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Prostitutes Call for a Ban on GTA

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the encouraging-better-customers dept.

d writes "Gamespot has an article about an association of prostitutes protesting the GTA games. Apparently, the sex workers of the Sex Workers Outreach Project aren't too happy about their ingame counterparts being treated violently in the GTA games. They note that the games are a bad influence on children, and might encourage rape and violent behavior towards prostitutes in real life."

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  1. Title of this article is misleading by bigdavex · · Score: 5, Informative

    They aren't calling for a ban. They think the game is a bad thing and want to discourage parents from allowing their children to play.

    Ban means "to prohibit especially by legal means" (Merriam-Webster).

    They're exercising a free speech right, not trying to infringe on others'.

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  2. Re:Wait, isn't prostitution illegal? by Ironsides · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nevada is the only state that has legalized Prostitution and even then only in certain counties. GOOGLE

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  3. RTFA, not the headlines. by cduffy · · Score: 3, Informative

    They're condemning the game, but not calling for a ban.

  4. Re:Prostitutes? by chris_eineke · · Score: 4, Informative
    Of course for that to happen it would have to be little girls that play GTA, which is the main demographic to play it, right?
    Believe or not, my 12-year-old sister enjoys GTA:SA. She drives around in cars and on motorcycles and when she is up for a challenge she clubs a hooker to death.

    Yes, I - too - think that's scary.
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