Grand Theft Auto and Moral Standards

Here's a beauty from the Land of the Free. The article concerns a video game called Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which revolves around stealing cars and trying to survive on the mean streets of the virtual world of San Andreas. It has recently been revealed that there are hidden sex scenes within the game which you can access if you have the right cheat codes.

This revelation has led a lady who had bought the game for her 14-year old grandson, to sue the makers of the game because she unknowingly gave the ‘adult game’ to the child. Which leads The Register to note about the game:

“while US teenagers can, in the words of one Reg reader, "pimp hos, pop a cap in a drug dealer while driving a car stolen at gunpoint", they may not indulge in sexually explicit acts with their virtual girlfriends because "that threatens the very fabric of American society".”

Let’s hear it for high moral standards!