Below Link is to a gamespot.com article on GTA IV regarding, MADD ( Mothers Against Drunk Driving ), pertaining to the ability for your character to drink and get drunk and get behind the wheel.
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My take on MADD and GTA IV- Honestly I couldn't stop laughing when I read this article, I mean, can't MADD find something to actually complain about? I mean it's a freaking video game for christ sake, they should be tackling real drunk driving instead of simulated drunk driving.
The character in game, gets drunk and stumbles around, that's hillarious, getting behind the wheel?

I'm not saying I'm not sympathetic for the families who lost loved ones to DD, but in my defense for those families whom know of a family members willingness to get drunk and then drive? I have little to no sympathy for those people, however for those that aren't drunk and are killed by a drunk driver, my heart goes out to those families.

I know it sounds strange, but if you're killed by a drunk dude and your not drunk, that's a totally different story. But I think you'll get my understanding either way.

And these people are wanting to try and get the rating changed from MA to AO (Adults Only) because it contains simulated drunk driving and drinking; I'm sorry but this game also contains murder, drug use, prostitution, grand theft auto and illegal weapons use as well.
If you look at the title clearly this isn't for children, but like many moronic parents out there whom don't know how to discipline their children anymore (please visit your local restaurant and you'll know what I mean within 10 seconds of arriving), let their 10 year old kids play this game and not bat an eye to whats contained in it.
But as they say video games are a bad influence on children and they mimic what they see, I'm sorry I've never seen a 2 or 3 year old start wailing on prostitutes with a baseball bat before.

Look at the charts and you'll see that games calm people down as well as children and adults alike, no outstanding records of video games being linked to murder or have caused a murder because of the material contained in it.
Think columbine if you will, they say violent games like doom and wolfenstein influenced them to murder their fellow students, and I say bullocks to that, those guys were completely unstable from the get go and the games were just a way for idiotic parents to try and get them off the shelves as they influence the wee children.

In this world, nothing is sacred anymore, from what I remember reading in a Calvin and Hobbes comic once, it's said that kids see about 50,000 or more murders and shootings by the age of 8 or 10 (not an exact quote mind you), and yet we still let children watch it, and why?
I'll leave that up to your imagination.

But if MADD happens to read this they can do the following and I quote myself on this as well *ahem* " KISS MY ASS! GO FIND SOMETHING REAL TO BITCH ABOUT, LIKE REAL DRUNK DRIVING!"
*ahem* That is all.