SIKHNET DRIVES
PETITION AGAINST EIDSO
Copyright 2002 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ October 31st 2002 ]
SikhNet,
a global community of over 100 Sikh and non-Sikh
organizations, has launched a campaign to demand
Eidos Interactive recall its best-selling Hitman
2: Silent Assassin videogame from the market.
The organization claims the sequel glorifies violence
and incites racism and hatred against Sikhs and
Dalits by linking them to terrorism. SikhNet is
lobbying for signatures on a petition it plans
to present to Eidos in the coming weeks.
Hitman
2: Silent Assassin is the follow-up to the BAFTA
award nominated Hitman: Codename 47. Players enter
the mind of a genetically engineered assassin
Codename 47, whose deadly efficiency is now needed
more than ever. The Eidos title, developed by
IO Interactive, recently stole the crown from
Nintendo's Super Mario by escalating to numero
uno in the all-formats ELSPA charts compiled by
ChartTrack.
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