Namco welcomes back Chilean miners with Mr. Driller image, apologizes

HAAHAHAHAH,
The poor little guy was only expressing his happiness as a fellow miner.

Some people, really...
What's wrong with having a miner in a welcome card to miners?

I don't see a problem here.

What's the problem, exactly? Mr. Driller is certainly no stranger to digging accidents.

I don't see why they needed to appologize.

Some people get offended to easily.

EVERYTHING rubs 'some' people the wrong way.

The problem here is media the world over focusing on the celebration of removing the miners after such an ordeal which is really remarkable, but what they ignore is why those miners were trapped in the first place, and the fact that 33 miners don't usually make it out of a mining accident alive.

But I'm obviously a dirty communist who believes that the trillions upon trillions of dollars worth of ore extracted in Chile or Peru or Bolivia never benefited the people who live there, only the dictators and despots who control and have traditionally controlled those resources benefit. And the conditions of the people who extract those necessary resources haven't changed with technology; they're still working with headlamp, shoddy ladders, push carts, pick axes and shovels.

/guilt trip

How is this an issue again?

Soon the world will be so politically correct that it won't be politically correct to try and be politically correct.

I think that this was a fun gesture for Namco to show that the world was paying attention to this story. Could have used a little stronger context to make sure people didn't take it out of context though.

The mistake was Namco apologizing. It's not like they used this because there's a new Mr. Driller coming out.

Some people. . .

God forbid Namco Bandai offends the enormous Chilean miner video game demographic with their outreach of good will.

I could understand if one of the miners had died, but since they all lived, why would they pull this ad? If Disney had put out a picture of Mickey Mouse in a mining outfit, with the same words and graphics, no one would have batted an eye.

Well I LOL'd

If anyone who complained about this was someone who'd once been tarpped in a mine (minecraft not included) I would be very very surprised. So with that thought in mind, the people who complained about this can eat a dick, because that picture is great

If it was any miner, it was prob that one who was too busy praying to his almighty spaghetti monster to ever say thank you to his real saviors, the rescuers. Only one who seemed to have gone mad from his ordeal as all the other miners seemed so happy to get out and be reunited, where as you think he was sad to leave.

I'm Hispanic so I say it's okay.

This was bad PR. Really bad PR. Really, REALLY bad PR.

I'm surprised! I was expecting to see a comment from PedoJokerBear... you know, miner/minor... He's usually so on the ball w/ these things.

This is silly, though. The things some people get offended at. Why be offended? If I had no inclination wtf Mr. Miner was and I saw that after being trapped in a mine I'd be like, whatever.

If I saw that after being trapped in a mine and I knew who it was? Pure Awesome.

Wow, people get offended by EVERYTHING. This was a nice gesture. Don't really see the problem with a greeting card with a happy miner.

Did they replace it with a picture of Dig Dug?

Well of course they're offended, the card says "bienvenido", which is SINGULAR. It means Namco was clearly greeting A SINGLE MINER. How could the other 32 miners not be offended!?

Seriously now this was a nice gesture.

If I was a miner who had just recently been released from being imprisoned underground for over two months I really doubt I'd be looking at a greeting card. Seriously though, they all had wives and/or mistresses, they are not caring about some stupid graphic of a video game miner who hasn't been used in years.

If any of them have been anywhere besides the bed, bath and refrigerator it's been the time they've spent on the phone debating movie licensing deals.

I think the issue is who on earth besides those who actually suffered being trapped has the right to complain about Namco-Bandai's fairly innocent attempt at being nice? I think there isn't anyone with the right to whine about it. Stupid self-proclaimed politically correct people with sticks up their asses reading their debate material off of wikipedia would rather argue about details that don't matter during a celebration and ruin it for everyone.

The next time people are saved from certain death and return to their homes the world won't celebrate. Everyone would rather stay silent than face the wrath of people who have absolutely nothing to do with the incident.

Namco-Bandai, I have to say you were tasteful. If you were more daring you'd show a Katamari rolling up the mine with the King interrupting to say "Oh! Is that a present?