Australian R18+ Bill Hits a Snag

[algalon]

It could be worse. This is a how typical stall tactic goes in US government-
"Excuse me while I read definitions in the dictionary, starting with aaarvark...anteater....armadillo...aristocracy...armacham - working for the future to help you."
Or maybe the complete works of Dr Seuss. At least aussie stall tactics have a semblance of reason, even if it is moronic.

 

[Racecarlock]

Stage a few peaceful protests. Tell those who don't want them to turn violent to hold back anyone that does decide to punch something. Bring maybe a week of supplies along. Bottom line, tell them you have had enough. Tell them you want that rating. In person. I don't think internet movements will get to those relics of human beings. Seriously, your government officials should be in museums, telling young kids about the olden days or something.

 

[karcentric]

I'm never going to play Postal 3 at this rate... ;_;

 

[Lt. Rocky]

Don't get me wrong, I'm just as disappointed as the next guy over this ridiculous outcome...but...Australian-to-English translator?

 

[Nouw]

Come to New Zealand, we have R18 ratings!

 

[Micromyni]

Australians won't complain to the higher-ups. Most of them have perfected apathy to an art form and practice it daily unless it applies to their favorite footy team.

 

[Micromyni]

Don't get me wrong, I'm just as disappointed as the next guy over this ridiculous outcome...but...Australian-to-English translator?

It really is needed for someone who isn't a born and bred Australian. I've been here for a while now and I still don't understand half the slang they use.

 

[Schimmelord]

I don't understand the comments that the Australian Parliamentary system are bad. It works in very much the same way as Congress and Westminster. Some bills pass swiftly, some are neglected for no apparent reason and some are worth taking stands over. This is slow in Australia because there are no game industry lobbyists influencing the decision. The industry is much stronger in the US and Europe.
New Zealand's use of the R18 label is primarily because of one man's recommendation and didn't become an actual law until recently.

 

[tombman888]

OH FOR SWEET FANTA JESUS FUDGE TITS CHRIST! AGAIN!?!?!?

god damn it... at least i'll be 18 by the time this gets solved (I'll probably be 50 by that time....)

 

[TheRealCJ]

"the longest-running and most elaborate legislative troll ever perpetrated by a modern Western government"

*COUGH*AMERICANHEALTHCARESYSTEM*COUGH*

 

[SwagLordYoloson]

Doesn't really surprise me, the government seems to be more interested in bringing back those fancy wigs they used hundreds of years ago in primitive societies.

 

[andrewbrownster2]

This is beyond a joke. That is all I can say without repeating everything I've already said over the past several years....

 

[TacticalAssassin1]

Well, there is one good thing about the bill being delayed.....I'll most likely be 18 by the time they decide on it.

High-five for nearly-18 Aussie gamers!
Pass this shit so I can play messed up games without restriction asap!

OT: Fucking get on with it, government. Stop trolling us

 

[the clockmaker]

Honestly, we have a stable economy, low unemployment, no government crackdowns and a standard of living bettered only by the scandinavian nations and yet people with no sense of priority or proportion think that our system of government is 'beyond embarasing'.

 

[Loonyyy]

Sigh. Yet another Member of Parliament who is in the Australian Christian Lobby's (ACL) pocket. Most of the Christians I know here in Aus think the ACL are a bunch of nutters.

In fact, even a lobby of Christian Bishops disagreed with them about it, pointing out what I think should be quite obvious to the crazies. If you have an R18 rating, then you can rate extreme cases of MA15 games R18, and do a better job at censorship anyway.

 

[Gunner 51]

wait they STILL don't have a 18+ rating?
why don't they adopt the Japanese system? no 18+ rating just letters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Entertainment_Rating_Organization
I actually had to laugh a little when I read a violent game got a higher rating then a sexual game.

Because that would be sensible. Australian Parliament is allergic to sensible actions.
The R18+ is coming, I think the calls for enquiries are nothing more than stalling tactics perpetrated by the bill's detractors trying to buy them time to come up with an excuse to ride roughshod over the wishes of the majority of people.

So long as the bill's supporters keep focused - the bill will become an inevitability.

 

[R0cklobster]

I don't believe that some of our pollies still don't get the FACT that the overwhelming majority of gamers in Australia ARE OVER 18 ANYWAY. There's no more reason not to have an 18+ rating for games than there is for movies.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

the whole world has 18+ rating for ages, and they still cant decide if games should have it as well?
i might be 60 before they issue a 18+ rating.

Not quite. Several authoritarian regiemes don't allow any outside media to enter there nations at all.

And my "several," I mean North Korea.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Of course the bill "hits a snag". The snag is it's trying to get past this joke of a government.

It was a Coalition MP who stopped the bill this time, not a member of the government.

it seems that people argue for the sake of it. Almost like they're saying no because the other guy said yes.

That's the point of the opposition. If they stop the government from getting anything done, people get fed up and vote a new government in.