Turkish cultural community (TCC) to sue LEGO

[Inferno]

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All good.
Now...
Article in English
Original statement by the TCC

And some articles in German from Austrian quality newspapers:
Die Presse (Center right)

Der Standard (Center left)

No comment... :facepalm:

 

[IBSpify]

So the complaint is that the toy resembles the architecture of a fictional planet, which resembles the architecture use in mosques?

 

[Visaki]

So the complaint is that the toy resembles the architecture of a fictional planet, which resembles the architecture use in mosques?

...Which was originally built as a christian church. Yeap, totally makes sense.

 

[The Felonius Pope]

There are only two black people in Star Wars and these people are complaining about Jabba's palace?!

 

[australopithecus]

Have they even seen Return of the Jedi? Jabba isn't a terrorist, he's a crime lord.

Perhaps they need to actually watch the film...

 

[Dogma's Demise]

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Translation: We know he's right, we know political correctness has gone mad, but we're gonna pretend otherwise.


And yes of course for the 59370527580275th time I have to put a disclaimer that it's not just Muslim groups or individuals who have ultra-sensitivity to things they don't like, Christians do it, people without an apparent religious reason do it (for example Jack Thompson, the guy who always complains about GTA being violent) there are you happy now, I've bashed pretty much everyone I can think of who files frivolous lawsuits because they find something that's barely connected with them offensive? Doesn't mean I'm gonna go soft on TCC, it's a stupid complaint and if they go through with this frivolous lawsuit I seriously hope they lose big time.

EDIT: It's even more ridiculous that they're complaining about something that isn't even a mosque anymore. So it looks like Hagia Sophia (unintentionally and it's not even identical), only it hasn't been a mosque since 1931, it's a museum now and before it was ever a mosque it was an Eastern Orthodox cathedral.

 

[Inferno]

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Translation: We know he's right, we know political correctness has gone mad, but we're gonna pretend otherwise.

Correct translation: I'm pretty sure he's going to derail this thread with a nonsensical rant about Muslims, so I'm going to pretend I can keep you out of this topic.

That being said, I was wrong. Very mature, DD, keep it coming.

 

[Aught3]

I'm not sure why but I find this ban to be particularly amusing, perhaps it is the real-world collision of two fictional creations that tickles me the right way?

 

[australopithecus]

Translation: We know he's right, we know political correctness has gone mad, but we're gonna pretend otherwise.

Except this has nothing to do with political correctness. No one has capitulated to this stupid demands, it's just an example of idiots being idiots.

And yes of course for the 59370527580275th time I have to put a disclaimer that it's not just Muslim groups or individuals who have ultra-sensitivity to things they don't like, Christians do it, people without an apparent religious reason do it (for example Jack Thompson, the guy who always complains about GTA being violent) there are you happy now, I've bashed pretty much everyone I can think of who files frivolous lawsuits because they find something that's barely connected with them offensive? Doesn't mean I'm gonna go soft on TCC, it's a stupid complaint and if they go through with this frivolous lawsuit I seriously hope they lose big time.

Hollow words considering 95% of your posts here are bashing Islam, not Christianity.

EDIT: It's even more ridiculous that they're complaining about something that isn't even a mosque anymore. So it looks like Hagia Sophia (unintentionally and it's not even identical), only it hasn't been a mosque since 1931, it's a museum now and before it was ever a mosque it was an Eastern Orthodox cathedral.

What it looks like is Jabba's palace from Return of the Jedi. That's it. No need to read anything more into it.