Pokemon GO's "egg" touches the anger of vegetarians



"Pokemon GO" of smartphone game downloaded over 500 million times in the last 8 weeks has been sued as India "It is a blasphemy against vegetarian Hinduism and Jainism".

Pokemon Go in Indian court for 'hurting religious sentiments' - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37294286


In Gujarat Province, India, a local man asked for a ban on Pokemon GO in the local high court, saying that the image of eggs appearing in Pokemon GO is contrary to the teachings of Hinduism and Jainism. The High Court is seeking instructions from Niantic, the developer of Pokemon GO, but it is unknown whether Niantic will accept it.

In the first place, why is the ban on Pokemon GO being demanded in India? People who do not eat meat, fish, eggs etc. to avoid killing are people who are 3 to 40% of Indians are vegetarians There are many. Gujarat Province where an appeal has occurred is a land known to have many vegetarians among them, but according to the user who actually played Pokemon GO in India, most of the temples dotted in India are set as Pocket Stop A man who raised a lawsuit claiming that "a Pokémon's egg" comes out at a temple worshiped by such vegetarians claims that "it is a blasphemy against Hinduism and Jainism."

However, on social media there are many opinions that defend Pokemon GO side. One of the reasons is that Pokemon GO is not officially released in India. Although the official release of Pokemon GO is still India, it seems that several users have already installed applications from countries such as the App Store and Google Play where Pokemon GO is officially released and are enjoying games in Japan, It is evident from the report of the user who played and evolved into this appeal.

In India, this appeal has become a big topic, such as on Twitter, and many users judge men's appeal as "a petty appeal." He is former Secretary of State for IndiaChasi TaruruMr. tweets on his own Twitter account, "It is terrible to try to disturb our judicial system in such a silly case."

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