When I first saw the image, my first reaction was “Ha! Awesome, but I see the US going loco on this one again”… Sadly enough, I was right.

What is it with people being so easily shocked and insulted? Or is that not the problem? Are we just afraid for the consequences? What if some extreme group takes this the wrong way and reacts?

The same thing happened with the Mohammed cartoon, causing insane reactions, making us wonder… is there really still such a thing as freedom of speech? Do I have to think twice with every single word I say, thing I do, that someone somewhere won’t feel insulted? And are we so scared we will sacrifice one of our fundamental rights?

The problems lies with the people who react, not Sony. Sony never saw anything racist in this, nor did their PR people. If you think it is racist however, you took it out of its context and twisted it around until you saw what you wanted to see.

Also, the other ads of the white PSP show the inverse. So you’d think, that’ll change their minds and they’ll see they meant no harm. But no, suddenly they see a black person aggressing/robbing/whatever the white person… hence Sony is using stereotypes and racism.. again!

The most silly thing of this entire situation is the fact that those who are complaining, shouldn’t even bother since it’ll never be shown in their country. It’s made for the Dutch audience, a multicultural country that isn’t shocked because there is nothing to be shocked about. What you are doing, is making a fuss about nothing and making some great publicity for the PSP yourself!

In conclusion, this world lacks tolerance. Tolerance towards others’ ideas, ways, thoughts. Even if they collide with yours, you should accept their existance. I’m not saying you should accept straight insults to your face, but try to stop focussing on the bad and see the good in things. Even in big evil corporations like Sony ^^.

I dare Nintendo to bring out an ad with Mohammed playing Wii Sports though :P

Those were my two cents,… I can’t help being happy I live in Europe though, where titties and violence on tv are still allowed… and LocoRoco isn’t a racist game :D