Hookers Hate Grand Theft Auto! |
 Feb 16 2006, 10:55 PM
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 ^_^  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,141 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 91,466  |
If the news doesn't seem interesting, I won't post it. But this was too good to pass up.
Prostitutes call for ban on GTA Sex workers cry foul, say game "accrues points to players for the depiction of rape and murder of prostitutes." The Grand Theft Auto franchise is getting attacked from all angles. Joining the ranks of politicians, policemen, and attorneys in their crusade to see the game lifted from shelves are the nation's sex workers. On its Web site, the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA is asking parents to assist them in calling for a ban of Take-Two Interactive's controversial game. Citing a 2001 document from the National Institute on Media and the Family's David Walsh, SWOP is calling "on all parents and all gamers to boycott Grand Theft Auto." The organization quotes various points from Walsh's paper, including, "Children are more likely to imitate a character with whom they identify with. In violent video games the player is often required to take the point of view of the shooter or perpetrator." Though the organization admits to being "adamantly opposed to any and all forms of censorship," as concerned parents themselves, they "wish to inform other parents of the potential danger extremely violent video games pose to children." Likewise, in the interest of promoting the rights of sex workers, the organization is opposed to the depiction of the rape and murder of prostitutes. In the games, players can solicit "services" from prostitutes by driving their cars slowly near them. No sexual acts are in clear visible view, but during the "transaction," the player regains health and loses money. Though the player cannot actively rape prostitutes in the game, a possible rape is alluded to once during the storyline of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The prostitutes, like every other character, are also subject to homicide at the hands of the protagonist. According to its Web site, SWOP USA is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of sex-industry workers and to the promotion of a safe working environment for the industry. By Tim Surette -- GameSpot Posted Feb 14, 2006 3:48 pm PT These are some intelligent hoes. 
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Feb 16 2006, 11:12 PM
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 L!ckitySplit Group: Member Posts: 4,325 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 129,329 |
its a beautiful moment when you can see hookers joining along side politicians. god bless america.
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Feb 16 2006, 11:24 PM
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 FIFA World Cup Germany 2006! Group: Member Posts: 1,219 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 35,557 |
Lol, hookers defending their positions. Just amazing.
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Feb 17 2006, 09:38 AM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
hahah. wow. that's definately a first.
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Feb 17 2006, 11:59 AM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
I guess this tells us not to underestimate anyone...
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Feb 17 2006, 12:06 PM
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 It eats you, starting with your bottom. Group: Member Posts: 1,999 Joined: Jun 2005 Member No: 160,674 |
People need to just shut up about Grand Theft Auto. I've played it. It ain't that bad. It's a game.
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Feb 17 2006, 12:07 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
^ Not bad, but then again it's not really a good game, I don't enjoy playing it much, but that's just me.
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Feb 17 2006, 01:31 PM
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^_^ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,141 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 91,466 |
QUOTE(xnofearx @ Feb 17 2006, 11:07 AM)  ^ Not bad, but then again it's not really a good game, I don't enjoy playing it much, but that's just me. What planet do you live on, man? The next-gen GTA series is easily some of the best work ever released by Rockstar Games and has revolutionized the action adventure/rpg genre. If it weren't for GTA, SpiderMan, THUG (and American Wasteland), True Crime, Driver, etc wouldn't even be the games they are today. Have you ever played it from beginning to end? Its one big movie. |
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Feb 17 2006, 01:36 PM
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Thanks for that info on hookers.
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Feb 17 2006, 05:59 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
QUOTE(BrandonSaunders @ Feb 17 2006, 1:31 PM) What planet do you live on, man? The next-gen GTA series is easily some of the best work ever released by Rockstar Games and has revolutionized the action adventure/rpg genre. If it weren't for GTA, SpiderMan, THUG (and American Wasteland), True Crime, Driver, etc wouldn't even be the games they are today. Have you ever played it from beginning to end? Its one big movie. That's true, but still, Grand Theft Auto isn't one of my favorite games. I take back saying that it wasn't a good game, because it IS a good game, although it's just not my type of games. |
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Feb 17 2006, 07:31 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 779 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 90,808 |
wow, people are going crazy over that game.
i love how to put it nicely they said "sex workers". everytime i read that, i was like "bah. hah." |
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Feb 17 2006, 11:23 PM
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 Diana =] Group: Member Posts: 1,318 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 174,147 |
Hahaha. GTA is going down.. Even hookers don't like it!
