Take Two to edit Vice City following Haitian outcry.
 

Publisher Take Two Interactive has announced that it is to remove several contentious phrases from future copies of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, following an ultimatum from New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. Thanks Warp2Search>

Bloomberg became involved in a debate over the portrayal of the Haitian community in the game following protests at New York's City Hall, with Haitian-Americans - spurred on by sensationalist media reporting - claiming that the game encouraged racist violence.

The main objection of the groups is to a mission in the game where the central character is instructed to "Kill all the Haitians" - a statement made in reference to a Haitian drug cartel, rather than Haitians in general, but which has been taken entirely out of context by both the US media and the Haitian community groups.

Matters reached a head earlier this week when Mayor Bloomberg threatened Take Two with legal action if it did not remove the phrase from the game, stating that "if I don't get a decent response, we are going to do everything we possibly can."

From Take Two to edit Vice City following Haitian outcry.

I'm sick of people doing this shit just to get attention.

Yea, its bullshit, its only a game for christ sake. Some people have nothing else to do but complain and make big deals out of something small and it has taken them along time to bring that up. Its always about getting attention, well the can fuck off and go to hell!

This pisses me off more then anything. God damn attention whores bitching over a game.

That seriously is retarded.

Its just a bunch of loud mouth, taco slinging, border hopping mexican that are looking for a way to get a paycheck in the mail, rather than digging their ditches.

.... God, even when you try not to be a bigot....

How can you disagree with it? .... mmm....bigot....

You'd think they would've brought it up 2 years ago.

I bet they will change it to something smart assy... mwuahahah

Kill all non-upstanding-class-citizen haitians!