Applauding "Grand Theft"

Townhall.com ^ | May 2, 2008 | Brent Bozzell III

[oust the louse]

“They can choose to line their pockets with the proceeds of the sale of this cultural poison to youngsters. They can join the chorus of consequential deniability, too. All they have to worry about is their conscience, in the dead of night, something the P.R. wizards can’t touch.”

WOW...what a crap game. I feel sorry for those who play this stuff and numb thier minds. Even sorrier for the ones who profit from it. My how society has fallen...AGAIN.

[FoxInSocks]

But that argument isn't helped by the news report that a San Diego man doused video-game store employees with mace to steal the game. Or that a man standing in line in London was stabbed in the head and neck.

Remember Cabbage Patch Kids and Elmo? The same stuff happens every Christmas holiday season.

[durasell]

Video games, like movies and television shows, are rated. If parents are too lazy to check the ratings...

[Strategerist]

The rise of realistic first-person shooters matched pretty well declines in adolescent violent crime.

[theFIRMbss]

>Did no one understand how the slinky satin-sheet photo would be greeted by the eyes of teenage boys -- or men twice her age?

Even Quagmire asks girls if they've turned eighteen yet! Fifteen is too young!

[samson1097]

Video games are the root of all evil. There obviously wouldn't be any crime if it weren't for GTA. It makes people turn violent. /s

[durasell]

http://www.tgorski.com/Violence/David%20Grossman/learning_to_kill_interview_with_david_grossman_04-23-01.htm

[Billthedrill]

This is the first generation of young people ever who would even consider doing something to outrage their parents.

I was a perfect little angel. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes, young lads,

Who can only get this game if their parents bought it for them.

If his parents buy this game for little Johnny then little Johnny has much bigger problems then the games he is playing.

[Retired Greyhound]

On Combat is a great book about the physiological reactions of a violent encounter.

He firmly believes that thes games develop sociopathy and good hand-eye coordination at the same time, a dangerous combo.

[Retired Greyhound]

Really? There was a study about this? I would like to know more.

[samson1097]

From your link:

“Remember, these games (especially the “fire arms trainers” where you hold a gun in your hand) will almost definitely not be found to have 1st Amendment protection. They are appliances, simulators.”

Come on. You don’t really think these games should be illegal do you? I played GTA because I had fun. I didn’t turn into a murderer. By an extension of the logic, there should be a law against racing games as they simulate breaking the law. Also, they’re the reason I get all my speeding tickets.

[discostu]

There’ve been dozens of studies. With conflicting results that always seem to match the bias of the studier.

Here’s the base reality of the situation: the game is rated M for Mature, kids shouldn’t be playing it in the first place; the primary audience for video games is the 22 to 35 demographic (M for Mature); and nobody ever seems to worry that having an entire TV network dedicated to food makes people fat.

[rdb3]

I was a perfect little angel. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Riiiiight. ;-)

[JoJo Gunn]

The New York Times applauded the game's "winsome procession of grifters, hustlers, drug peddlers and other gloriously unrepentant lowlifes."

Okay, so is it a game, or the day in the life of a Democrap? 

[CaptainK]

Next step:

Ban the movie Gone in Sixty Seconds. Far more realistic than a video game.

Immediately to follow: Smokey & the Bear

[Billthedrill]

Uh-oh. You...uh...you aren’t the one who ended up with the negatives, are you? I can explain everything... :-(

[underground]

[rdb3]

Uh-oh. You...uh...you aren’t the one who ended up with the negatives, are you? I can explain everything... :-(

I dunno, but I have more than my fair share.