I agree, there is no reason why we shouldn't be able to play as the Taliban. Even if you are killing the "Good guys", it is just a game, though a lot of people tend to forget that when touchy subjects like this come up. If it bothers you, just never play as the Taliban or don't get that game.

While it really doesn't matter, you pretty much know they're specifically doing it to expose the game. Lots of games pit you against US troops in Multiplayer (hi, Counterstrike!), but it's just as easy to call it OpFor or similar, which is how most games do it. Naming it Taliban specifically is nothing more than a viral publicity stunt, and it's obviously working.

ya don't play any WWII games either.  I mean.. either Americans or Germans are going to die, and my American grandpa just died a couple weeks ago and so did my German grandmother.  I mean, those are real people I knew on both sides.. it was a real war back then, not this pussy shit.  Millions died back then.

Its (very) bad taste, but should not be illegal in my opinion.

When will some studio make a WW2 fps game from the side of the Germans?? 

...whenever I hear things like "that's in bad taste"....or "what were they thinking?"...or "that shouldn't be allowed".....etc. etc....

I can't help but think about the movie "Demolition Man" and its huge comedic value (as I see it) when applied to the current P(olitical) C(orrectness) trend sweeping the western world.

Here are a few quotes courtesy of (www.uselessmoviequotes.com) I just get an absolute kick out of:

Simon Phoenix:  I'm sorry to say that the world has become a pussy-whipped, Brady Bunch version of itself--run by a bunch of robed sissies.

Lenina Huxley:  Anything not good for you is bad, hence, illegal. Alcohol, caffeine, contact sports, meat . . .
John Spartan:  Are you shitting me?
A computer:  <BEEP> John Spartan, you are fined one credit for a violation of the verbal morality statute.
John Spartan:  What the Hell is that?
A computer:  <BEEP> John Spartan, you are fined one credit . . .
Lenina Huxley:  .....bad language, child play, gasoline, uneducational toys, and anything spicy. Abortion is also illegal. But, then again so is pregnancy, if you don't have a license.

Edgar Friendly:  I've seen the future. You know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin, sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing, "I'm an Oscar Meyer wiener.

Edgar Friendly: According to Cocteau's plan, I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal?

John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone)
Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes)
Edgar Friendly (Denis Leary)
Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock)

hehe 

the Monk

It's pretty easy to tell what they were thinking though. If it *wasn't* named Taliban nobody would care and nobody would talk about it. But they named it such, and now there are articles popping up talking about the game. Lots more media exposure for no advertising dollars spent. Sure they might "offend" some people, but let's face it, the vast majority of those are not their target audience to begin with.

Free viral advertising for the win?

And right now, there's a bunch of Taliban hiding in caves going "How come we're stuck playing coalition soldiers in the new MoH?  My sheeps got bombed by them last month!  How could EA allow this!"

Seeing as most people these days equate Wehrmacht/German with Nazi anyway (albeit incorrectly) what's your point exactly?

In general I'm not a fan of political correctness, but there's also a difference between "PC" and "Things you shouldn't morally do". Political correctness is when you get told that "We're re-evaluating our long term goals and approach to business, so we have to downsize", instead of "You're fired 'cause we don't have enough money.". It's putting flowery language in place of the actual thing. Like if I pointed out that you weren't short, just vertically challenged

So this Taliban thing isn't really about political correctness, it plays much more on the morality of playing the bad guys during a currently ongoing conflict and being able to shoot the "good guy" US troops. It doesn't really bother me personally, but my point is that not everyone who doesn't like it is necessarily a PC-enthusiast either

It is relative if you exclude all other considerations, but not if you take it in context of the game. The game is marketed to us, and not extremist militant groups, and thus the vast majority of the target audience sees the Coalition as the "good guys". It can't really be a relative point when the "good guy" side makes the game for the "good guy" side where you can play the "bad guy"

.....and then we're back to square-one.  Namely "business", and I stated above.....I believe business is business and morality (ie. good vs bad) has no part in business even if the product of said business in fact does depict "good vs bad" scenarios.

I get what you're saying, I just don't think "morality" as such can/should be applied to business.  If we did, I'm afraid we'd find reasons to shut the doors on most if not all "big business" for reasons based on morality.