It's a bit like firearms, they're harmless by themselves. Give it to stupid peoples and it gets different. I played the GTA series since the first one and never stole any car nor stabbed people. (yet)
Maybe not, but I've met loads of low lifes that have and they never used GTA as an alibi.
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