GTA Hype: Typical American stupidity

So it would appear that now Best Buy is going to pull Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas off of the shelf following the discovery of some kind of nudie patch you can download to let you undress characters and make them do sex acts.

This is a violent game where you can shoot people, cut their heads off, kick people in the nuts, etc. Now how is it that, in this world, we can be OK with the violence, but as soon as we see pixelated boobies on screen we need to call the morality police? I personally don't have a problem with any of it (wouldn't let my kid play it), but how is one worse than the other?

And as for all of the people that think that self-regulation of the video game industry is a failure, here's a clue... try letting parents be parents for a change. The feds can't, shouldn't have to, and certainly shouldn't pay for a check to see that parents actually take interest in what their kids are doing.

6 Comments

  • Well said, that man.

  • You think that's bad, us poor Aussies have to deal with the fact that the highest rating that can be given by our "Authorities" is M 15+. This means that GTA (like Leisure Suit Larry and Manhunt) won't be classified, and therefore not able to be sold. In effect, the games are banned from sale.



    Being 28, shouldn't it be MY choice as to what games (movies, etc) I want to play/see? And as a parent, isn't it MY responsibility to ensure my kids don't play games or watch movies that I don't think are appropriate for them?



    It seems the whole world (and not just Australia) is heading down a path where people are no longer being held responsible for their own actions. It's getting very sad indeed.

  • Hello,



    If the store wants to pull it, it's their store. They have a right to pull it. To argue that they can't, whether anyone agrees with their motives or not, is as wrong as me saying I don't like your choice in favor of it, so I'm going to call you stupid and all kinds of names (as you've done) and force you to remove it from your house. They are not forcing you to not see it. JUST NOT FROM THEIR STORE.



    RIGHTS GO BOTH WAYS. For this to be called Typical American Stupidity, and all this talk of who's parenting, and everthing else this is escalating towards, is well, stupidity. All they are saying is "NOT IN MY STORE".



    Please.... MOVE ON!!!



  • That's not the point. I could care less what the store does, it's the stupid double standard we have that annoys me. You move on.

  • Ron, those are interesting stats. Spun a little to support your argument but interesting nevertheless.



    Why is it so horrible to play cowboys and indians? or cops and robbers? Are we getting politically correct here? If I wave my hand like a tomahawk and chant the FSU seminole indian call, am I defaming the seminole native americans?



    Theres too much entitlement. Its this entitlement mentality that is linked to this politicizing of everything...

  • Eric: You've gotta be kidding me on the left vs. right thing. The Ashcroft types going after porn are hardly what I'd call liberal or left. When it comes to trying to silence things people don't like, that's hardly a phenomenon restricted to one side of the aisle.

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