A Great Betrayal

COMMENTS

FedoBear666

Oct 09,2019, 12:26pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Beheading_Holofernes_(Caravaggio))
used123456

Oct 09,2019, 11:38am

Blizzard is officially complicit
Its-E

Oct 09,2019, 10:58am

What happened with Blizzard?
cicada_heart

Oct 09,2019, 12:45pm

Okay, but this is not a great metaphor, since the painting is referencing a story about a woman bravely ending a war through direct action at great personal risk to herself to save her people. In the actual painting, she’s the good guy, and he’s the villain and representative of authoritarianism.
Yeoshua82

Oct 09,2019, 12:43pm

The real screwed up thing is, they turned their backs on the very people who play their games. The government isn’t out there spending million on blizzard games and swag. It’s the people in the streets hoping for change.
TOFUelemental

Oct 09,2019, 1:13pm

It’s called capitalism
herro_rayne

Oct 09,2019, 1:14pm

This is from what we do in the shadows!Also fuck you blizzard
apocolypseamy

Oct 09,2019, 1:35pm

Blizzard had Chinese police show up and tell them what to do and what to say; they didn't want their employees in China to disappear. They have even had contingency plans for exfiltration of Chinese employees in such a scenario but they don't work when the police are already at the door.
People protested here outside Blizz HQ and the bigwigs came out and told them great, awesome, protest more, we don't like it either but what are we gonna do against the all powerful totalitarian government
TheMightyTian

Oct 09,2019, 1:50pm

I have to wonder...when they painted this, did they have problems keeping the guy who is getting decapitated lay still?
Solasani

Oct 09,2019, 1:59pm

This is a bit dramatic. ActivisionBlizzard only made the mistake of making his punishment too severe. If their policy is no politics in their events and games (pretty rational) then they were allowed to punish him. The severity of it just gave wings to the already built up, justified, outrage on China's meddling in Hong Kong.
jamran3

Oct 09,2019, 12:17pm

Hong Kong rioters good China bad right guys

COMMENTS

FedoBear666

Oct 09,2019, 12:26pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Beheading_Holofernes_(Caravaggio))
used123456

Oct 09,2019, 11:38am

Blizzard is officially complicit
Its-E

Oct 09,2019, 10:58am

What happened with Blizzard?
cicada_heart

Oct 09,2019, 12:45pm

Okay, but this is not a great metaphor, since the painting is referencing a story about a woman bravely ending a war through direct action at great personal risk to herself to save her people. In the actual painting, she’s the good guy, and he’s the villain and representative of authoritarianism.
Yeoshua82

Oct 09,2019, 12:43pm

The real screwed up thing is, they turned their backs on the very people who play their games. The government isn’t out there spending million on blizzard games and swag. It’s the people in the streets hoping for change.
TOFUelemental

Oct 09,2019, 1:13pm

It’s called capitalism
herro_rayne

Oct 09,2019, 1:14pm

This is from what we do in the shadows!Also fuck you blizzard
apocolypseamy

Oct 09,2019, 1:35pm

Blizzard had Chinese police show up and tell them what to do and what to say; they didn't want their employees in China to disappear. They have even had contingency plans for exfiltration of Chinese employees in such a scenario but they don't work when the police are already at the door.
People protested here outside Blizz HQ and the bigwigs came out and told them great, awesome, protest more, we don't like it either but what are we gonna do against the all powerful totalitarian government
TheMightyTian

Oct 09,2019, 1:50pm

I have to wonder...when they painted this, did they have problems keeping the guy who is getting decapitated lay still?
Solasani

Oct 09,2019, 1:59pm

This is a bit dramatic. ActivisionBlizzard only made the mistake of making his punishment too severe. If their policy is no politics in their events and games (pretty rational) then they were allowed to punish him. The severity of it just gave wings to the already built up, justified, outrage on China's meddling in Hong Kong.
jamran3

Oct 09,2019, 12:17pm

Hong Kong rioters good China bad right guys