Manchester Church Forgives Sony

Church leaders of Manchester Cathedral has finally asked themselves “What would Jesus do?” and forgiven Sony for featuring the historic church in Resistance: Fall of Man. After the game failed to win a BAFTA award, the Church felt it was time to be magnanimous.

After it was announced that the game had not won an award, the Dean of Manchester Cathedral, the Very Reverend Rogers Govender said: “I think some important lessons have been learnt.

“So we do forgive Sony for what they have done, even though they still believe they have done nothing wrong.

“In an industry that is breaking new frontiers, it is important that long held traditions of film and television are maintained.

“These traditions include having courtesy, respecting the dignity of your subject, and admitting when mistakes have been made.

“In so many ways Sony have failed to live up to these standards by disrespecting people of faith and the victims of gun crime here in Manchester.”

Incidently, the church also admitted that tourism and visits from young people were up due to the controversy over the game.

Sounds to me like it turned out to be a win-win situation after all. The Church’s attendance is up and Sony got much free publicity. Was this a failure of the church to do the Christian thing to begin with until they felt retribution from God had been exacted or did they see the whole confrontation with Sony as a way to get publicity in the first place?

via BBC News