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Put it this way; If that joke wasn't made, would we have even heard of this guy, and read of his death?

No, we wouldn't.

It's called greed. The sooner you can admit that to yourself, the sooner we all can move on. Don't insult us with your little pep talk on economy. It is what it is, you can call it what you like, but greed is greed.

I'd be interested to see how you'd react in a bread shortage. Supply and demand, eh?

147 - That's the silliest thing i've ever heard. Choice? You don't choose to be homosexual or bisexual, you *are* it's not like you suddenly think it's a good idea, it's how you feel.

And yes, I do know what i'm talking about.

138. - My point was, if content is deemed inapropriate for minors, then you can't start crying foul when that content is different to what you expect, yet still falls under that rating.

I made a poor comparison in that post, I apologise.

132 - "people buy some of these games for kids"

The kids shouldn't be getting these games in the first place. What a horrendous excuse. It's not "for" kids. You wouldn't let a 7 year old watch Brokeback Mountain, would you?

My god....where's the logic here?

131 - funny, isn't it? You can run down pedestrians, shoot the elderly, murder cops in cold blood, but one same-sex kiss and everyone goes nuts.

Videogames eh? So much violence, yet so little freedom. Kind of odd how games seem to mirror the world rather than reflect them.

So, I couldn't shoot down a random neighbour in cold blood, but kissing another guy is fine, right? Not in wacko videogame land.

I think that username is rather fitting, Crackjaw.

I think you'll find Gay people care more about their rights than anyone else. Only because it bothers you than heterosexual males can have an understanding beyond your own narrow perspective of the world, it doesn't mean you're at all right.

118 - Homosexuality *is* unnatural, but that doesn't make it wrong. Monkeys typing on keyboards and discussing controversial topics in natures eyes is unnatural, but by no means wrong - it's a product of nature - much like evolution, much like advanced monkeys typing in comment boxes on a gaming blog. You can't call a product of nature wrong, because it IS nature.

Many unnatural things got us to where we are today, to point out one in particular and condemn it is like pulling out a card from the bottom of a pyrimid.

114 - I'll say it again - nobody is disputing that some people are bothered, or even offended by homosexuality - and that's fine. But People can get just as offended at heterosexual sex, or sex involving two women - this isn't some one way problem where homosexuals are some sort of nuisance like extremist animal rights activists, homosexuals might be more of a minority, but that shouldn't diminish their right to express or be expressed in media form.

If you "force" it on people it's going to create problems. But I don't recall any lesbian or lesbian hinted excipades in videogames ever having a "look away now" warning labelled on them.

It's nothing to do with being politically correct. It's viewing the shoe on the other foot.

I myself am bisexual. Not particularly bothered in admitting that, because my personal life has little to do with my joy of videogames, and well, anyone with a problem with who I am is fairly ignorant, so i'm not going to feel hurt if anyone thinks any less of me because of it.

But enough about me, the subject at hand; Bully. While certainly not the game i'd expect to see such action in, it's a big leap forward from the ken-doll like actions in The Sims, a hell of a lot bigger. If the game stirs controversy, all the better. because the quicker people get over this, the less afraid developers will be to embrace, - and possibly even cater to - heterosexuality and homosexuality in videogames. But as a choice. It has to be a choice because at the end of the day that's the least we deserve.

I can see a few people here are uncomfortable with it - and hey, i'm not going to say you havn't the right to be, but don't deny people the ability to choose. To feel a little more "normal" in a world where still many people are unaccepting and ignorant.

Games for the most part are still in the dark ages when it comes to freedom of expression. Violence is wrong. Pink is childish and homosexuality is sick and corrupting. While Bully is pushing this content for controversy instead of embracing sexuality, it's close enough to be a positive step.

Also consider this; if the female demographic continues to grow, will you feel the same way if the same developers who give women disproportionate bodies, and put them in suggestive lesbian scenarios, started catering for the female market in the same way? I think the ball is really going to drop at some point. It's going to be interesting to see how people react to the tables turning.