America the prude

I find it interesting that America, one of the most violent nations on the planet, the one currently running two wars, the one with the highest rates of gun violence, has such a big problem with sex and foul language. O for fuck's sake! What's wrong with a little tittie? Lord knows it's not so dangerous to know about our bodies. Europeans love sex in their cinema and they don't seem to be committing ridiculous amounts of sex related crimes, nor do they have incredibly high teen pregnancy rates. But I forget, this is America where owning a gun and killing in self defense is more patriotic than practicing safe sex or being so unashamed of your body and your sexuality that saying the word penis in public is acceptable. Penis, penis, penis. Ah, vagina. See, get that out of your system.
Stop being such fucking prudes. And point my finger at the far right, the religious right. And at parents, bad ones, the majority of them who bemoan content and chastise schools, but never do any real parenting, never accurately inform children.
I could stray far, far away on a nice big rant, but I'll target my annoyance for the day at Grand Theft Auto. No, I love GTA. Correction, I fucking love GTA. I think it's a marvel of game design and storytelling and just plain fun. Now that's a nice word. But the game is all about doing real life things. Things like eating fast food (Americans love that shit), going to the gym (they hate that), and murdering large numbers of people. Hmmmm that really does happen a lot.
Now the usual complaints by the uninformed and those parents quick to blame violence on games (as if violence is this great new concept) is that "GTA bad! video games bad! bad! bad! bad! raise my children for me!" Well, fuck all that shit, I say. There's a ratings system. And GTA is rated M for a reason. That's M for mature, which a lot of people don't seem to be.
And it's not a kiddie game, much as some groups try to label gaming for kids. It's for adults. Those over 21 and therefore, content can be adult.
No kid can buy this game on their own. Try picking it up at Wal-Mart without ID. Not gonna happen.
Now also in America, as much as people secretly love porn (that's why the internet exists dumbass) people seem to have a problem with sex in movies. But we all know everyone is really obsessed with sex. Just admit it everyone and you'll get more of it. But films that are blatantly pornographic are barred from big release. Playboys and behind the counter. Even Glamour fashion mags are hidden so the kids don't see the titties.
For me, a bigger problem for kids eyes is looking at all the fat asses we have. But that's another problem.
No, seems that now we should burn GTA for having sex in the game! Oh shock, real life activities, car jacking, murders and now sex! You sir have gone too far!
This is what drives them right off that cliff? This is what has the family groups sending out warnings about? How about abstinence only sex ed programs that result in HIGHER rates of teen pregnancy? That's a serious threat to our fucking wallets. No, watching two video games characters fuck is over the line.
But we have to protect the children, cause you know they might be buying something only sold to adults. Nevermind exploring who buys it for a ten year old or who lets them play it. Oh, maybe mom and dad? Nah, fuck responsibility! Blame Rockstar games and the mod community for finding some hidden code to make this shit happen.
Ah, America, why the violence good, but the sex bad? Too many repressed homosexuals methinks. Let's just blame everyone else for everything bad. A violent adult rated game just got some sex in it and that's going to far. Glad these groups are there to let us know that. Maybe these morally responsible people can get their shit together, organize and focus on some real American problems, like obesity, lack of health care, criminals in the government, torture, loss of civil rights, poor education, poor parenting, illegal foreign wars.
Call me when one of these "family" groups issues a warning on something important. Until then I'll be fucking and killing hookers in GTA and letting some ten year olds watch. What? I'm not responsible.