Dan

A boycott is a personnal choice and by all means, if you are offended by the game simply don't by it. You can voice your opinion, but don't by any means force your opinion on everyone else. Simply state your opinion and hope that it reaches a few.

As far as legislation, this would be a huge mistake. This would be censorship and would be violating the freedom of speech that we are given in this country. The programmers and the company producing the game have demonstrated very poor taste, but that does not mean that they should lose their freedom of speech. If you do not like what they have to say (throught the actions of the game) then don't buy it and don't permit your children to play it. I don't allow the game in my house, but I would never try to outlaw the game. This all leads back to parenting and being active in the rearing of your children.

As far as the "sex workers" are concerned, there are inherent risks in their profession. They entered the profession knowing the risks existed. GTA did not invent these risks nor do they state that it is ok to abuse "sex workers". They simply bring facts of the profession to the public eye. If I remember correctly, once these crimes were committed the character was pursued by law enforcement. In my opinion (yes, they are like butts, everyone has one and they all stink.), this demonstrates that although you could do this act, there are consequences.

To summarize:

Boycott - do what you want.
Legislation - no way!
Moral - not in my opinion, but it is only my opinion.
Parenting - Get involved! Do what you feel is right for your children and let others do what they feel is right.