With your last sentence, I think the immersion debate can safely come to a close. but as for your statements on GTA and Saints Row (haven't played Postal so I cannot make a statement on it) I guess it all comes down to what people think when you say terrorist. sadly, when the word terrorist is brought up, most North Americans will think of the same thing. a male, of middle-eastern decent, with a bomb strapped to his chest is this moral? of course not, but that is what comes to mind to many,if not most people, when someone mention's terrorists. also, I found that Saint's Row had a certain...comedic flare to it. you could certainly butcher thousands of people with a wide variety of weapons, but you could also throw shit at people's house. now, this may be just me, but I don't think I would be afraid of a terrorist who threw poo at my house. Id most likely just laugh.
GTA, while hardly as funny SR 2, suffers from the "terrorist Prejudice". For Example, let's say a white man (Nico Bellic) were to hold someone hostage for ransom. the news headline would be something along the line as "Criminal's kidnap young woman!" were as say a person that the authorities can Identify as middle eastern descent, the headlines would read "Terrorist hold's young girl hostage!" and this is hardly GTA IV fault, as indeed, many of the actions committed in the game (Hijacking, Murder, intimidation, ETC) would qualify as acts of terrorism, but don't because when most people look at Nico Bellic, they don't see a terrorist. they see a Russian immigrant.
