I bought the new Grand Theft Auto for my 14 year old and now he wants to pimp slap everybody!

[trumad]

I had no idea this would happen. I bought it for him just 3 days ago and I can see an immediate change in him. He went from being a very nice courteous young man into a monster. He's now got that Gangster type walk and talks like Tony Montana. He has asked me several times to take him to a strip club and bragged about jacking some kids up for lunch money at his middle school. Yesterday my neighbor came over and said my son pushed his 8 year old daughter off her bike and took it. I asked my son what the hell was going on and he simply said since he didn't know how to drive he couldn't car jack so he bike jacked.

I've lost my son because of this game and may never get him back.

What am I to do? Should I take the game away? Should I play it with him and see if it influences me the same way? Should I write Hillary or Joe Lieberman about it? Three days of this game and it turned my son into a wanna be murdering pimp gangster!

[smoogatz]

1. Tell him it's time he started helping out with the bills.

Otherwise he sleeps with the fishes, baby.

[Veruca Salt]

2. Play it with him for 3 days and then report back!

:rofl:

[leftofcool]

3. I think the title alone would have kept me from the purchase

Thanks goodness we didn't have to worry about this crap when our sons were that age.

[MuseRider]

4. Tony Montana

"I'm Tony Montana! You fuck with me, you fuckin' with the best!"

I would leave him alone :scared:.

[crimsonblue]

5. maybe you should follow the ratings on the game

no one to blame but yourself.

[Leftist Agitator]

36. I see we are unfamiiar with the concept of sarcasm

Not every satirical post should require one of these:

:sarcasm:

[crimsonblue]

49. oh... my bad

:blush: darn.. i usually don't make that mistake, and i prefer not to use the sarcasm button most times myself. oh well.

[klyon]

6. destroy it and have a long heart to heart with him

then ground him for hurting the little girl and taking her bike
make him apologize to her in person

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. A more friendly tamer Grand Theft Auto Conan O'brien: Part 1

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kgo0VXGixk


Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXGSwx29EjI&feature=related

[JohnnyLib2]

8. You could switch him from violence to sex .....

bet it would work.

[femrap]

13. Great....then he'll rape

the next door neighbor's daughter.

Our culture sucks. We are simply doomed.

[JohnnyLib2]

27. Help, Trumad, with the idea of "literary license."

:evilgrin:

[Cerridwen]

9. Well, since we all know that interactive video gaming has absolutely no

effect on the people playing it but the passive activity of watching television does have an effect, I'd suggest you sit your son in front of the "boob tube" for a few intensive hours of passive programming during which you could have him watch "American Idol", some "Survivor" form of program, and perhaps "The Apprentice."

I'd also throw in a few episodes of "Gilligan's Island" just for shits and grins and be sure to make him sit through the commercials and marketing to passively counteract the interactive non-effects of video gaming.

That should get him back on course as a good, American consumer.

[onehandle]

10. Pop a cap in his ass. Show him who's boss. nt

[femrap]

11. Is this some kind of joke?

Are you serious? You're the parent...handcuff him to his bed.

[Rosemary2205]

12. LOL

OK, best post of the weekend. :)

Clearly the boy needs to be punished for not stealing a gun and shooting the 8 yr old 82 times before he took the bike.

[OnyxCollie]

14. You've raised the kid for fourteen years

and in three days of exposure to GTA IV he wants to pimp slap everybody? Some impression you've left on your kid.

Maybe it's not the game. Maybe it's poor parenting.

On edit: This is a goof, right?

[midnight]

19. O please.... Let's support this parent who cares about a

decision that seems to have backfired. Anyone have a child this age who can chime in and let us all know what is a more appropriate video to play? Good luck.

[OnyxCollie]

22. Right, it's not like parenting had any influence on this.

I'm surprised the kid wasn't beating people up with oversized Q-tips after watching "American Gladiators", being so impressionable and all.

I believe children are the future.

[annabanana]

15. trumad?. . . .you BAD!

:spank:

[trumad]

17. .

;-)

[flvegan]

16. This is why every 8 year old girl on a bike should have a gun.

If our kids were armed, then when games influenced others this way, they could fight back.

Wait a minute...then those influenced might also...have guns. Hmmm.

I admit, my theory may have a flaw or two.

[Miss Carly]

18. .

