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WTF is going on in Australia? (pg. 2)
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| as soon as atkinson loses his seat/retires things will change. so dont you yanks worry your first amendment heads about it. |
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| josh4 |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
as soon as atkinson loses his seat/retires things will change. so dont you yanks worry your first amendment heads about it. |
lol i've heard that line of thinking plenty of times before. because history shows sitting back and doing nothing always produces results |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
lol i've heard that line of thinking plenty of times before. because history shows sitting back and doing nothing always produces results |
So, exactly how many MPs, senators and prime ministers have YOU written to regarding the classification of games in Australia?
Do you even know how our federalist system works re classifications or exactly what the impediments are to an R rating right now?
Australia is a small, relatively un-important nation and you yanks know all about it. |
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| Communist |
Looks like Australia is going down the ter. Time to flush the toilet.
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| D-res |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
So, exactly how many MPs, senators and prime ministers have YOU written to regarding the classification of games in Australia?
Do you even know how our federalist system works re classifications or exactly what the impediments are to an R rating right now?
Australia is a small, relatively un-important nation and you yanks know all about it. |
With Steve Irwin gone what else is there to know? |
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| Shakka |
In other Aussie news...
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In other offbeat news from the Open, the match between Belgian Christophe Rochus and American Donald Young was stopped for 40 minutes after a ball boy wet his pants on court 10.
“The ball kid peed on himself. It was unfortunate,” Young said.
“It took a while to replace him. Then they had to put the sawdust down, or whatever you put down when somebody throws up.
“Then they had to use the blower (to dry the court) but the blower had no gas in it, so that took even more time.” |
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| D-res |
:wtf: :stongue:
EDIT: ...How could I forget John Pilger?  |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| Hahaha, that’s ing great. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shakka
In other Aussie news... |
Haha, wtf |
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| Darkarbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
lol i've heard that line of thinking plenty of times before. because history shows sitting back and doing nothing always produces results |
While that is true. The main point of this post is implying that pkc isn't doing anything. Which is a ing stupid thing to say. He's doing his bit by not voting for tards at the national/state (and hopefully council) level. That is enough, he's probably done more too.
And this is pretty bull.
Who's getting offended by the mad max cover? Who's getting offended by some bad excuse for pr0n that on the back says something about "how far would you go for sex?" or something. The front covers of these (especially if it's rated R for violence) are hardly offensive and you need not see anything else. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
as soon as atkinson loses his seat/retires things will change. so dont you yanks worry your first amendment heads about it. |
gee, look what we have here.
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THE politician to replace violent video game critic Michael Atkinson supports an R18+ classification for games, says a campaigner.
South Australian Premier Mike Rann yesterday said MP John Rau would be the new South Australian Attorney-General after Mr Atkinson stepped down from the position.
In the role, Mr Rau will have input on changes to Australia's classification system — including an R18+ rating for games famously opposed by Mr Atkinson.
Gamers4Croydon party president Chris Prior told news.com.au he had met with Mr Rau and the MP was open to the introduction of an adult rating.
"Just over a week ago, I had the pleasure of meeting him personally when I attended an election forum in his electorate," he said.
"He indicated to me that the lack of an R18+ for games seemed absurd, and that it was really just common sense to introduce it, considering the vast majority of adult content is already available under the MA15+ classification."
Gamers4Croydon ran a candidate against Mr Atkinson in his seat of Croydon in last weekend's state election, on the issue of an R18+ rating.
Mr Atkinson won his seat comfortably but still suffered a swing against him of 14.3 per cent. He resigned from cabinet on Sunday to spend more time with his family and encourage "renewal" in the front bench.
An R18+ rating for games will be on the agenda of the next meeting of attorneys-general in late April. |
http://www.news.com.au/technology/j...0-1225845233727
happened even faster than i hoped. |
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| Sushipunk |
| It's certainly good news. |
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