GTA and a Culture of Death
July 23rd, 2005 | Published in Out Loud
I have to admit that I’ve lost some respect for pretty much everyone circling this GTA: SA unlockable sex mini-game dust up. I mean seriously, how is having raunchy cartoony graphic sex much worse than 1) going on a citywide killing spree, which is basically what GTA’s all about, or 2) having raunchy non-visible sex with a prosititute in your car (if I remember correctly, this increases your health) then running her over after to get your money back?
The best part is that the vaunted ESRB, protector of that nation’s vid-playing children, responded with extreme prejudice, raising the game’s rating from ‘M’ (mature) to ‘AO’ (adults only), prompting retail stores to rip it off the shelves. What’s the difference between the ratings? With AO, only 18 year-olds can buy vs. 17 with M. A sum total difference of—one fricking year!
You know, I seriously worry about this country. Toss in a little sex on top of the most popular, violent immoral game around, and what was accepted and tolerated is now taboo. TABOO!! Why is extreme violence tolerated when sex is not? If we’re really a culture of life (Mr. President), then why is sex, the act that creates life, worse than killing a person?
Unfortunately, logic follows that we are not a culture of life, but rather a culture of havoc and death.
And that my friends, sucks balls.