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Posted: Nov 6th 2008 10:12PM iFester said

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Here's hoping something like this can be put into place in the future. Australia gets shafted on games.

That might be an understatement.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 12:36AM Averna said

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Yeah... it is...
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Posted: Nov 6th 2008 10:18PM BananaBoat said

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The censorship minister shares an office with the minister of book burning, located within the east wing of the ministry of love.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2008 10:25PM (Unverified) said

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Meh. It's not as sucky as it sounds. Games here are overpriced (I can import 2 games from overseas for the price of a single game sold here), so if you import you get it uncensored and cheaper.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2008 10:57PM Premature ejaculation man said

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I doubt it considering our current currency conversion (60 cents to a US dollar). $60 in US to $100 in AU (normally, 80, unless you shop at EBGames)
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Posted: Nov 6th 2008 10:30PM (Unverified) said

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And all Australia wants to do is FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL and a CENSOR and a take your money.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2008 11:45PM iHavePants said

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So is this funny because you put it into a song, even though it doesn't really fit at all, or is there another angle to it that I'm missing.

Or are you just high?
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 12:03AM (Unverified) said

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Both of those.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 12:05AM iHavePants said

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That's ok then ;)
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 12:56AM DerickDBrown said

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I'm confused. Does this restrict those citizens who are 18 years and older from purchasing something? Will people be paying minors to buy games for them?
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 11:37AM (Unverified) said

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Any game that is too "mature" for the MA15+ rating, which would normally be given an R18+ rating, cannot be sold in Australia because there is no rating category for them to be sold under. Effectively, any game that would be rated R18+ is banned throughout the country.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 12:56AM DerickDBrown said

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I'm confused. Does this restrict those citizens who are 18 years and older from purchasing something? Will people be paying minors to buy games for them?
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 2:59AM Haggard said

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It's good that it's being put to the public so that the stuck-up, out of touch fucked up old bastards in power don't get their way with games.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 7:17AM Saria the Cat said

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Hopefully for Australia this doesn't just go the way of the AO rating in the U.S., which is not illegal, but also not carried in any stores.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 10:19AM ScottG13 said

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Tards like these really lowers my opinion of how badass Australians are. Australia needs minsters that fish barechested and teach Judo like Putin. With less murder, though.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 3:37PM Ghost Toon said

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You know I keep hearing from these protester guys about our rights being censored here in the US. Then I look at the UK, many European countries, and Australia and have to say thank god I live in the US of A.

We just censor bad words and boobies and stuff from network TV.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 5:31PM MrSpaceCowboy said

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We get boob on tv in Aus. Not during prime time mind you, but it's there if you look. (Foreign films on Friday night on SBS)

A note about the good ol' US of A though:
I think it's funny how nudity in media is a bazillion times worse than violence. Boob has more people up in arms more than setting someone on fire... strange.

Personally, I'd rather see boob. :)
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 9:06PM (Unverified) said

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The reason the paper will be made publicly available on the internet is because Australia will be filtering/censoring the internet, so no Australians will be able to see the papers. :P
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Posted: Nov 8th 2008 9:55PM (Unverified) said

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Huh.. Censorship, eh? Glad we don't have a social/liberal president in the good ol' USA to come up with offices to determine what's permissible and not acceptable, geez imagine how that would affect media!
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