Nintendo bans Hitler from Mario Kart Wii

Obligatory reminder that corporations do not have to humor free speech - they are not the government and can censor as they please.

+1 to NATO_Duke.

True they get away with censoring people, though as legal people corporations should also be up held to the same standard as real people and banned from censoring people. If Corporation "A" doesn't like what people say they can stick it in their ass.

"Politically correctness" is not really what's being enforced here, rather they are preventing people from using the name because it just so happens that outside of actually studying history, the majority of usage for the name 'Hitler' is for expressing hate against others. That's the way it is. One can act like 'oh I just happened to name myself Hitler' but they wouldn't be fooling anyone, it's always been to incite anti-Semitism when people do that sort of thing online or on Xbox LIVE. In addition, the usual 'I'm insulted by someone saying xxxxxx, why isn't it all banned then?' thing can't apply, because the crimes Hitler committed are far above and beyond what others have done on this planet in modern times and therefore are in a special category that does make it unique, and hence, gets special attention.

Yes, we all have the right to 'free speech' in the U.S., but not if it's harmful to fellow citizens of the U.S., where it is classified as 'hate crime,' crimes targeting specifically someone for their race, gender, religion, orientation, etc.

We're not talking about 'I like Nike!' versus 'I like Adidas!' people here...

Ill Trooper, can't tell from reading your post, but are you suggesting naming a Mii 'Hitler' is an actual hate crime? Sure, it's hateful and asinine, but please tell me you're not suggesting it's a crime?

Oh, and as far as this goes "Yes, we all have the right to 'free speech' in the U.S., but not if it's harmful to fellow citizens of the U.S.,"

Yes, yes we do still have that right.

Markez I totally agree.

Possible. Modern Japan is notorious for glossing over the events of World War II, pretty much the only places that make an effort to acknowledge it are (for obvious reasons) Hiroshima and Nagasaki

What are you? 12? Grow the fuck up.

Careful he might feel happy you highballed that figure.

As you get older and meet more people, you'll understand more and then it will make sense why making a 'HTLR' clan is what assholes do, and you probably won't do that anymore.

Sorry it's going to take so long, but you'll get there.

Depends. Are you constipated?

Why don't you have a seat right over there...

Do you know a Jim Hitler from Omaha? Christ I would change my name.

OK. Play the naive card.

As if we don't know why people put 'Hitler' in their name online.

I'm sure this wouldn't be the first time 'Jim Hitler from Omaha' would be encountering this sort of thing.

If you are seriously bemoaning the lack of "freedom" to portray a cartoon version of a notorious dictator who helped orchestrate the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people due to perceived inferiority, I think you need to get your priorities in order and grow the fuck up.

Funny you should mention that - worldwide, the history channel said there were only three families left with the Hitler surname, all of whom try and avoid having boys so as not to continue the name.