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Hi, friends! Dr. Ted here. As most of you know, a few months ago I posted a column about GTA: San Andreas, which can be found here:

Thank you for not noticing that this URL is a sub-domain of a website that writes stupid things for sport. I can present this extension of gratitude confidently since it's apparent that at least half of the people who view this page are not actually reading this. Or this. Or this.

Anyway, I sure did receive a lot of e-mails from you guys! At this point I'd like to advise my younger readers to hit the "back" button on your browser. Things get a little colorful from this point forth! There sure is a lot of hatred in the world, and it seems that old Dr. Ted is taking the brunt of it. As I continued reading, it became obvious to me that people would think twice about what they wrote if they actually heard it spoken so they could realize how darn dumb and hateful they sounded!

I thought to myself, "You know, that gives me a great idea for a therapeutic exercise!" I then decided to hire some voice actors to read through these e-mails and put them here for you to enjoy. I made the e-mail addresses extra big so all you moms and dads in Internet-land could give 'em a shout and encourage them to have a good laugh! Because after all, laughter is the best medicine for going on the Internet and calling people "fucking gay ass"!

the whole point of grand theft auto is to steal cars and to bang bitches so you just dont know bitch!!!

Dude sanandreas is so fun. if your only gonna let us child's do that then
there's no point of even in thinking about buying it.Thats why its rated M

Hello Mr.George
I read your commentary on Grand Theft Auto San Andreas,in which I
strongly disagree.I see
that games of this type are a choice in which people make,that meaning if
parents dont
want their children playin this game they shouldnt buy the game and if they
cant put foot down and say no if they cant to bad.Im 13 ive grown up around
guns and many things.I own a rifle and play games such as GTA and Hitman,all
very violent and with many adult things in the game,yet I dont feel the urge
to go on a killing spree.Why?Cause I can tell from fantasy and reality and
if some kids cant and are playing cause there parents are using a game as a
babysitter.
Plus if you look at the games case you will notice the M +17 on it. It
means people not over
17 shouldnt play this,although many do but many understand that they have a
good under-
standing that this is just a game.Though some dont which is sad cause they
shouldnt be
playing the game.Many people cant seperate fantansy which is a sad
thing.Your censor is idea
is just plain stupid,if you were gonna do that you mise well throw it out
cause for it would be
nearly impossible for this game depicts gang life in the early 90's which is
a tough time.
The game shows gang wars and things of the sort.But if you are only gonna do
what with the
story missions?You can noy advance in the game with out killing.And if you
dont do the missions you cant explore the beautiful sencery.And the game
does incourage good morals it encourges you to
work out and eat righ,while if you break the law you will see a cop which
shows the concenqe of
wrong doing.Well I have spoken my part and I hope you learned a bit.

Videogamer,

Brandon Owens Thomas

I know the GTA-SA game does not represent real life but you need to shut the
fuck up because what it does is it pisses off your child and then they start
to get violant sorry for the laguage but there are just some things you cant
do to make your childs play time more enjoyable because doing that cause
them to go to bed mad and i meen mad and then wake up in a bad mood then get
in trouble at school and then have a bad rest of the day and then it becomes
a habit wich becomes worse than whats on the dam game so do me a faver and
all the rest of the parents that read this and get rid of this page before
it happens to other mothers
Thank you

I have just read your article. I find it very contradictory. To say you can play a game that promotes violence and the "gang-banger" lifestyle, without doing any such things. If the child and parent is smart enough, he or she would be able to tell the difference between game and reality. Maybe it's the parents fear that they give into you. If the parents want to censor the game then their child should not be playing it in the first place. Though the parents are not responsible enough either. Since the rating from the ESRB has labeled it M for Mature underneath that little M it says 17+. It is people like you that will not be able to promote free imagination. If parents don't let their kids do a little creativity in simulated environment what will they do. Playing video games will not make the kid evil or want to kill people. It is people like you who ruin it for the rest of us. I must say sir you are a douche bag, and by douche bag I mean you're a fucking idiot who is overly sensitive over a fucking video game. Come on, blocking out a stupid building because it doesn't meet "proper drainage codes" it's in a simulated environment. The creators could not put in every minor aspect of every little video game, it took them two years maybe more to create that.

God damn I fucking hate you and wish you would die. I hope you read this too. All of it even up to this point, if you are upset with I said, you can fucking email me so I can laugh at your gay ass.

Hello Dr.Ted George , i my self play san andreas , and i think your correct and smart to make these rules but dont you think its a little to much? The game is grandtheftauto , not bob the builder and friends. the game is 18+ therefore an 18 year old can choose not to play old-mic-donald.

Yea that bullshit you wrote about GTA:SA was so fucking stupid, and I
beileve that you are a complete jackass.

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