Atkinson Dismisses Game Consultation as "Unfair"

[UsefulPlayer 1]

...he.........actually looks quite charming.......

Yeah, maybe to an inmate facing 50 to life in prison. Real charming

.....What?!

"I'll consider changing my mind about all this when the gaming community decide to behave in a civil fashion and apologize for the threats to me and my family," he continued."But I don't plan to back down from the fight. I started my mission and I plan to finish it." --Michael Atkinson

^Not really about the children anymore is it Atkinson? And to think the Austrians pay this man to do this shit.

So people are threatening him and his family and you're suprised this is now personal for him?

I like to think people in these positions are supposed to work to benefit the people, or the children as was his argument. Sounds like he doesn't give two shits what he's working for or even believes in what he's doing, just that he wants to win this fight against internet people.

I can see how he is taking it personally, threats against his family no less. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't point out he has long since stopped working for the best interest of the people.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

"I'll consider changing my mind about all this when the gaming community decide to behave in a civil fashion

The Australian Gaming Community has already behaved quite civil with you, Atkinson, as demonstrated by the fact that you still have a house and are not crucified in the middle of Sydney with a note on your head reading "RAPELAY'S ONLY SOLD IN JAPAN YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!"

This guy seems to be part of the "cool troll" club which includes members of such stature like Uwe Boll, Jack Thompson and Dick Masterson.

 

[DamienHell]

LOL Thats not unfair thats democracy, if you don't care you don't vote, plain and simple.

 

[Lord_Gremlin]

He calls that a mission? Finding cure for AIDS is a mission. God...

 

[Fists]

I'm not sure if I should be planning to flee the people's republic of Ruddkinstan or stay to participate in the freedom movement, against ISP filtering more so than this but it all kinda goes together. If I do start a fight for freedom I'm not sure if Che Guevare or Ghandi should be my inspiration, Ghandi is obviously optimal but probably slower.

 

[Lord Krunk]

"But I don't plan to back down from the fight. I started my mission and I plan to finish it."

A mission to get himself brutally murdered in some shady back alley.

I didn't know he was getting death threats, but he sure as hell deserves them.

 

[Little Duck]

Wait, what? The gaming cummunity?

We got together as a whole and threatened your family. My god you're right. I now distinctly remember writing the letter to you. What part of the gaming community anyway. It's thanks to goverment we have no real voice anyway. Infact Atkinson probably IS the closest thing to a voice for the gaming community. There isn't another one. What official is he looking for to say sorry to him?

 

[Canadamus Prime]

"I'll consider changing my mind about all this when the gaming community decide to behave in a civil fashion and apologize for the threats to me and my family,"

Well he does make a good point there. It's the same for that Facebook group who was making threats against Jack Thompson. Yeah sure, these anti-gaming guys are ignorant dickheads, but how can we, as gamers, expect to change their minds and show them that games aren't harmful by threatening their lives and those of their loved ones, effectively proving them right?

 

[stonethered]

Gaming community, send him money to see a dentist as a formal apology.

I like that idea. Insulting, but nessesairy. That is a a terrible set a chompers he's got.


And for once I agree with him; no more threats of violence. People wonder why gaming is linked to violent activity in the public eye; that's why.
Not that it'll make any difference, he'll be opposed to it whether we're nice about it or not. I just think our desires would be served better in the long run if we behave cordially about it. Other people might stop and think, 'those gamers know how to be civil about getting what they want, maybe we should give them a chance.'

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

Wouldn't gamers have a better idea and comprehension of what kinds of "depravity" are included in games as opposed to the layperson?

He's just sore that his time is up and I'm going to play an active role in his downfall by submitting my opinion.

 

[_Nocturnal]

South Australia Attorney General Michael Atkinson says the upcoming public consultation on videogames will likely show "overwhelming" support for an R18+ rating because the only people who care enough to get involved in the debate are gamers.

Which actually defeats the moron's whole point, doesn't it? Nobody on his side cares? The side he's supposed to represent does not see this as a problem?
Yep, being a self-righteous jerk that talks down on people while trying to appear as a knight in shining armor tends to get one in those kinds of situations.

"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."

Wish you could use this to paint some pictures of your own, wouldn't you asshole?

Atkinson said that it's unlikely he'll give up his crusade against R18+ videogame ratings, particularly while gamers continue to abuse and threaten him and his family.

That one's understandable. The more threats and abuse he gets, the more he appears as a martyr and gamers - as a crowd of lunatics. He will not only keep up, he will just get stronger. That's unless the right kind of threats and abuse are used. I hear beatings with bamboo sticks don't leave marks.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

Why is it I have an increasing desire to burn down society?

 

[chronobreak]

Damn, people were threatening the guy's family? That's actually pretty sick, and not in a good way.

 

[VanityGirl]

Oh noes, not BLOOD SPLATTER
lol. com'on Aussies I hope you get what you need!

 

[Macgyvercas]

Okay. I'm going to regret saying this, but at this point, Atkinson is not just fighting gamers: He's fighting Anonymous. And you know what happens to people who fight Anonymous...Remeber the kid who tried to take Anonymous down?

 

[captain awesome 12]

I really want to set Kratos on this guy...

Nah, we gotta send him in with Dante...Atkinson is just to much of an idiot, that only those twos combined forces can defeat him.

Actually just to be on the safe side, send everyone. Every. Videogame. Character. Ever.

Mario to jump on his head. Kratos to slice him up into tiny pieces, Master Chief to shoot him, Dante to assist Kratos, A Big Daddy to step on what's left, maybe a zombie to gnaw on him... The possibilities are endless!

 

[Rottweiler]

It seems to me he is either a stuck-in-the-mud Puritan who is clinging to any scrap of an excuse, or someone who seized an issue to take a 'hard stand' on for public exposure and now won't admit he's picked the wrong side.

In a debate, once one side publicly refuses to accept the evidence and witness of the opposing side, he has also destroyed his own credibility- because his own stance is built on the exact same premise.

 

[Erana]

One of the reasons I am agianst his policies is that I would never let my hypothetical 15-year-old child play some of the games that are, because there is no +18 rating, categorized as age appropriate for them in Australia.

This is like being against giving out free hypodermic needles to the public- Sure, by not giving out needles, you're showing that you're agianst drug use, but at the same time, you're really only promoting the spread of disease.
The difference?
Video games are not illnesses.

Give people their liberties, and we can better keep inappropriate games out of the hands of children. Having no +18 rating isn't going to stop games worthy of that category from being made and sold in Australia.

Anyway, government heads in a democracy are meant to represent the people they govern. If the people they're representing want a video game rating, or are neutral to the matter, then they damn well should give it to them.
The Declaration of Independence would have never been completed if many of the delegates didn't put aside their own views in favor of the consensus of the people they represented.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_U5kn4Hdxg

Yeah that sums it up nicely.

 

[RanD00M]

I think he should quit while he's ahead.He's already at the bottom.And there is no way for him to get back up.