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Feb 18 2006, 12:30 AM
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L!ckitySplit Group: Member Posts: 4,325 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 129,329 |
QUOTE(BrandonSaunders @ Feb 17 2006, 2:31 PM) What planet do you live on, man? The next-gen GTA series is easily some of the best work ever released by Rockstar Games and has revolutionized the action adventure/rpg genre. If it weren't for GTA, SpiderMan, THUG (and American Wasteland), True Crime, Driver, etc wouldn't even be the games they are today. Have you ever played it from beginning to end? Its one big movie. lol true crime definately wouldnt be what it is today. hell, if max payne was never made true crime would be different. |
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Feb 18 2006, 01:11 AM
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 RAWR. Group: Member Posts: 2,585 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 102,641 |
Good idea. Take it off the shelves. I've been slappin hookers and killin cops for far too long. I now know whos to blame.
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Feb 21 2006, 11:30 PM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
QUOTE(L!ckitySplit @ Feb 16 2006, 10:12 PM) its a beautiful moment when you can see hookers joining along side politicians. god bless america. hookers and politicians. like two peas in a pod. |
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Feb 21 2006, 11:44 PM
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QUOTE(L!ckitySplit @ Feb 16 2006, 11:12 PM) its a beautiful moment when you can see hookers joining along side politicians. god bless america.  Man without prostitutes, I would have no reason to play GTA. |
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Feb 22 2006, 12:11 AM
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 i lost weight with Mulder! Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,070 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 79,019 |
QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Feb 21 2006, 11:30 PM) hookers and politicians. like two peas in a pod. too true. |
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Feb 22 2006, 02:40 AM
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 "lal! laugh a little!" Group: Member Posts: 192 Joined: Jan 2006 Member No: 364,863 |
wow! thats a first lol
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Feb 22 2006, 07:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 3,459 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 328,021 |
QUOTE(L!ckitySplit @ Feb 16 2006, 11:12 PM) its a beautiful moment when you can see hookers joining along side politicians. god bless america. Hahaaah.
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Feb 22 2006, 07:36 PM
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 the name is ada. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,688 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 334,608 |
Lol.
Hookers defending their rep`s. |
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Feb 23 2006, 07:35 PM
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rawrrrr. Group: Member Posts: 41 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 78,847 |
lols. i heard about that. but they didn`t have to be hookers if they didn`t want to so it`s kinda their fault.
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Feb 23 2006, 08:11 PM
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Haha, that's funny. Why don't you hookers get a better job now, GTA is awesome.. so back off, lol. This is interesting.. yeah it's their fault they're a bad influence.
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Mar 3 2006, 11:24 PM
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 oink Group: Member Posts: 1,099 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,836 |
thats stupid. its just a game.
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Mar 3 2006, 11:53 PM
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^ umm.. yeah exactly.
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Mar 4 2006, 12:34 AM
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QUOTE(Krunk_Muzik @ Feb 16 2006, 8:24 PM) Lol, hookers defending their positions. Just amazing. LOL EXCATLY WHAT I WAS THINKING |
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Mar 4 2006, 01:05 AM
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I love you <33333 Group: Member Posts: 2,928 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,404 |
haha thats....crazy
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Aug 14 2006, 06:35 AM
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 yawn :) Group: Official Member Posts: 2,926 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 434,041 |
QUOTE(L!ckitySplit @ Feb 17 2006, 12:12 AM) its a beautiful moment when you can see hookers joining along side politicians. god bless america. America is one f-ed up but interesting country 
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Aug 14 2006, 08:41 PM
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 All The Girlies Say I'm Pretty Fly For A White Guy Group: Member Posts: 1,944 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 400,858 |
QUOTE(medicalxinjektion @ Aug 14 2006, 7:35 AM) America is one f-ed up but interesting country You said it. 
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