Petition calls for banning the Bible in response to GTA ban.
A recent Cnet article entitled " Grand Theft Auto fans push for ban on the Bible ", details Kmart and Target stores in Australia banning Grand Theft Auto V, in part due to an online petition that calls for the withdraw of GTA:V because of it's violence towards women. This petition has gathered 48,000 plus supporters as of this writing. A counter-petition was then created to ban the Holy Bible, which the petition claims "encourages readers to commit sexual violence and kill women". As of this writing this counter-petition has garnered 52,000 plus supporters. This petition states in part: It's a book that encourages readers to murder women for entertainment. The incentive is to commit sexual violence against women, then abuse or kill them to proceed or get 'god' points – and now Target are stocking it and promoting it for your Xmas stocking. This is The Holy Bible. This book means that after various sex acts, readers are given options to kill wo...