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A VIDEO GAME allowing players to kill Australian Aboriginals has been removed from mobile stores after more than 50,000 people signed an online petition against the “racist” app.
The app, “Survival Island 3 – Australia Story”, tells users that they have to find ways to stay alive in “one of the most dangerous places in the world”, including having to “fight with aboriginals — you invaded their home!”.
The change.org petition, which has been signed by more than 50,000 people since it was set up yesterday, called for the app to be pulled from mobile stores, adding that “killing indigenous Australians is not a game”.
“Selling games that promote racism and negative stereotypes of indigenous Australians is not acceptable,” the petition added.
By this morning, the app had been pulled from the two dominant smartphone app stores – Apple’s iTunes store as well as Google Play.
A spokeswoman for tech giant Google, which offers apps through Google Play on its Android mobile platforms, would not comment on the game but said the tech giant would remove “applications that violate our policies”.
Apple did not immediately respond to AFP requests for comment, and the game’s developer could not be immediately reached for comment.
Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane wrote on Twitter that it was “unacceptable to see such promotion of violence and hatred against Aboriginal people”.
Aborigines, the most disadvantaged Australians, are believed to have numbered around one million at the time of British settlement.
There are now just 470,000 out of a total Australian population of 23 million, and they suffer disproportionate levels of disease, imprisonment and social problems as well as significantly lower education, employment and life expectancy.
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I wonder- what were his religious affiliations?
@Atheos Euripides: you must be so proud
@lavbeer: what did he say?
@Suzie Sunshine: he reckoned that year man is innocent!
@Brian Ward: lol! he’s off the wall if he thinks that. .
@Suzie Sunshine: see virtual architect comment below. That was basically it.
@lavbeer: cheers . Classic Atheos ..
@Atheos Euripides: For attacking 2 cops with a 4 foot sword! He was hardly there to give them a hot towel shave and a hair cut.
@Atheos Euripides: “alt-right” Ouch! “racist” Ouch!! “snowflake” Ouch! “Islamophobe” Ooff! You’re so mean, I’m going to tell your mammy.
Thankfully no one died! ..heard there’s no candles left anyway
Glad they arrested him to get much needed intelligence from him hence the second arrest and hopefully more
Hope they get a few hidings along the way
The power of the media, it creates the things it reports by inspiring others for their 15 minutes of fame?
They watched to much game of thrones
@rowan hill: Sansa Stark dies tonight…
@”": Whaaaaaaaaa
@RJ.Fallon: my money is on Sanss
@”": Grrrrrr, grumble grumble, won’t be worth watching without Sansa.
@RJ.Fallon: i do concur Mr fallon …i hope I’m wrong
@”": Don’t call me Mr. ,I’ll have to buy a suit…RJ, my real name.
So another head the ball try to kill someone . Why is that news . Put an end to it , shoot him arrest him .dont make a fuss about it that’s what head the balls want
@WilhelminaMCallaghan: inclined to agree with this approach. Remove him and any accomplices from society quickly, quietly and ruthlessly. Don’t report it. It’s helping them and not us as the information does not help us avoid a future encounter.
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