N.O.W. (National Organization for Women) has made a statement regarding GTA3.

[GmanJoe]

http://www.capwiz.com/now/issues/alert/?alertid=95878&type=CU

My character NEVER took drugs. Everything slows down too much!

Stupid bloody women, always stickin there noses in!!!! Doin drugs?? A slowmo pill, thats it, and they dont have a go at Max Payne do they!!!!

[GmanJoe]

Heh....Bugs Bunny cartoons had far more violent acts than GTA3. Guns, explosives, stabbings, amputations, beat downs, cliff drops, anvil drops, cross dressing....(I must admit, Bugs looked hot in a dress! )

Although the game is rated for "mature" players only (17 and up), we know for a fact that younger kids are getting their hands on it.

And this is Rockstars fault why?  These ladies are going after the wrong people.  Maybe they should go tell the parents out there that they are bad parents for letting their children play this game. :rolleyes:  That should go over quite nicely.

The game is just a fantasy some say. But how many young men fantasized about picking up and beating to death a hooker before a video game suggested the idea?

And how many people fantasize about that after they played the game?  They are taking what some people say way out of context.

People who have played the game say that the beating is bloody and done with a baseball bat that you can feel in your hands through the PlayStation controller.

Heh, they said that?

"The game is just a fantasy some say. But how many young men fantasized about picking up and beating to death a hooker before a video game suggested the idea?"

As if to say crime only began post-GTA3.

That\'s a pretty lame arguement.  Luckily, most people can still see that.

... Here, I just read it and found another fine quote:

"Even if violent games like "GTA 3" don\'t have a direct effect on our behavior, if the games are just an escape, what does that say about how we escape? Is this our definition of "fun" now?"

In a word: yes!

-Eik

Yeah.... Just like a woman. Trying\' to get more attention and some extra pay-olla in the pocket for that wardrobe that never ends... I shouldn\'t say that "every" woman is like that, but I must say that it\'s pretty typical for some organization to go picking\' on a video game. In my opinion, it\'s nothing short of naive. They fear what they don\'t know!:mad:

I don\'t read NOW, NOW sux.

I would pay more attention to what they had to say if they took thier top\'s off before they started talking.

What a LOAD of OLD CR@p !
and the "women" at N.O.W. can Quote me on that !

Haha, I was wondering when the GTA3 backlash would finally hit. 9/11 through people off for a little while, but I knew it was only a matter of time before some meddling parents got their hands on it. Well you know what I have to say that? The National Organization for Women can suck my...nah, forget that. I hope they do suceed in getting it banned. eBay here I come!

I don\'t bother reading anything written by women in large groups.

eBay here I come!

Haha!  We think the same.  I\'ve been bitten by the ebay bug last year and have made over a thousand dollars already.  If this does get banned I\'ll be purchasing every copy of GTA III I see!!

How the hell do u have sex with the hookers i didnt know u could do that?

I don\'t agree with that statement but...

Whenever it\'s a group of WOMEN saying something (anything) everyone focuses on that they are women.

Whenever there\'s a group of MEN saying something (anything) it\'s just normal. No one reacts to that.

It\'s a strange world we are living in.

Oh well. Shouldn\'t bother reading anything written by men in large groups.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by SmallLady
I don\'t agree with that statement but...

Whenever it\'s a group of WOMEN saying something (anything) everyone focuses on that they are women.

Whenever there\'s a group of MEN saying something (anything) it\'s just normal. No one reacts to that.

It\'s a strange world we are living in.

Oh well. Shouldn\'t bother reading anything written by men in large groups.

The reason why we notice is coz of the title of their group : National Organization for WOMEN. They want us to know that these are the opinions of women.

Which brings the next question. How come they never said anything during the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal? Oh yeah....N.O.W. liked Clinton!