Target Australia Removes GTA V from shelves.

[Schoolofmonkey]

After this Change.org partition circulated:

Target: Withdraw Grand Theft Auto 5 – this sickening game encourages players to commit sexual violence and kill women

https://www.change.org/p/target-withdraw-grand-theft-auto-5-this-sickening-game-encourages-players-to-commit-sexual-violence-and-kill-women

 

It seems Target Australia has agreed to remove GTA V from their shelves:

 

 

After considering customer feedback, we have decided to remove Grand Theft Auto 5 from sale.
This wasn't a decision we took lightly, and we're aware that many customers wanted us to continue stocking the game.
However, we decided that the concerns raised about the game resonated with the majority of our customers. We thank everyone who has given us their views on the game in recent days.

Full press release can be found here - http://bit.ly/1vhWbC3

 

https://www.facebook.com/targetaus/posts/1017824588243178?fref=nf

 

http://www.target.com.au/medias/marketing/corporate/PDF/media-release/GTA-Media-Release-v2.pdf

 

Why was Target only "Targeted", there are many other stores in Australia, EB Game (AU's Gamestop), Big W, K-Mart the list goes one.

How stupid.

 

Oh also go read the comments on the petition, most of the people who signed it only did so to say how stupid it is..

[melias24]

Target has always been shit.

[H4X3R]

Weird, perhaps people wanted target target and reduce their revenue.

[GhostWindGamer]

fools just lost there best seller

[Fate]

LMAO @ that change.org post. What a fucking joke. They need to stop being a bunch of pussies.

They go on and talk about how sexual harassment has affected them and how Youtube videos of the game 'support' it. 

Here's a solution: don't fucking play the game and don't watch the videos about it. 

 

"Games like this are grooming yet another generation of boys to tolerate violence against women."

Bullshit. It's been proven time and time again that games don't make people violent. 

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/10/video-games-violent-study-finds

[PerfectTemplar]

Target's customers are ignorant middle aged women that bought an R rated game for their 11 year old sons and then complained it was too mature so should be removed from the store they buy their $5 clothes at.

[silenthill_69]

wtf, it's a game..... people die.... lots of violence.... it's not real

[QueenDemetria]

Always Targeting GTA for being "violent". Okay I'll get out.

 

Edit: Just read the OP: Damn, that joke was already made. Oh well.

[nj4ck]

[ZetZet]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you were ready for this  :lol:

[nj4ck]

you were ready for this  :lol:

its my favorite topic, its just so much fun to make fun of

[XTankSlayerX]

Oh my... What else is going to hit Australia next?

[Schoolofmonkey]

Oh my... What else is going to hit Australia next?

 

Tony Abbott (Prime Minister) bans the internet and goes back to the more affordable Telegraph system beep beep beep

[XTankSlayerX]

Tony Abbott (Prime Minister) bans the internet and goes back to the more affordable Telegraph system beep beep beep

Telegraph eh? Morse code? Not too sure if they are the same but that would be kinda cool... I personally want to learn morse code.

[ZetZet]

Tony Abbott (Prime Minister) bans the internet and goes back to the more affordable Telegraph system beep beep beep

 

Oh my... What else is going to hit Australia next?

Ken Ham returns home for a creation museum v1.1.

[TheGuyNL]

Wait.. people still buy physical disks?

 

I think those are needed for that console thing people talk about.

[Hyp0xia]

I haven't played Grand Theft Auto in awhile, but can't you also commit acts of violence against male characters?

[silenthill_69]

please take the union jack of your flag because your virus could spread to us & we don't won't a British anti game lobby here 

[WolfDeville]

I was emailed about this petition and I thought it was a fucking complete joke. If this gets completely banned in Australia those fucks are gonna get an ear full from me.

[Schoolofmonkey]

Just an update.

 

I seems the Petition was started by "sex workers"

http://www.news.com.au/technology/home-entertainment/sex-workers-campaign-to-shut-down-grand-theft-auto-v-due-to-its-sexual-violence/story-e6frfrt9-1227143245292

[The Crazed Child]

lel plebs buying physical copies

 

we got teh steam madafuckas

[Master Disaster]

I was emailed about this petition and I thought it was a fucking complete joke. If this gets completely banned in Australia those fucks are gonna get an ear full from me.

It would be extremely difficult to ban something which is already on sale so buy it now then there is sweet fuck all they can do about it.

[That Norwegian Guy]

please take the union jack of your flag because your virus could spread to us

 

Dude, the UK just banned female ejaculation from porn.

 

Not male though, that's apparently fine.

 

You have no right to call nanny state on Australia, you're just as bad.

 

*looking down on you from my open-minded Scandinavian perch*

[JAKEBAB]

It would be extremely difficult to ban something which is already on sale so buy it now then there is sweet fuck all they can do about it.

Actually no here in Aus they banned gta San andreas for awhile until they made a version where u couldn't put some cheat in it but i already had and still have the original version.

 

Everyone who says people still buy discs u clearly havn't dealt with Australian internet not only that some people like to have physical things.

 

 

 

Dude, the UK just banned female ejaculation from porn.

 

But thats the best kind

[FakezZ]

Yeah because you only kill women in GTA. Omg I just can't stand feminists any longer. It is good that they want males and females to have equal rights and I support that, but when they pull off shit like this and are generally being dicks I just want them to die. Seriously how can a person be so ignorant and stupid? I just want to leave this planet. Please...