[Wilko]

(from [url:5d5c8]http://www.gtagaming.com[/url:5d5c8])
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November 24, 2003, 9:54 PM EST

Activists and advocates for the Haitian community will gather at City Hall Tuesday to denounce "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," a video game they say is violent and racist, as well as dehumanizing to Haitians.

In a release issued yesterday, the Haitian Centers Council and Haitian Americans for Human Rights said Manhattan-based Rockstar Games Inc., which made the game, and its parent company, Take 2 Interactive Software Inc., "advocate the killing of Haitians as entertainment."

"Players are instructed to kill all Haitians, who, in the video game, are stereotyped as thugs, thieves and drug dealers," the release said.
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Here's the article: [url:5d5c8]http://www.nynewsday.com/news/education/nyc-game1125,0,325367.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-education[/url:5d5c8]

They've gotta be kidding, Don't they? A) No one is portrayed well in that game and B) IT'S A FUCKING GAME! Sheesh.

[[DAS REICH] Blitz]

Wow... oOo:

[mr.miyagi]

Funny how we're used to these kind of games now, in fact we got used to them a decade or more ago with wolfenstein, etc.
If some high-up dude in the states said:
"Players are instructed to kill all Americans, who, in the video game, are stereotyped as thugs, thieves and drug dealers"

the U.S would prolly say ".....And?"

J00 ain't been to tha h00d brotha.
Well neither have I but I seen 'Boys 'n' the Hood' ya know and..

...umm what am I talkin about again? stupid:

[Eames]

[quote="Captain Wilkins":18e7a](from [url:18e7a]http://www.gtagaming.com[/url:18e7a])
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November 24, 2003, 9:54 PM EST

Activists and advocates for the Haitian community will gather at City Hall Tuesday to denounce "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," a video game they say is violent and racist, as well as dehumanizing to Haitians.

In a release issued yesterday, the Haitian Centers Council and Haitian Americans for Human Rights said Manhattan-based Rockstar Games Inc., which made the game, and its parent company, Take 2 Interactive Software Inc., "advocate the killing of Haitians as entertainment."

"Players are instructed to kill all Haitians, who, in the video game, are stereotyped as thugs, thieves and drug dealers," the release said.
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Here's the article: [url:18e7a]http://www.nynewsday.com/news/education/nyc-game1125,0,325367.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-education[/url:18e7a]

They've gotta be kidding, Don't they? A) No one is portrayed well in that game and B) IT'S A FUCKING GAME! Sheesh.[/quote:18e7a]

didnt they ban gta 3 from austrailia or released like a super censored version there?

[Xorcist [USA]]

I'm considering taking up the position of spokesman for all of the ducks in America in our crusade to stop Nintendo from selling any more copies of Duck Hunt.

[Johnj]

GG Pelo

[Madmartagen]

duck hunt was a good game. how are hatians made fun of in GTA anyway? i dont recall ethnicities being so specific in those games.

[quote="Cpl. Eames":cd8ac][quote="Captain Wilkins":cd8ac](from [url:cd8ac]http://www.gtagaming.com[/url:cd8ac])
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November 24, 2003, 9:54 PM EST

Activists and advocates for the Haitian community will gather at City Hall Tuesday to denounce "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," a video game they say is violent and racist, as well as dehumanizing to Haitians.

In a release issued yesterday, the Haitian Centers Council and Haitian Americans for Human Rights said Manhattan-based Rockstar Games Inc., which made the game, and its parent company, Take 2 Interactive Software Inc., "advocate the killing of Haitians as entertainment."

"Players are instructed to kill all Haitians, who, in the video game, are stereotyped as thugs, thieves and drug dealers," the release said.
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Here's the article: [url:cd8ac]http://www.nynewsday.com/news/education/nyc-game1125,0,325367.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-education[/url:cd8ac]

They've gotta be kidding, Don't they? A) No one is portrayed well in that game and B) IT'S A FUCKING GAME! Sheesh.[/quote:cd8ac]

didnt they ban gta 3 from austrailia or released like a super censored version there?[/quote:cd8ac]

I know that all WWII games get censored in Germany, they take all pics of Hitler and swastikas out. If you download the free version of Hidden and Dangerous you'll find plain red banners in place of the Nazi one and pics of some nerd (maybe dev) in place of Hitler

[Wilko]

[quote="Cpl. Eames":8a37b][quote="Captain Wilkins":8a37b](from [url:8a37b]http://www.gtagaming.com[/url:8a37b])
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November 24, 2003, 9:54 PM EST

Activists and advocates for the Haitian community will gather at City Hall Tuesday to denounce "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," a video game they say is violent and racist, as well as dehumanizing to Haitians.

In a release issued yesterday, the Haitian Centers Council and Haitian Americans for Human Rights said Manhattan-based Rockstar Games Inc., which made the game, and its parent company, Take 2 Interactive Software Inc., "advocate the killing of Haitians as entertainment."

"Players are instructed to kill all Haitians, who, in the video game, are stereotyped as thugs, thieves and drug dealers," the release said.
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Here's the article: [url:8a37b]http://www.nynewsday.com/news/education/nyc-game1125,0,325367.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-education[/url:8a37b]

They've gotta be kidding, Don't they? A) No one is portrayed well in that game and B) IT'S A FUCKING GAME! Sheesh.[/quote:8a37b]

didnt they ban gta 3 from austrailia or released like a super censored version there?[/quote:8a37b]

We got the 'Censored to shit' Version. However, if you know the right people, you can get the US Version. The Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification needs to have a good hard look at themselves, and stop treating the population like idiots

AOFLC ---> calmdown: M16: <--- Cpt. Wilkins

[Madmartagen]

wow, you doods get censored video games? i thought it was bad over here with parents and the stupid rating system. next time i shoot the hell out of nazis while my red army comrades ransack the reichstag, ill wipe a tear for ya.

[quote:ab04c]didnt they ban gta 3 from Australia or released like a super censored version there[/quote:ab04c]

haha my friends where making fun of that go and tell bobby he owes us some money
goes to gas station you owe us money
MISSION PASSED $10,000

but any ways thats stupid i guess the game racist against the Italians to because the game has you kill Italians at one point too

[Madmartagen]

seriously, i hate the way parents and people who take offense to a game they probably have never played and try to get it censored or banned. if i dont like something, im not going to crusade against it just because of my morals. i vote for pro choice, but i wouldnt get an abortion myself. this is like those kids and parents who tried to sue mcdonalds because they were so fat.

[Wilko]

Originally Posted by KingWade

[quote:63a95]didnt they ban gta 3 from Australia or released like a super censored version there

haha my friends where making fun of that go and tell bobby he owes us some money
goes to gas station you owe us money
MISSION PASSED $10,000

but any ways thats stupid i guess the game racist against the Italians to because the game has you kill Italians at one point too[/quote:63a95]

Actually, i exaggerated a bit before. The only real discerable difference in our one is if you beat the tar out of the hookers after "using" them, you don't get your money back

[9mm BeRetTa]

if a kid believes and acts out scenes from a video game, its the video game makers fault not the parents who raised their friggen kid wrong? oOo:

[Fireal]

Yes.
You should teach your kid right from wrong from day one