Grand Theft Auto 5 banned by Australian chain due to "violence against women"

[TheIrishman]

Grand Theft Auto 5 banned by Australian chain due to "violence against women"

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/03/australian-store-bans-grand-theft-auto-5-violence-against-women

<< Retail chain Target says it has removed the R-rated game from shelves in stores across Australia due to complaints from customers. >>

[TaunSew]

What they do not say, according to recent statistics, is 40% of domestic violence is aimed at men.   Then you also have to consider all the men who do not want to admit to being domestically abused.  "What kind of man are you to be abused by a woman?"

This is a genealogical problem where many children saw their parents physically assault each other and think it is a normal thing and perhaps it is from a relativism view.

[Prelude]

How stupid.

[b!z]

Only console plebs buy games from Target 

[Vod]

What they do not say, according to recent statistics, is 40% of domestic violence is aimed at men. 

I'd ask you to back that statement up with a link.

From what I've seen as my years bouncing and as a peer support Councillor is that women abuse men 60-70% of the time, not 40%.  I've probably kicked 100 women out of the bar for assaulting a man, whereas less than 10 times escorting a guy out the back door for assaulting a woman.  (And we do the back door because most of the time other guys want to kick that guy's ass.)

Women figure they are weaker so they can't do any damage.  The damage they do isn't physical, but it is there.

[freedomno1]

This is GTA we are talking about.
Seriously shut up and let people play what they want to play
(Mumble off to the Gamergate thread)

[Snipe85]

Next thing, blood is banned and switched to green jelly.

[(oYo)]

I'm against any kind of violence in the real world, whether it be against women, men, children or even animals. Having said that, my favorite thing to do in GTA4 was having sex with prostitutes, then killing them and taking what money dropped. Games are just games and should be treated as such. They have no bearing on reality.