A group called UNICO National, which claims to be the largest Italian-American service organisation in the States, have complained to Take-Two Interactive over the content of upcoming mob game Mafia 2. This same group had previously complained about the content of television show The Sopranos for the same reason, which is that the Mafia is portrayed as mostly Italian
Group complains that Mafia 2 portrays the Mafia as Italian
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Group complains that Mafia 2 portrays the Mafia as Italian
Marketing or genuine grievance?
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Re: Group complains that Mafia 2 portrays the Mafia as Itali
They're right.
The Italian mafia is mostly Irish. Everyone knows that.
And the Triads usually have African American hit-men. Once again, common knowledge...
The Italian mafia is mostly Irish. Everyone knows that.
And the Triads usually have African American hit-men. Once again, common knowledge...
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Re: Group complains that Mafia 2 portrays the Mafia as Itali
your article link is wrong
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Re: Group complains that Mafia 2 portrays the Mafia as Itali
Its like there are people out there whose only purpose in the world is to complain about others.
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Re: Group complains that Mafia 2 portrays the Mafia as Itali
I do believe that - for once - I actually agree with you!capanno wrote:Its like there are people out there whose only purpose in the world is to complain about others.
And no doubt there is a financial motive?
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A surprising amount of modern pseudoscience is coming out of the environmental sector. Perhaps it should not be so surprising given that environmentalism is political rather than scientific.
Timothy Casey
A surprising amount of modern pseudoscience is coming out of the environmental sector. Perhaps it should not be so surprising given that environmentalism is political rather than scientific.
Timothy Casey
Re: Group complains that Mafia 2 portrays the Mafia as Itali
Italian, my gosh, thought they were Sicilian?