Why video games like Grand Theft Auto shouldn't be banned.

[Massacure]

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/121104_local_videogame.html

Back in March, Sandy Wilson was taking care of her three grandsons when a group of men attempted to burglarize her home, pointing a gun at the kids.

The children happened to be playing a video game called Grand Theft Auto at the time. The game has dozens of random police scanner messages, which blare out calls such as "This is the police! You’re surrounded!" Believe it or not, Wilson says the burglars heard that message and thought police were outside the door waiting for them.

Galveston County Asst DA Michael Elliott explained, "The police in the game were staying, 'Stop, we have you surrounded. This is the police.’ The burglar, unknowingly, thought this was the actual police and panicked ... being apprehended by Playstation."

"Thinking that it was pretty funny," recalled young victim Chaze Fisher. "How they were, like, ran off, and they got all scared over a game."

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[JohnKleeb]

1. what a lovely story

now if you excuse me, I have to go buy some guns because I am gonna shoot some people because I saw it in a game :eyes:, even though I don't want to know how to use or even buy a gun.

[Longhorn]

2. Hmmm. And what if the burglar, thinking he was surrounded,

decided to take the family hostage? :think:

[allalone]

3. that's the f***ing lamest thing I've heard in , well, ever.