Lieberman Weighs In On Grand Theft Auto

Thanks to Yahoo/Reuters for its article discussing Senator Joseph Lieberman's comments regarding Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto at a recent women's forum at Dartmouth College. Interestingly, Lieberman, a Democratic presidential hopeful and long-time proponent of views on this subject, comments: "Video games have gotten better over time", but continues: "There's a couple out there that are horrendous... You ought to see one called Grand Theft Auto. The player is rewarded for attacking a woman, pushing her to the ground, kicking her repeatedly and then ultimately killing her, shooting her over and over again." Although this isn't the specific goal of the game, he continues: "I call on the entertainment companies - they've got a right to do that, but they have a responsibility not to do it if we want to raise the next generation of our sons to treat women with respect."

This guy is totally right

[Txiasaeia]

You have no idea how much I hate men because of what I've learned in GTA! I'm able to gun them down with an Uzi, run them over with a car, or even take out a chainsaw and cut them to pieces! In fact, I think I'm going to go take out a few masculine vagina oppressors RIGHT NOW!

Oh COME now,

[Anonymous Coward]

Doesn't the senator from CT know that you can do the same thing to men of all different ethnicities in GTA3?

There's no discrimination here. GTA3 is a utopia of equality, where all cultures and genders can be run down with cars, thrown the ground, beaten, and shot at point blank range with a shotgun.

He should really have played the game before making such careless comments.

Really.

Heh

[GigsVT]

He just needs better researchers.

He should have referred to the mission "Waste the Wife", an assination mission where a guy wants the wife dead, and hires you to kill her.

I hereby volunteer to be a researcher for his propaganda department. It'll be hard work, playing those games all day looking for things that can be spun for a specific demographic, but I'll suffer by somehow. :)

"I swear to protect and defend the Consitution..."

[mad.frog]

"...except for that inconvenient 'free speech' part of the First Amendment."

Um, sorry, he won't be getting MY vote.

Here we go again.....

[Anonymous Coward]

Once again, it's wrong to virtually beat a virtual woman, yet no one's saying anything about beating up the males.......

Equal beatings for equal pay.

Idea!

[Jukashi]

I want a GTA mod where the player is rewarded for attacking Joe Lieberman, pushing him to the ground, kicking him repeatedly and then ultimately killing him, shooting him over and over again.

Re:So long as he isn't making it illegal...

[mobby_6kl]

>Yes, but can you give her flowers?

No, but you can give her money.

Re:"How to raise children without TV and Video Gam

[Frizzle Fry]

Or a TV show.

Re:It's all GTAs fault!

[NaugaHunter]

Don't forget kids, GTA killed your wife, shot your dog, repossessed your house, shattered your septic tank, stole $2 billion from Metallica, stole your girlfriend, and is the single cause of all the evils in society.

Get a steel guitar and a fiddle and throw in something about crashing your pickup truck and I think we've found the next Country Western Hit.

Re:So long as he isn't making it illegal...

[NanoGator]

"Yes, but can you give her flowers?"

You can try, but she casually avoids you. I found that to be quite realistic.

Re:"How to raise children without TV and Video Gam

[mattACK]

I think that this would make an even better video game.