Australia bans Grand Theft Auto

History repeating itself.

For those that do not know the first Grand Theft auto was banned in LA and in countries throughout the world...seems they don't realize it is not going to stop it but instead make it more popular.

woah! I swear I thought of your av viewing that pic. So weird.

I totally agree with this as well.

The idea that there is something "wrong" or "immoral" about nudity and sex I find laughable. I am sure our future decendants will have a hard time figuring out why it was ever "illegal" to walk around naked.

I fear however they will be similarly mystified by the fact that we thought it cool to instill the "values" of pimping, dangerous driving, assault, murder and drug dealing in our kids. The game itself, *before* the sex thing was found should really have been for adults only, when everyone knows it was not. It is directly targeted at 12 to 16 year old boys regardles of what it says on the box and is universally freely available to them.

I think the sex thing was just the "last straw" for moralist types who were angered at the entire gaming community over their complete inability to police themselves in the first place.


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You may have to call it something else.

Because Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude is actually banned here too

Gamespot - Leisure Suit Larry banned in Australia - Oct 11 2004
Slashdot - Leisure Suit Larry Banned - Oct 7 2004

-- Neal

I was going to wait until GTA SA dropped in price to buy, but all this media is making me want to spend the extra 10 or 20 bucks

*laugh* Okay, I suppose that's unsurprising. I know that it's still on sale in the States, tho...

Ok can't resist.
Don't ask me why but when I hear of things like this I just think this error applies.

http://www.geocities.com/lord_foulcault/image/baddeadbodies.jpg

Gotta love how extreme violence, theft, and murder are considered perfectly sutable for children, but throw in an uncovered boob or two and it's time to light the bonfires. Scary, scary world.

Wanted to post an addendum to this story...My favorite web-comic, Sluggy Freelance, created a GTA parody T-shirt called Grand Auto Theft: Linux...





Kule fun. But they are starting to get anonymous emails about a hidden function of the t-shirt. This is paraphrased, as I can't find the original text:



Sluggy Freelance has since come out with a statement saying that they do not support using the t-shirt in this manner to cut into online game time.

We all know whats next,

"BREAKING NEWS: Today The game metal gear solid 3 was banned after police found a impressional little boy pranceing around in a jungle attempting to eat a wild moose, When we took him in for questioning it was aparrent that this game has caused the most havoc on the children of today's minds,

Guy: Now, what do you find made you go into the forest? and eat wild Mountian mooses?

Boy: Well when My parrents got me Metal gear solid 3 it was just so amazeing, especialy after I role played Grand theft auto!

Guy: Role played? You mean after you were charged with digging up graves and "Protecting Da hoodz"?

Boy: Darn right! so I was role playing and rode my bike, then stole a Barbie monster Truck from my sister and trucked off to the Amazon, Like the mighty solid snake all I had was a Soft plushie Plastic Toothpaste eleminator, Then since I couldn't find any Kraft dinner boxes or Calorie mates I ate a mouse, then I started to foam up and then went to a gun shop where there was this old guy with liver spots on his head, so I kicked him in the shins and I won the boss fight! The end was really old, I should have tried that cheat code to make him die of old age,

Guy: So after that we found you chomping on a moose....

Boy: I needed food! and I didn't have any calorie mates left, damn their good,

Guy: before I leave you to your 5 months of solitude in a mental instotution of Hilary Clinton's school of proper and prudent children why did you scream out for these characters. "Para-medic" "Signet" "Major tom" and "Big boss"? also known as "The boss"

Boy: Because they were my homies dawg!!

Guy: Oookay.....*turns around* There you have it, Today's youth, Is it really this bad? tomorrow it could be your kid...or your cousin's kids, or your neices and nefpies! VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES MUST BE STOPP'ED, Ahem, stay tuned, Next we have New information on how the directors of pokemon are being aprihended as we speak,"

And on and on, really what did they think would happen after a while? that everyone would be a copy of pleasentville?
I'm not on the attack, but unless some 10 year old starts imitateing Ramblo with his/her fathers/mother's gun it just doesn't seem like its a huge arse deal,

Its up to the things called,

P.A.R.E.N.T.S, To teach their children right from wrong, Untill the day they die its their job from the moment the child is born to present and end,

Not all people want to face the fact that its a unavoidable Job, primary function if you will,
I've had to accept that and change my lifestyle for my children,

Everything I hear on the news, its like covering up a white head with concealer, its one big fat lie, In instances its the parrents that bought the game, UNLESS THERE IS UNDENYABLE PROOF, the child bought that game, without the adults knowing,
its not news to say "NEWS FLASH: idiot kid tried to be like Carl johnson from GTA"

its an Adults, Guardian's, Parrents, Friend's, Job to make sure their child, Godchild, and friend, are okay and safe from harm, but as I see it theres too little people are doing exept sitting on their asses hireing babysitters while they do accounting for days on end,

Now I'm not bashing anyones job, I know its Important to keep income flowing but children intake everything they see, and see done, Heres a little bit of a example I have seen in most of my friends today in this day and age,

Angry/agressive parrents: Makes a angry unbarable human being,

Parrents that take too little time to be with and teach their children: Makes a shy and sad sometimes grumpy Human being,

Loveing parrents that MAKE, time: Sucsessful Human being,

I know, no one can be perfect, but at the same time takeing a bit at a time to speak and play with your offspring, It doesn't matter how Tense your job is, or how crapperific your life is, doesn't mean you get to throw away someone else's,

Okay now outa the blather about Children are the future,

I never knew it was such a big arse problem about secks,
Its pixels! mostly circles and mashed in squares! what is the problem?!

Next 80 years and it'll be, "ZOUNDS! my wife left me for a hotter robot then me!" hehe,