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Prostitutes have feelings too

By Adam Myers ⋅ February 15, 2006 ⋅

It’s come full circle now, sex trade workers are calling for a ban on Grand Theft Auto; citing that the GTA games are a bad influence on children, and might encourage rape and violent behavior towards prostitutes in real life. Fair enough, I suppose.

Here’s what GTA has taught me:

So I’ve got a few stars and I’m just waiting for the heat to melt off me so I pull up alongside this “sex worker.” She hops in and I am in serious need after that last shoot out. Do I do anything violent to her? No, I go out to a remote area of the park and when the car starts rocking, I exchange cash for life. See, people exchange money for their health at hospitals everyday.

So now we’re done - what to do? I kind of have two choices:

Kill her and take my monies back.
Keep her around in the car to do more money exchange.

The way I see it, the game is encouraging me not to harm her because if I do, I’m going to get my monies back but I have to drive all the way back into town while the police are still tracking me.

Lastly, let me get this straight - we’re getting calls to ban a form of entertainment … from the purveyors of a widely banned form of entertainment. Something about glass houses and black pots?

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