I'm glad you can take the high ground and find this amusing, Mr Chalk.
For those of us actually dealing with this process, who are supposed to be represented by this government, it is painful to watch.
It's good to mock the decisions taking place here, but we should keep in mind that not everyone in Parliament is supportive of this undemocratic process: just the major parties. The Greens have mostly been sympathetic with gamers and freedom of information activists on this issue, I note.
It's too bad that the current lobbying force of the campaign for an R18+ rating has been too direct and simple like this; if there had also been political support given to parties supporting the R18+ rating by the campaign, I suspect the government could not take such a straw man stance without a fight.
Until then, gamers may not be clued in on who to vote for to support the rating, which is a clear as day question to answer for those of us who know about politics (unfortunately, I'd say too few).
bigorexia said:
So is Australia not a democracy? If it is how are these folks still holding office?
Make no mistake, the sands of politics are shifting here. The Labor Government lost 14 percent of their lead on the Liberal Party over the past three weeks of polling. The Greens are in a stronger position than they were before, since they've taken several from Labor. Though, this is influenced more by health reform controversies, Internet censorship and the NAPLAN tests forced on schools around the nation, than by gamers, I would say.
There is an election due this year. The sooner and the more related to climate change, the better, because that will be good for gamers as well since that would give the Greens a serious advantage. Some pundits are even predicting that they'll become like the Liberal Democrats of England: a critical third force with the balance of power in hand.
