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<font face="verdana" color="black"> At this moment in time, as I'm sure you know, NATO forces are fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Taliban are an armed force of terrorists that commit atrocities daily. They kill civilians almost for sport. They are waging a guerilla war against UK and USA forces. Bomb disposal teams are in a living hell, IED's are practically everywhere. Around 7,500 IED's were used in 2009 in Afghanistan.

United Kingdom Defence Secretary Liam Fox:


Medal Of Honor takes place in Helmand Province. This is the 'hot-point' of the Taliban. However, they can't bomb it since civilians are there as well. The war is tough and difficult. The people in the land are in terror of the Taliban and are murdered and abused by them. In Medal Of Honor Multiplayer (unsure about Single Player) you may play as the Taliban. This has caused outrage in the United Kingdom and some gamers living in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries have felt physically sick and couldn't move due to disgust after seeing the characters on screen. The Game is likely to be banned in the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom Defence Secretary Liam Fox:


Personally, I'll probably buy the game (if I can), however, I do see these points and while I believe that video games shouldn't be considered in terms of morality as reality I do understand and I'll probably only be slightly uncomfortable about killing United Kingdom Soldiers. However, in previous hit games such as the Call Of Duty series, you've been able to kill United States soldiers. These games haven't been banned in the USA.

To tell the truth, I hope that Medal Of Honor won't be banned in the UK. It's one of the biggest and greatest game series of all time and I'm excited that it's making a comeback. The United States Army is working directly with it, from a professional point of view it's had the best trailers for a video game yet. However, the Defence Secretary will have a lot of leeway and it's definitely possible that UK gamers won't see the game hit their shelves.

Compare and Contrast:
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Taliban forces in reality.

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Taliban forces in-game.

EA's response to the matter:


What do you think?

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shouldn't we not be able to play as U.S. soldiers since they kill people, too?
there is know logic in that. british government = FAIL:dance:

I just think it unfair, cause really, the armies are fighting for their country, and they spend most of their time in the war zone, without their family, and out of no where, producers is just making a game out of it, it like you going to war, and some idiots is mocking you by making you a stick figure and putting a needle in your head...

Im not buying this game anyways.But come on UK its just a game.The fighting is still going on but still.

Its a game. Now your not going to be able to play what you want lol

It shouldn't be banned. I read many posts and some said if there was a game that let you fly planes into the Twin Towers it would be banned in America, well it probably would. Do you kill civilians and commit terrorist acts when you play as the Taliban in this game though? No. You're fighting against the soldiers just like any other "enemy" force in any other shooter, so why should it be banned?

wtf at all its a game and if the war is between us and the taliban they are not going to change the taliban team to something else online if ur offended then just dont buy the game and let the people who want it get stop being a load of killjoys

If anything i think it might make the youth of today realise the hardships that the soldiers go through. Lets be honest UK soldiers arent paid well at all , they get much less then policemen , and are ill equipped compared to the Americans. What we need is to support our troops as much as we can , and maybe by playing this game people will realise how tough war really is. Whilst i agree it isnt ideal to play as the Taliban , there have been many games that have rein-acted real conflicts , the medal of honor series was all about the second world war , just because one plays a game as the Taliban doesn't mean they are disrespectful.

well someone has to be the bad guy what would they have britsh soldiers killing americans soldiers and the other way around this is dumb who cares its game and it happens in real life get over it let the game come out plus in call of duty you get to kill everyone no matter where they are from

Headline of this thread is a total lie