Grand Theft Auto, Promoting Bad Behavior? Options

[Paradox of Life]

Grand Theft Auto may be encouraging people to murder people, jack cars, consider policemen as bad guys, create gangs, graffiti, use weapons, use bad language etc. Although the game is rated M it may still be promoting bad behavior from people 17 and older or their younger siblings. Nothing can prevent younger children from watching their older siblings play or even play for themselves. Should there be stricter rules? Every person I know that has the game Grand Theft Auto is under 17. I know people the ages 9, 10 11, 12, 15, 16, and possibly more who have played Grand Theft Auto. Should it be banned from stores? The games feature the several cusswords (including Sh** and Fu**), multiple weapons (slitting civilians throats with daggers, guns), running from cops, stealing cars. Sure it's fun, but is it really worth it if people start turning into "bad guys"?

[CreateBlob]

I'm firmly against most of the hip-hop and pop music videos and lyrics we see today.

I fully agree with that.

What is your issue with the game? No disrespect but you seem like you're firmly against not only GTA, but all leud, violent and ill behavior in video games in general. That's fine and I totally support your right to put it all on blast even though I don't completly agree with your views. If this is the case, how do you feel about movies? How do you feel abou Schwarzeneggar going through clip after clip and killing senselessly? How do you feel about violence and bigotry in hiphop (not all hiphop is like that, might I add) or the clear and obvious marketing of whores in all things pop? Is this a stand for justice of morality or is this an attack solely on GTA?

Regarding Schwarzeneggar and the other various violent movies, it depends. Grand Theft Auto has ill and violent behavior, whereas, for example, Saving Private Ryan only has violent behavior. Okay, maybe the bad guys in Terminator have ill behavior, but they set the impression that those bad guys are .. bad guys. The point of Terminator can be interpreted as war always being bad, because the machines were built as power-hungry - programmed by their makers; the good guys have to use violence to fight back, because there's not much you can do when you're looking at the end of a gun. Thus, there is violence in the story of Terminator.

I think we all need to observe the degree of violence in media; or actually, the immorality as a whole in media. Police have to shoot people sometimes, right? Are parents letting their children witness gruesome shootings, though? No. If a child were in Iraq, would it set a good impression to let him or her see everyday attacks (A small point here: a documentary, for example, should be allowed. Although it may contain disgusting images or other things, as long as it's on the right side, it's history.)? Of course not. But it's inevitable - the terrorists, extremists, gangsters, and whatnot are purposely causing such things. They kill out of cold blood, and develop horrible torture methods. If a game or whatever-media-type allowed the viewer to be on the "bad guy" side, then it definitely goes against morality rules.

Of course, media regarding soldiers in wars, police in car chases, and anti-terroists should be avoided for the sake of impression. Again, our parents wouldn't want us to witness a shooting right outside the window, right? Even if we think that we won't be affected and influenced to becoming like an antagonist, we obtain that information. Someone who knows what a prostitute is, or knows one, for example, would naturally be less pure than someone who doesn't. As humans, we sympathize. Putting us on the wrong side makes us influenced; people employed by Hitler never knew they were on the bad side.