{"id":41,"date":"2006-03-01T08:33:28","date_gmt":"2006-03-01T08:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2006\/03\/prostitutes-want-gta-grand-theft-auto-banned\/"},"modified":"2010-07-21T11:01:37","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T10:01:37","slug":"prostitutes-want-gta-grand-theft-auto-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2006\/03\/prostitutes-want-gta-grand-theft-auto-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"Prostitutes want GTA (Grand Theft Auto) Banned"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A little bit crazy eh?<\/p>\n
Sex workers cry foul, say game “accrues points to players for the depiction of rape and murder of prostitutes.”<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
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.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Source: Gamespot<\/a><\/p>\n