GRAND THEFT AUTO... worse than child molesting?

[minxnim]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12292003/business/14640.htm

 

[mindspell]

Grand Theft Auto is not politically correct, never meant to be either. Vice city is a very fun game to play though. And the anything goes quote is not true because if you do you get caught by the police, you have to be careful and use just the right amount of violence

 

[minxnim]

yea and the article said you can do whatever you want... but you really can't because sometimes you die.

 

[avi]

too much like real life for some folks I guess

 

[mindspell]

Its nothing like real life for me so I am not too concerned... The assassination job with a chainsaw is pretty funny...

 

[avi]

I meant real life in that you can do what you want, maybe even commit violent acts.

 

[minxnim]

i *love* the chainsaw mission. the way the fat guy runs in diagonal lines away from you screaming rules. i *HATE* the missions where you have to fly mini helicopters and planes.

 

[deadair]

boy, they are right on top of this story huh?

funniest part... the HUGE victoria's secret ads on the page. video game violence = bad. scantily clad women = ok.

 

[Demonspell]

I agree, people who believe that games like GTA perpetuate violence and racism are retarded.

 

[Josh Seipp]

hey, how about the PARENTS of children provide them with LIFE LESSONS and develop their CHARACTER in such a way that they know that HURTING PEOPLE IS WRONG!?

no, no, that would never work....


hmmm.

 

[minxnim]

too complicated. it's better to let your kids learn their lessons from cartoons.

 

[avi]

preppy advocates dropping anvils on people's heads.

 

[minxnim]

pretty much yea

 

[deadair]

yea, parents are let off the hook for EVERYTHING now-a-days. it never has anything to do with them raising an asshole kid.

 

[Josh Seipp]

speaking of which

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/12/30/seven.dead.ap/index.html

 

[avi]

jeez

 

[minxnim]

fucking cars.
fucking cops.

 

[Novembers Paul]

Best games ever.

 

[Steve]

The problem isn't violent video games, it's putting htem in the hands of people who are mentally under ten years old. You also need to have enough mental capacity and common sense to see that you can't (shouldn't) do this in real life, as some people don't seem to be able to understand *cough*lieberman*cough*.
And what's wrong with killing Haitians in a video game?

To me, anyone south of Pennsylvania is a mexican

 

[LuminousAether]

That killing Haitians stuff is absolutely hilarious to point out as racism... but people are stupid and that is to be expected.

Funny that the author thinks this is worse than child molestation, I fail to see how a game could ever compare with mentally and physically raping and ruining a person at a young age. I'd like to smack the author a few times and tell him to open his goddamned blindered eyes.