Nigerian government demands apology from Sony

[Kudistos Megistos]

The Nigerian government is very upset with Sony after they made a reference to Nigerian email scams in one of their latest adverts. Apparently, Sony has changed the line to a nonsensical one about WWI. As a European, I am very offended by this and demand an apology.

You'd have thought that the Nigerian government would have bigger things to worry about; after all, their country has a nominal GDP per capita of $1,500 (compare to around $30,000 - $50,000 in most Western countries), it comes 154th on the UN's Human Development Index and suffers from horrific levels of crime and ethno-religious conflict. Actually, that might be why the government is acting so butthurt; nothing works like creating an external enemy when you want to distract your people from problems at home, as all bad governments know

[titeguy3]

They say any publicity is good publicity.

Sony shouldn't apologize, whomever writes those fraudulent e-mails should. It IS a fact that it's always Nigeria that's cited in the scams, so Sony didn't lie, or even insinuate anything.

It's as you said, KM. Nigeria's just being a sore-ass.

[Kudistos Megistos]

According to Wikipedia, Sony's total assets are greater than Nigeria's total GDP

They aren't in a position to be demanding things of Sony