Yeah I figure I'll vote against labor at the federal election this year. Not that anything will happen because of that but at least I'll feel marginally better.Jezzy54 said:It doesn't occur to him that movies are allowed to have that stuff he mentioned, or that some games allowed into Australia aren't that much less violent? Anyway, I live in South Australia, and I enrolled to vote mostly so I could vote against the people who keep him around this year.
"Invalid"? It doesn't matter if the average Australian doesn't give a shit; gamers are the ones being affected by Atkinson's retarded campaign, so their say is what should matter.suggested that such a result would be pretty much invalid because the average Australian won't care enough to speak out about it.
Of course they won't. You've made sure they never get a chance to see games like that.Furthermore, he claimed the discussion paper is biased because it doesn't clearly present to people what sort of content they're voting for.
"I don't think the discussion paper presents a fair and balanced view of the issue without pictures of the games that would be rated R18+," he said. "I think the majority of the population are unfamiliar with these games and without images, they won't be able to imagine them in their mind's eye. They'll have no idea how violent or sexually depraved they are, and what kind of torture, drug use, and blood spatter they include."
He's not that popular with the Australian People, He is popular with the Family First Party in South Australia, the Ultra Conservative-"Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children" Right Wing Party. Hence why he is the AG of SA.silentsentinel said:Hmmm. Doesn't this guy look at popularity polls? I mean, I can't imagine him having good ratings. Can an Australian tell me how popular he is with the public of Australia? In general, I mean, not just in the context of games?
I think you mean the state election. Federal means people with authority over the entire country.Sibbo said:Yeah I figure I'll vote against labor at the federal election this year. Not that anything will happen because of that but at least I'll feel marginally better.Jezzy54 said:It doesn't occur to him that movies are allowed to have that stuff he mentioned, or that some games allowed into Australia aren't that much less violent? Anyway, I live in South Australia, and I enrolled to vote mostly so I could vote against the people who keep him around this year.