Fuck no it isn't... Swearing isn't that bad ho! i'll pop your fucking head open! BITCH!
Seriously though, this is the reason it has an 18 sticker on it.. players should be grown up enough not to take the game out of its context. If they do... well what can you do. I've been playing Vice City for most of the day and it hasn't affected me adversely. I have no urge to kill or go talk to my folks/friends/etc in a dirty manner... so much for your theory.
Guess what... I haven't stolen any cars either... by golly.. GTA is sooo bad.
if you don't like the game DON'T PLAY IT. end of story.
Edit: if you're wondering why I take this to my heart its because i'm sick to death of people trying to fill our heads with things like "games are bad.. don't play manhunt or gta.. they bad... m'kay" then people continue on this path of total bs and then attempt to get it banned because they think their right.
They took manhunt off the shelves once in a lot of stores because of crap like this, what if *I* wanted to buy a copy... me.. a sane 20 year old, I am denied of playing this 18 rated game because a bunch of retards can't tell the difference between real life and a game? pfft... not that this is the case because I had a copy anyway.
Sure.. ban this ban that... leave me with nothing why don't you. rant over.