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"?

[pandamonium]

GTA is a very violent game and i think its way too late to stop anything. we already have so many things influencing little children these days. all of us are already used to violence and sex it runs through our minds.

When was the last time you were upset about a murder on the news? it just crosses your mind like anything else. its not important to you because it didnt happen to you and that is all that matters.

If GTA is not sold to minors that is good but there is still so much we can do to prevent them from hearing or doing things like violence. Then we would have t enforce not seeing rated R movies even with an adult, or strictly banning websites..

so Not selling GTA to minors is taking a stand but its not big enough of a stand to me.

[fameONE]

GTA is a very violent game and i think its way too late to stop anything. we already have so many things influencing little children these days. all of us are already used to violence and sex it runs through our minds.

When was the last time you were upset about a murder on the news? it just crosses your mind like anything else. its not important to you because it didnt happen to you and that is all that matters.

If GTA is not sold to minors that is good but there is still so much we can do to prevent them from hearing or doing things like violence. Then we would have t enforce not seeing rated R movies even with an adult, or strictly banning websites..

so Not selling GTA to minors is taking a stand but its not big enough of a stand to me.

Thats a valiant effort on your part to take a stand, but the fact of the matter is that our society is in the crapper and to blame GTA for the violent and hateful crimes of the world would be ridiculous. I said it once and I'll say it again, it's up to the parents. If my mother told me today that she didn't want me playing GTA, I wouldn't play it.

Violent games have been around and violent games adapt and change to suit the times. From Doom to Mortal Kombat to Shinobi, games are violent and they'll influence children. Think about how many kids tried to imitate Scorpion and say "Get over here," after hours upon hours of Mortal Kombat, which was then rated MA-13. No it's not right, but history is simply repeating itself. No one should dare be so hypocritical to say that the level of violence and degeneration in GTA is the lone cause of this outrageous behavior imitated by children. If the children really are everyone's primary concern, then f#ck the game, we should be discussing how parents have failed the youth of our generation. We should be discussing how people in power set bad examples for the youth.

Blaming Rockstar Games for corrupting the youth with violence and sex would just be a cop out. I'm done.