"We Aim To Be Inclusive"
For those that pre-ordered the Snowy Escape Pack, I got notified by a user that bowing at shrines can no longer be done. The Sims 4 team aims to be inclusive, yet actively censors and removes Japanes...
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@JPNeko
I believe there once was a mosque that was planned to be built in my area. It got voted as not to be built after all.
People threw a virtual hissy fit of calling it "racism," due to the vast amount of churches, when the actual issue was with the amount of traffic that would invite to a low traffic area.
(Churches only call to prayer on Sundays, Mosques call five times a day. To put that into Sims City terms, you'd need wider streets for more traffic flow. Suburban streets aren't enough, and you can't move the houses to make room for that.)
There seems to be a lot of insensitivity to other facts in the world, other than just the involved party's feelings.
It definitely seems as if EA jumped the gun here on multiple levels. (Which shocks no one, considering their current legal cases.)
New shrine models should probably be included in new free packs, in order to not further offend the Japanese audience.
Asking for these packs to involve more "Sulani Worship/Culture" content might be asking a bit much.
(But should be done, now that Shintoism was released and quickly removed.)
I believe there once was a mosque that was planned to be built in my area. It got voted as not to be built after all.
People threw a virtual hissy fit of calling it "racism," due to the vast amount of churches, when the actual issue was with the amount of traffic that would invite to a low traffic area.
(Churches only call to prayer on Sundays, Mosques call five times a day. To put that into Sims City terms, you'd need wider streets for more traffic flow. Suburban streets aren't enough, and you can't move the houses to make room for that.)
There seems to be a lot of insensitivity to other facts in the world, other than just the involved party's feelings.
It definitely seems as if EA jumped the gun here on multiple levels. (Which shocks no one, considering their current legal cases.)
New shrine models should probably be included in new free packs, in order to not further offend the Japanese audience.
Asking for these packs to involve more "Sulani Worship/Culture" content might be asking a bit much.
(But should be done, now that Shintoism was released and quickly removed.)
