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March 5th, 2008
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Teachers demand ban on bullying video game

Bully: Scholarship Edition features a shaven-headed teenager who adjusts to life at a new boarding school by harassing others, which the organizations say glorifies bullying. The abuse includes dunking pupils’ heads in toilets, photographing them naked, and physically assaulting them. Teachers also are targeted. "We’re asking retailers to be responsible," Emily Noble, president of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, said March 3. "Yes, they can sell it and make a buck out of this, but is this the kind of marketing that they want to be [doing], selling games that glorify violence?" The video game, which went on sale March 4, is an updated version of the original game, Bully. Both titles were developed by Vancouver-based Rockstar Games, which is also responsible for the controversial Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt series…

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