[datasuspect]

20. "i eat so much goddamn octopus, til i got octopus come out of my fucking ears, mang"

[pleah]

21. LOL You are tooo funny.

:rofl:

[durrrty libby]

23. Tell him parents have a deal with kids. We buy video games to keep

you quiet, safe and out of our hair

Break the deal. Lose the game

Satisfaction guaranteed.

[Warren Stupidity]

24. Sell him for parts.

It is the only option left that makes sense. You screwed up. You need to cut your losses.

[LeftyMom]

25. I can't belive the number of Tipper Gore clones who took this thread seriously.

:eyes:

[trumad]

32. I purposely leave the sarcasm thingy off

just to see if I can get away with this...LOL

[fortyfeetunder]

42. You are awful!

:evilgrin:

[Fox Mulder]

26. Post this in GDP.

:rofl:

[zippy890]

28. he wants to be a murdering pimp gangster- hey, its a living

and at least he has some ambition.

:rofl:

thanks for the laugh

[truedelphi]

35. Plus he'll save on the college money needed

IF he can keep up a good relationship with the kid, maybe he'll get a decent car or two out of the deal.

[bemildred]

29. You need to have a heart to heart with him about your cut of the action. nt

[ZombieHorde]

30. I bought Faces of Death for my 7 year old daughter,

and now she has bad dreams. I just can't figure out kids these days.

[Ghost in the Machine]

31. First thing I'd do is hang the kid by his ankles from the clothesline

then I'd do a couple of spinouts in his face with a dirt bike while the ol' lady was squirting him with a water hose. Once I was done with this, I'd let the neighborhood kids try out my new paintball gun, using him as a target.

If that doesn't work, you may have to consider having the kid 'whacked'.. (I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy)....

BTW, it's *your* fault the kid is like this... EVERY boy should have gotten a pistol and a rabid pitbull with AIDS for his 13th birthday. You failed the boy... HOW COULD YOU!! <mean face>

:rofl:

Great post, thanks for the laughs

[JanMichael]

33. Are you serious about the bike jacking?

If so the kid needs some serious discipline.

I won't say what sort of punishment but stealing from eight year old girls (especially for fourteen year old boys)is a bad fucking sign.

EDIT: I get it now. You're trying to be funny and facetious. Hmm. You know that we do have a violent society and society and the media do play a role, right?

[trumad]

44. How long have you been reading me?

7 years...????

I know that society is violent, but I also know that video games have nothing to do with it.

[Sheets of Easter]

34. When I was 8, I rolled a flaming barrel at my neighbor, the Italian plumber.

Curse you, video gaming industry!!! :shakesfisttothesky:

[OnyxCollie]

41. LOL! nt.

[trumad]

45. You killed Mario?

[Control-Z]

37. Do what I did

My son was having trouble breaking a store front window. I gave him a few tips - had him back up a little - throw from a different angle. He gained new respect for me with the shattering of that window, and now calls on me for advise, or just to show me the latest car he's "driving". We've actually bonded over the game.

[Marr]

38. Not really related, but did you happen to see the Republican Space Rangers TV show in the game?

It's awesome. The humor isn't exactly subtle, but it was a very funny satire on the Bush Administration's foreign policy and the GOP in general.

[lumberjack_jeff]

39. Bwahahaha!

The best kind of satire is the kind that people don't get.

Me? I forever rue the day that I allowed my kids to watch that horrible blue dinosaur.

[trumad]

46. Barney was my sons first babysitter

I'll never forget putting the Barney VCR tape in 13 years ago and seeing my son stop in his tracks, sit down, and watch the whole show. It was the first time in his young life that I was able to get anything done around the house with having to tend to him.

Dude---I love Barney.

[struggle4progress]

40. If the kid wants a job as a courier, tell him to PM me. Our last courier never

came back from a little ride in the country: he was irresponsible, and some people thought he was in the habit of opening the packages en route and helping himself to a little bit too much. I liked him: real nice kid. But, like I said, irresponsible: he just disappeared off the face of the earth. What is it with kids nowadays?

[retread]

43. I feel your pain. I did something similar. I bought my son Disney Princess:Enchanted Journey.

Now he won't leave the house unless he's dressed in a puffy pink gown and carrying his "magic wand."

[trumad]

47. Damn you Hollywood!!!! Damn you!!!!

[Deja Q]

48. If you are being serious, definitely take it away.

Personally, I think the game is demoralizing filth and I have no qualms saying so. As humans, I thought we were better than glorifying such alley offal.