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Lieberman Weighs In On Grand Theft Auto

Posted by simoniker on from the begin-again dept.

Thanks to Yahoo/Reuters for its article discussing Senator Joseph Lieberman's comments regarding Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto at a recent women's forum at Dartmouth College. Interestingly, Lieberman, a Democratic presidential hopeful and long-time proponent of views on this subject, comments: "Video games have gotten better over time", but continues: "There's a couple out there that are horrendous... You ought to see one called Grand Theft Auto. The player is rewarded for attacking a woman, pushing her to the ground, kicking her repeatedly and then ultimately killing her, shooting her over and over again." Although this isn't the specific goal of the game, he continues: "I call on the entertainment companies - they've got a right to do that, but they have a responsibility not to do it if we want to raise the next generation of our sons to treat women with respect."

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  1. This guy is totally right by Txiasaeia · · Score: 3, Funny

    You have no idea how much I hate men because of what I've learned in GTA! I'm able to gun them down with an Uzi, run them over with a car, or even take out a chainsaw and cut them to pieces! In fact, I think I'm going to go take out a few masculine vagina oppressors RIGHT NOW!

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  2. Oh COME now, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doesn't the senator from CT know that you can do the same thing to men of all different ethnicities in GTA3?

    There's no discrimination here. GTA3 is a utopia of equality, where all cultures and genders can be run down with cars, thrown the ground, beaten, and shot at point blank range with a shotgun.

    He should really have played the game before making such careless comments.

    Really.

  3. Heh by GigsVT · · Score: 3, Funny

    He just needs better researchers.

    He should have referred to the mission "Waste the Wife", an assination mission where a guy wants the wife dead, and hires you to kill her.

    I hereby volunteer to be a researcher for his propaganda department. It'll be hard work, playing those games all day looking for things that can be spun for a specific demographic, but I'll suffer by somehow. :)

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  4. Re:So long as he isn't making it illegal... by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Yes, but can you give her flowers?"

    You can try, but she casually avoids you. I found that to be quite realistic.

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