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Rockstar Investigated Over GTA - Vice City
Jubii writes "Seems the State of Florida is about to investigate Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for possibly violating state hate crime laws. This comes right after Rockstar and Take-Two issued an apology and a promise to remove offensive dialog found in the game. This could cause significant changes for 'mature' games in the future." Since Rockstar has already apologized and pledged to update the game, is it just me, or is the state of Florida only looking to line its pockets with some best-selling game profits? Update: 12/12 00:19 GMT by S : Haitian community leaders aren't satisfied either, saying "the manufacturer's pledge to change future editions did not solve the problem with games on store shelves now."
No, but pimps and whores should sue Rockstar for giving them a bad image!
Yea, we should really kick Florida out of the union.
The dead vote there, they can't hold a proper election, they don't seem to comprehend what free speech is... I mean the list goes on and on.
We're watching you Florida, one more screw up, and your phallic landmass is out!
The key to the enjoyment of pop music is to replace any instance of "love" with "C.H.U.D."
In order to satisfy the demands of the florida haitian community, Rockstar has degun devellopment in a time machine that will be used to go back in time in order to remove offensive content from their game.
The machine will then be used to back to the paleozoic era and Rockstar employees will then wipe out all life on earth as we know it, applying the only possible way to never offend anyone ever again.
You can't take the sky from me...
"Giving low point scores to all the vowels is clearly racist" said Aiiiaoa Oaoaiuuii for the Hawaiian state prosecutor's office.
World Scrabble champion Hzbrgzny Zgknyskqjz of Poland is rumoured to be a key witness for the defence at the trial.
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And I thought I was the only one who's television told him to do things like that.
Video games made me do shrooms and become a plumber. I can't be held responsible for my actions. This is America.
-Rabbit
The guy is not from a country where English is a primary language.
What? America?
"Why did they cancel my favorite Sci-Fi show? I downloaded ALL the episodes!"
Dude, i like yer turn of phrase.... so much fresher than the "running around in darkened rooms listening to electronic music and eating magic pills" quote.....
Is it an original?? if so can i steal it shamelesly to impress da ladies with?
bah!*@%!
After playing Super Mario Bros. I spent a significant portion of my childhood running around the house looking for gold coins. These games are teaching our kids to chase money! Don't even get me started on the aftermath of my bananna cannon rampage.
Video games are just as legitimate a form of expression and entertainment as movies and music.
What do you mean? No videogame has yet to touch the delicate artistic expressionism found in the simple lines "F---, F---, F--- the Po-lice." Or Eminem's heartfelt ballads to killing his wife in front of his daughter. Or for that matter, Eminem's hearfelt ballads to murdering fags. Such obviously worthwile expression of the human sexual condition is worthy of the protection of the law. This television game, or "videoed-game" as they call it, is teaching children that gangs in poor neighborhoods form from people with ethnic and historically shared backgrounds, and such subdivisions once formed naturally lead to cultural tensions. How can they sleep at night, knowing they sell such obviously racist filth?
I'm sorry sir, but the blips and bleeps of your "videoed-games" can have no cultural or artistic value... They're just a waste of time. Furthermore, you should be ashamed of playing with children's toys. Now go out and get a job, you long haired hippie! I hear Shell is expanding its operations in the Niger Delta.
Some day you'll thank me for setting you straight.
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