The title 'Z'

[MsQi]

SE is a business, businesses is withdrawing from Russia in big style, it would be the right thing to do.

No, changing the title would be the immoral thing to do.

[Soge01]

No. Now go away with your real world politics, troll.

[Avatre]

SE is a business, businesses is withdrawing from Russia in big style, it would be the right thing to do.

Start with Z, and where does it end? Remove K from everything due it the KKK using it? A, because anarchists use a variation of it? Every single letter in the alphabet because someone, somewhere, has used it as a symbol for whatever shady/illegal activity?

The title is fine as is since it has zero relation to what Russia is doing.

[LalafellDown]

The Z title should change because it’s meaning has changed. It stands alone as a symbol unlike the Z in words.

Because Z is a title we should change it.

[HyoMinPark]

The Z title should change because it’s meaning has changed. It stands alone as a symbol unlike the Z in words.

Because Z is a title we should change it.

The meaning hasn’t changed for anyone who doesn’t see politics everywhere they look. As I said before: stop giving this letter power. It’s not related to Russia or any of their ideologies, so stop trying to turn it into the symbol they want it to be. It should continue to be treated as it always has been—because then what power will it have if others just see it as the last letter in a Latin alphabet and nothing more? None.

[kpxmanifesto]

I do think changing it to (or at least giving an alternative of) "Zeta" would be fair for those who dislike the potential association but want to use the title they earned.

It makes more sense to get "Zeta" from the Zeta weapons anyway.

Yeah, that's a hard no. It's a bad idea to give any validity to the goons invading Ukraine.

[LalafellDown]

Yeah, that's a hard no. It's a bad idea to give any validity to the goons invading Ukraine.

Then why is house demolition timer off?

[HyoMinPark]

Then why is house demolition timer off?

There is a difference between doing something polite for the people of Ukraine (like attempting to preserve their virtual houses during a crisis), and then succumbing to propagandist fearmongering when you shouldn’t be giving Russia any more psychological war power than they already have.

Besides, there was also a 7.2 Earthquake not too much later in Japan, so it would have been suspended anyways for the natural disaster.


Mods, can we delete this thread, please?

[KayRadley]

Don't bring politics into a video game.

This whole damn game is political. Racism, colonialism, classism, etc. Too late, son.

[kpxmanifesto]

Then why is house demolition timer off?

As one of the posters mentioned, there's a difference between showing one's support for Ukraine and surrendering a letter of the alphabet for representation of an illegitimate cause.