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The line in question was spoken by Wheatley: "Alright, fatty. Adopted fatty. Fatty, fatty no parents."
I'm generally a defender of "political correctness," if only for the fact that I've never heard a sentence begin with "I know it's not PC, but..." that didn't end with something blatantly racist. I also don't believe that it's my place to tell someone that they're not offended by something.
Having said that...this guy is nuts. Parenting is going to be a long road indeed for him if this sends him whining to the local news. And the tone of somber outrage from the local news-mannequins? Priceless.
By the way, you know who else likes adopted children? Erik Wolpaw, the lead writer of Portal 2:
Part of it is that Chell doesn't really have much of a character, so GLaDOS, if she's going to needle you, has to do it with things that are relatively absurd. She's got the adoption thing. I mean, nobody really thinks adopted people are lesser than anybody else.He recorded that interview about a month before this "controversy" broke. Watch the whole thing—it's fascinating stuff.
So are we okay here? It was meant to be an absurd insult, from a character who had run out of clever things to say.
Orphans who don't get adopted totally suck, though. I think we can all agree on that.
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*In retrospect, the funniest part is how the newscasters contacted Sony for comment, who directed them to Valve. They accused Sony of passing the buck. A commenter on their website had to point out that Sony has nothing to do with Portal 2
(hat tip: Game Politics)
Adopted children deserve to be loved and respected. Be happy.
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