A Double Standard

From Andrew Bolt:

Suddenly Sony sorry

Sony frantically withdraws a computer game that offends one world faith:

One of the most anticipated PlayStation 3 games of the year will be recalled from Australian stores and destroyed this week after Sony discovered it featured background music with excerpts from the Islamic holy book, the Koran.... Game creator Media Molecule said it was “shellshocked and gutted” by the discovery…

But Sony offered no such recall when it insulted another world faith:

Entertainment giant Sony has apologised to the Church of England for using Manchester cathedral as a backdrop to one of its violent computer games....

The letter from Sony said: “We do not accept that there is any connection between contemporary issues of 21st Century Manchester and a work of science fiction in which a fictitious 1950s Britain is under attack by aliens.

“It is not our intention to cause offence by using a representation of Manchester Cathedral in chapter eight of the work. If we have done so we sincerely apologise.”

Sony has not yet commented on the church’s plea for the game to be removed from shop shelves.