No R18 Gaming Classification in Australia

** Note: This is tweaked version of the original post I made. Fixed the aspect ratio somewhat and amplified the sound. With luck, people can now hear this better.

7th November 2008 ... The following segment was from South Australia's Stateline program, made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

This one man does NOT have a veto power, there is no such thing documented in legislation. He is blocking a normal democratic process, and for DEBATE over the subject - not implementation. His batshit crazy ideas and rhetoric fly directly in the face of *established* science and review, not to mention common sense. Don't believe me, believe the US study on this very issue.

http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/preventingattacksreport.pdf

Either Atkinson is correct, or the US Secret Service and Department of Education is correct. We can all have our own opinion, but we only get to have one set of facts.

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If you want to contact Mr Atkinson to tell him your views, his official email address is attorney-general@agd.sa.gov.au

Or feel free to twitter his boss via @PremierMikeRann

Or indeed, contact *ANYONE* in the Labor party here .. here http://www.sa.alp.org.au/people/ .. If you live in South Australia, ask your local representative if they agree.

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Gaming

Tags:

• R18
• Adult
• Gaming
• Australia
• Atkinson
• Gamers4Croyden
• Censorship
• Labor
• Batshitcrazy

[MADMANx511]

The key is, this is all SIMULATED violence. Would you prefer people to kill people IRL or in a SIMULATED setting?

[BeastlyBullets]

PLUS THERE ALL OLD AND DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FUN AND UNREALISTIC-NESS OF GAMING FOR GOD SAKES

[BeastlyBullets]

aarrrrghh Michael Atkinson, YOU SIR ARE A MORON. you let THE GTA SERIES IN,DEAD SPACE, DEAD ISLAND AND U DON'T WANT AN R18 COZ U DONT ALLOW MORE IMPACT VIOLENCE BECAUSE IT ''LINKS MURDERS'' YET GTA ISN'T BANNED WHICH ID THINK IS THE WORST ONE FOR THIS SO CALLED ''LINK BETWEEN MURDERS IN REAL LIFE'' BUT BAN MK9 IN WHICH WHAT YOU DO IN MK9 U CAN DO NOTHING IN REAL LIFE AND IF THERE WAS R18+ RATING NO KIDS WOULD GET IT COZ OF THE R18+ U MORON. ONLY ADULTS

[MrBarelylethal]

R18 now for anyone who didn't know

[shiyboy4]

oh and it wasnt video games tht has lead to mass murder in american schools it was bullying u ignorant fuck

[shiyboy4]

its actually proven tht video games are an outsource for anger and violence.

an it is tht way for me, its always stopped me from going out and commiting some crime out of anger

[SHortstuFF911]

what a fuckin panzy cunt, australias being laughed at coz of these dickheads.. for fuck sakes.. some people and there fukin ignorance..

[2770monz]

@0424716037 hahaha ur a funny little fucker, u still writing back talkin the same shit. come on, write back again lol ur an amusing kid

[Bayzz2]

that old farts argument is exactly why we SHOULD have an R+18 rating for games, some games are sold to 15 year olds here that could only be sold to 18 year olds in places like america. It's so kids can't get these violent games at a younger age.

[0424716037]

@2770monz you make me laugh to ay mate havnt got anything better to do iam geussing lol are you just looking for someone to talk to regardless of subject. i just find it funny that out of all the comments on this youtube video you chose to reply to mine fuck off and get a life mate your a fuckin goose dont bother writing back because i got better shit to do than write shit to somone that i will never know or meet lol iam younger than you and i had the brains to figure that out before you hahaha