Is Grand Theft Auto Appropriate?
Grand Theft Auto (GTA), one of the most successful video game franchises in history, has been a point of controversy for years. Critics have long debated the question of whether the games are inappropriate for players. As a result, millions of players have been enticed by the series, leading to a vast profit and significant impact on pop culture.
Is the content inappropriate?
Despite its immense popularity, there have been numerous complaints filed by concerned parents, ethicists, and critics condemning GTA as inappropriate for kids and society as a whole. Here are some factors contributing to this notion:
Explicit Content:
• Violence: GTA typically includes scenes of violence and destruction, often involving vehicles, buildings, and citizens. Some missions even permit the player to commit virtual assassinations.
• Pornographic Images: Leisure Suit Larry -a prequel to GTAs, was accused of promoting sex and prostitution -which many considered dehumanizing and exploiting adult women.
• Drunk and Disorderly Behaviour: Some characters exhibit lewd, crass, and inconsiderable behaviour.
• NSFW Humorous references and dialogue
But let’s consider both arguments.
Parent’s and Ethic’s Standpoint
They argue that;
Vulnerable Minors Are Being Exposed To
• Graphic Content Graphic images of violence,
prostitution, and indecency could,
especially, influence fragile teenage
minds*
Degrading To Children And Society
Negative impact on teenagers as well as society
by glorifying bad conduct, like committing illegal actions, drug-abuse,
and alcohol-related misconduct
can shape kids’ morals leading
to further wrongdoing- Grandfather clauses – The older crowd claims these
activities may serve as role, rather
than imitator. Children emulate adult
tendencies: what we witness the elders doing,
60, 80) it
- Grandfather clauses – The older crowd claims these
Nick Gillespie’s And Alistair Milne’s Response
Alistair McLeod Milne and Nicols Gillespie from HitFix say:
"Playing video games like Grand Theft Auto may be more acceptable for children 20-year-old, who the real victims are,
for reasons"
They Refuse The Notion There
It just pretends to present illegal
conduct the kids know
of no crime is the idea is just
‘It may not promote and there’
isn"that’ and we aren
t really and for anyof its real, that does; GTA is
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