Props' moments after the last post. Well, it's nice that this could be resolved reasonably and such, us Hip-Hop Heads must stick together!