Submitted by Jabrwock - January 5, 2007 at 9:24 am -0500139.142.43.31
Here's what I sent to each of the sponsors:

I'm very dissapointed that you pressured the Slamdance film festival to remove Super Columbine Massacre RPG from it's list of independant video games up for consideration. Independant artists who tackle uncomfortable issues should be celebrated, and not shunned. By bowing to pressure from the public, you are allowing the mob to decide what is art and what isn't. If that is the case, why bother sponsoring the festival at all? You should be ashamed that you let the uninformed majority dictate to independant artists what issues cannot be talked about. By doing so, you've shown independant artists everywhere that if the mob doesn't agree, then the film/game shouldn't be made. Slamdance has acknowledged that video games are capable of tackling serious issues, just like film and literature. Why can't you?

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