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GTA: San Andreas banned in Australia
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article published on 29 July, 2005
So the story continues now on an international scale. Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is being pulled from shelves in Australia as ordered due to the game being stripped of its MA15+ rating. Of course this is linked to the "hot coffee" modification which unlocks sexual content hidden in the game. The mod was not created nor distributed by Rockstar Games or parent company Take-Two ... [ read the full article ]
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29. July 2005 @ 11:10 |
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Well, I can't say that I have played or am an avid fan of the GTA series, but this is ridiculous...
The game only came out like 20,000 years ago, and now they are starting to get a hissy fit because there are some sex scenes and what not in there.
How ridiculous!
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29. July 2005 @ 11:20 |
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in this country the right wing needs a soap box to stand on and saving our children ( who are 17 by the M rating)from sex oh my god give me a break how about saving our children from a war run by a mad man named G.Bush so they can have sex in a year when they turn 18 then all would be good, but no they have a fit over one year and pixal sex really sad if you want sex go to www.whitehouse.com and this is what Hillary should be looking at not a video game that alows you to act like an ass and kill people.. hell G.Bush kills peopl everyday and everyone watches it on CNN and noone complains and the soapopreas are just as bad... this is the end of PC game as we know it....... sad but true...
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29. July 2005 @ 12:03 |
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For all you kids out there, when your about to have sex, just remember that it would be better if you went out and shot a police officer with a bazooka instead.
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eLiguL
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29. July 2005 @ 13:09 |
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Seriously though, they are now starting to ban the game cause of sex? What about the random acts of violence in the game? The whole game idea is about 10,000 times worse then a little sexual content.
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29. July 2005 @ 13:42 |
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"For all you kids out there, when your about to have sex, just remember that it would be better if you went out and shot a police officer with a bazooka instead." LMAO
You would think they would be concered about the rare .10% of kids who turn out to be killers from video games, even though it may be 1 in a million lol. We are ruled by a herd of jackasses I tell you!
........But everyone already knows that.
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29. July 2005 @ 14:53 |
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lol! this is starting to get funny yet very stupid!
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RagePro
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29. July 2005 @ 15:26 |
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I hate esrb
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jaehomo
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29. July 2005 @ 15:31 |
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I reckon that this some insane, guerilla marketing ploy by Take-Two Interactive. Operating jointly as a covert study into global media propaganda. Don't rise to this bait. They're trying to distract us from something else... focus people... Don't let the barstewards get you down
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jaehomo
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29. July 2005 @ 15:36 |
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They are just trying to distract us from the 765 civil cases they have filed against innocuous file-sharers.
Sorry for the double post..... I got distracted :$
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Alien13
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29. July 2005 @ 17:02 |
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Man that sucks, luckily i have mine :)
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RagePro
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29. July 2005 @ 17:11 |
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LOL i have 1 2
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Alien13
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29. July 2005 @ 17:19 |
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Heheh, cool. Im going to start looking on the shelves to see if its been taken off.
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gozilla
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29. July 2005 @ 18:00 |
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what's this, another grand theft auto game has been banned in australia??
anyone remeber the fuss they made when GTA3 come out(again, due to the prositutes, NOT the violence)
funny world we live in, blowing up half a city, killing millions of people, OK.
picking up a prositute, BAD!!!!
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30. July 2005 @ 02:14 |
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Thats So ridiculous cause i was ganna buy it crap
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30. July 2005 @ 05:49 |
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Oh ffs! This is really stupid, it's only a game! At first listening to rockmusic was considered as an act of satan worshiping, but now it's considered mere entertainment. Same thing with games nowadays. We'll see who they blame next. How about parents?
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30. July 2005 @ 09:01 |
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I think the point eveyone's trying to get across here is about this tired old cliche about cencorship in this world. We ban things because of explicit content (Be it sexual content, swearing etc) but we advocate graphic, gratuitous violence without hesitation. A large bulk of blame for this culture has to go to the media itself (Particularly the tabloid media), who constantly condradict themselves with mixed moralistic views, giving the general public a conflicting idea of what's right and what's wrong. This is the sort of behaviour that gives our extremist neighbours plenty of fuel to add to their political fires (Where would the likes of Mr Bin Laden be without a healthy media to "Promote" his cause).
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30. July 2005 @ 09:42 |
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Seriously!!
Here's an idea...San Andreas comes with a warning label right on the front right?? Think about the plastic bag it comes in! You are more likely to choke to death on that bag then to go out and kill people because of the game, so let's ban plastic bags instead. LOL, this reminds me of the chat in GTA3: "You shut down the schools, you shut down the problems." Maybe we should ban gloves too, they allow criminals to commit a crime and get away without leaving fingerprints!!
PO'd RAZOR!!
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30. July 2005 @ 09:57 |
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LMAO. Totally, let's ban the plastic bags!
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30. July 2005 @ 10:44 |
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lol i got the bags
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30. July 2005 @ 11:15 |
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What a load of crap as most people in Aussie land who wanted the game had it months ago.My wife ant has just packed up and moved to Aussie i feel sorry for her.Great place to live but crappy rules and regulations i think will spoil the place.Its a game and a bloody good one this is bloody ridiculous.
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30. July 2005 @ 15:01 |
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over in adelaide (in aus i live ova hear) they have totally baned plastic bags it happen like 3 or 4 months ago now
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30. July 2005 @ 16:38 |
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In Port Pirie theyre just startin to do it now(plastic bags)
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30. July 2005 @ 19:08 |
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Yeah, I knew it was coming to banning plastic bags but already?! Here in Colorado its just an age restriction pretty much, must be 18+ to buy a plastic bag. I heard about this one guy, he was arrested and sentenced life in prison for bag trafficing...Be careful my partners in crime!!
*Runs down the street with shirt stuffed with plastic bags*
Razor$!
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30. July 2005 @ 20:32 |
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This is weird cause correct me if im wrong but there have been games in the past e.g LARRY that was full of adult content and they did not find a prob with that soo go figure i mean cant parents or the shop keeper figure out if the person purchasin it is of age or the parents makin the right choice...
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gtarocks
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30. July 2005 @ 21:59 |
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wat a load of crap
cant somebody make a petition to get it back
anyway if a kid was that desperate to see a sex seen and downloaded it they would hav 2 hav the internet and there is pornography all iva the internet
so come on im a fan of gta myself and its the only 1 i dont hav at da moment
GET IT BAC ON DA SHELVES
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