More GTA Uproar

[Jan 23, 2004, 5:25 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Cuban American Bar Association Condemns Racially Charged Video Game (thanks Chris Johnson and Gamasutra (registration required)) has word of the latest unhappy reaction to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, as the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) has sent a letter "to the manufacturers of the video game... condemning the game's use of racially charged remarks promoting the hate and killing of Haitians and Cubans," demanding an apology to each group. They copy U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and Florida Governor Jeb Bush , as they are also "seeking the removal of the offensive video game from store shelves throughout the country." Finally: "CABA's letter quotes the Haitian government spokesperson, Mr. Mario Dupuy, who stated, 'this racist game is psychologically extremely dangerous and is an incitement to genocide.'"

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Bah

Jan 23, 2004, 17:38

Creston

Rockstar should just do what the guys who made Hitman did. Say "Oh we're so very sorry, we'll take appropriate steps to remove the {insert offensive material here} from the game." then snicker up your sleeves and forget about it. It's not like the haitians HAVE a PC or PSX2 to play the game on, so they'll never notice anyways. I'm still killing evil kukhri wielding rukhs or whatever the fuck they were called in Hitman 2, and I just drove my Icecream truck through five more groups of Haitian Cubans. Take that, Haiti! I'm sure Jeb and Dubyah will also be extremely attentive when this letter comes across. - Sir, we have a letter of protest from Haiti. - Where? - Haiti Sir, it's to the left of the Dominican Republic. - And why do I care? - Well, it's about this videogame and... - Is this about terrorism? - No sir, it's about perceived insults towards the haitians and... - Well Dammit, Bomb the fuckers and let me get back to my breakfast! If you're next in line, Haiti, you asked for it... Creston

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Jan 23, 16:33	You know what...	N
	6.	Jan 23, 16:45	Re: You know what...	AgentD
	18.	Jan 23, 17:33	Re: You know what...	JohnnyTwoBears
	19.	Jan 23, 17:38	Re: You know what...	jomisab
	21.	Jan 23, 17:40	Re: You know what...	RichRz
	25.	Jan 23, 18:36	Re: You know what...	Pumas
	2.	Jan 23, 16:34	No subject	Razor6
	22.	Jan 23, 17:48	Re: No subject	AgentD
	3.	Jan 23, 16:40	please.... kill them	space captain
	4.	Jan 23, 16:41	hahahaha	OldScho0l
	5.	Jan 23, 16:41	You gotta love the idiots of the world	OldScho0l
	7.	Jan 23, 16:50	Re: You gotta love the idiots of the world	nin
	8.	Jan 23, 16:52	mr. burns voice says	space captain
	9.	Jan 23, 16:54	Got Crack?	Halsy
	10.	Jan 23, 16:55	Re: Got Crack?	MonsieurEvil
	11.	Jan 23, 17:07	Re: Got Crack?	Rigs
	13.	Jan 23, 17:10	Re: Got Crack?	DrEvil
	15.	Jan 23, 17:20	Hrm.	Random Nickname Here
	12.	Jan 23, 17:09	Re: Got Crack?	waxthirteen
	14.	Jan 23, 17:15	Hypocrisy = no respect	Moog Operator
	16.	Jan 23, 17:27	bwah	HIGH_PING
	17.	Jan 23, 17:28	Wha huh??	Sinistar
>>	20.	Jan 23, 17:38	Bah	Creston
	23.	Jan 23, 18:13	No subject	Slingblade
	24.	Jan 23, 18:29	Re: Incitement to Genocide	Raven
	26.	Jan 23, 18:37	Re: No subject	Plissken
	28.	Jan 23, 19:24	Re: No subject	DrEvil
	29.	Jan 23, 19:51	Re: No subject	madbunny
	31.	Jan 23, 22:31	Re: No subject	verybad
	37.	Jan 24, 01:54	Re: No subject	ChangKhan
	43.	Jan 24, 06:07	Re: No subject	madbunny
	27.	Jan 23, 18:41	No subject	strangelove
	30.	Jan 23, 21:04	No subject	Rockwell
	32.	Jan 23, 22:53	No subject	Gog
	34.	Jan 24, 01:22	Haitian Drug Lords? Never!	Camaro76
	47.	Jan 24, 08:12	Underdogs...	Buckermann
	48.	Jan 24, 09:22	Re: Underdogs...	John Nelson
	49.	Jan 24, 10:32	Dumb line	Drewbacca
	33.	Jan 24, 01:15	CABA Lunges! And you?	Phayyde
	35.	Jan 24, 01:31	Re: CABA Lunges! And you?	Wazootyman
	36.	Jan 24, 01:48	CABA Lunges! And you?	Phayyde
	38.	Jan 24, 01:56	Re: CABA Lunges! And you?	Wazootyman
	39.	Jan 24, 02:44	Re: CABA Lunges! And you?	Phayyde
	40.	Jan 24, 02:59	Re: CABA Lunges! And you?	SecretAgentMan
	41.	Jan 24, 04:17	Re: CABA Lunges! And you?	Equinoux
	46.	Jan 24, 07:30	Re: CABA Lunges! And you?	Molt
	42.	Jan 24, 05:02	Racism	Eon
	44.	Jan 24, 06:07	Re: Racism	BicycleRepairMan
	45.	Jan 24, 06:19	No subject	EvilGoof_Trollboy
	50.	Jan 24, 12:02	"incitement to genocide"?	HolyCow
	51.	Jan 24, 12:41	what that F%$!	buzz
	52.	Jan 24, 12:53	RE: More GTA Uproar	angrybrit
	54.	Jan 24, 14:13	Re: RE: More GTA Uproar	Equinoux
	55.	Jan 24, 14:26	Re: RE: More GTA Uproar	angrybrit
	58.	Jan 25, 01:00	Re: RE: More GTA Uproar	verybad
	59.	Jan 25, 09:03	Re: RE: More GTA Uproar	EvilGoof_Trollboy
	60.	Jan 26, 12:32	Re: RE: More GTA Uproar	ChangKhan
	53.	Jan 24, 12:57	It is dangerous	IvyMike
	56.	Jan 24, 19:37	cool, more idiots	Muscular Beaver
	57.	Jan 25, 00:42	Re: cool, more idiots	Wazootyman