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Some Moran

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Tue Nov-25-03 06:32 PM
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Haitians protest GTA: Vice City

Edited on Tue Nov-25-03 06:34 PM by Some Moran

http://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/local_story_329120848.html

When was the last time the Chinese community protested over having a CCP agent as a villain?

And you are also instructed to Kill the French, Kill the Cubans, and Kill the Colombians in this game, so it's not really being racist...lol

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DrWeird

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Tue Nov-25-03 06:37 PM
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1. a little slow on the uptake, eh?

Violent I'll give you. God bless Rockstar games.

The racism charge is a publicity grabbing crock of shit.

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ShaneGR

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Thu Nov-27-03 02:11 AM
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8. Yup

Kind of a weak argument for racism. You can kill plenty of white people in that game.

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paper chase guy

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Tue Nov-25-03 06:39 PM
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2. yeah, I like how they conveniently ignore...

...the context that the cubans and haitians are in a big gang war that you take part in, and that you do the exact same thing against the cubans on the haitian side later (or earlier, if you choose.)

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Some Moran

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Tue Nov-25-03 06:45 PM
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4. Put it this way...

Edited on Tue Nov-25-03 06:46 PM by Some Moran

If this game tool place in Belfast, you'd be doing the same shit to the Irish and the British. (Not bad for the guy who supports a political party who got a game censored because it contained a seen with Quebec separashits engaging in terrorist attacks against Toronto.)

Either way, it does mean that Lieberbush has the backing of the Haitian community.

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Bombtrack

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Tue Nov-25-03 07:10 PM
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7. There is a game like that

it's called "the getaway". There are yakuza, yardies, and certain ethinicitues I can't remember.

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drewb

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Tue Nov-25-03 06:40 PM
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3. Well, they're only about six months late....

What are they gonna do? Go shoot up Rockstars headquarters??? LOL!!!

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Monte Carlo

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Tue Nov-25-03 06:50 PM
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5. They showed that on Tough Crowd

The clip of GTA they showed was of the "Kill the Hatians!" scene in the game. They were all laughing at the situation.

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TexasMexican

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Tue Nov-25-03 06:55 PM
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6. Quebec Terrorists in Syphon Filter

I read in some other news report that the latest version of Syphon Filter for PS2 was supposed to have Quebec Seperatist terrorists, but they later decided to remove them because of people complaining.

Personally I think all of this is asinine. I'm all for new disgruntled groups of people being put into our media, makes it more diverse.

I personally wouldnt care if someone made a game with Aztlan Mexican Secessionists in it.

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