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Old 08-20-09, 08:31 AM   #422
Beery
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Originally Posted by Chaoic16 View Post


I find that statement very offensive due to several reasons.
Firstly, it was a joke - admittedly not a very good one. Secondly, it was a joke based on a player saying that playing while listening to German and reading subtitles were more realistic. It had nothing to do with deafness or people who need to read subtitles. If you're going to take sentences out of their context, of course it will be possible to find something offensive in them.

Some folks need to lighten up.
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