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EFA Gearing up Campaign for Australan R18+ Games

Post by Dan @ 02:24pm 30/10/08 | 20 Comments

Non-profit org Electronic Frontiers Australia have launched a new web-site as part of a campaign to lobby the Australian State and Territory Attorneys-General about the missing R18+ category for games.

An R18+ classification would require the unanimous support of all Attorneys-General, and in the past moves to change the current classification have been blocked on the vote of a single state Attorney-General.

EFA is now sponsoring a campaign to have the R18+ classification for games introduced in Australia.

r18games.com will serve as a collation for the news and details supporting that campaign as well as a discussion forum and point of reference if you're thinking about writing to your State or Territory's Attorney-General.

Tags: r18+ rating / australia

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nF
Posted 02:56pm 30/10/08

Your comment has been queued for moderation by site administrators and will be published after approval.

i threw in a fair few swear words and some drug references. lets see how serious they are about free speech.

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Dan
Posted 03:38pm 30/10/08

FYI nf, nic suzor (friend of mine/trog and QGL regular when there were still lans) is running the site, and presumably moderating the forums, so try not to be too harsh.

That goes for the rest of you too! :)

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Obes
Posted 03:43pm 30/10/08

So he's not big enough to look after himself ? Uncle dan and hankyhead trog need to protect him ? ...

Time for the Christian Youth of the Australian Third Reich to become outraged!!!

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Dan
Posted 03:47pm 30/10/08

Oh I'm sure he is. It was more of a courtesy "don't be a jerk over there because I think what they're trying to do is a good thing and they don't need people from here shitting it up" not that any of you would of course.

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Steve Farrelly
Posted 03:51pm 30/10/08

I thought of a flawless argument.

They have issues with giving an R18+ because, no matter how many adults play games, they're still perceived as the sort of thing that attracts children right?

Well by that definition shouldn't half the anime world be shut down and banned? Urotsikidoshi, Ninja Scroll and the like? Clearly cartoons would have the same pied piper affect on kids as games...

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taggs
Posted 04:01pm 30/10/08

she'll definately hold water after that

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Pirroh
Posted 04:03pm 30/10/08

...

what the ****?

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nF
Posted 04:19pm 30/10/08

That's a flawless argument?

Anime is targetted at kids. Was anyone over the age of 18 when they watched ninja scroll?

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Steve Farrelly
Posted 04:44pm 30/10/08

yes. and there's an R18+ rating for anime - that's the point. If they were to see the parallels, they'd either remove the R18+ rating from anime and start banning it, or they'd see the error of their ways and give games an R18+ rating (and anime girls would be real and I would be happy, like a flying pig)

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Souri
Posted 05:06pm 30/10/08

It's probably worth posting about the recent news reported from Screenplay about South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson withdrawing his support for a discussion paper and public consultation on the R18+ rating, and therefore pretty much halting any progress for the classification for the meantime.

http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//010915.html

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darkjedi
Posted 05:16pm 30/10/08

Bad Obes Bad!

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demon
Posted 05:54pm 30/10/08

Was anyone over the age of 18 when they watched ninja scroll?

it only came out in the mid-90s so... yeh! :D

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NanaPeel21
Posted 09:38pm 30/10/08

Was anyone over the age of 18 when they watched ninja scroll?

I wasn't but i'm 20 now and more into anime than i ever was before. There are anime's that are targeted for all audiences just like there are non-cartoon tv shows targeted for all audiences.

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Obes
Posted 10:56pm 30/10/08

zomg free speech and the rite to bear arms my hentai got removed!

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reso
Posted 11:27pm 30/10/08

Luckily I managed to save it though! ART IN ITS TRUEST FORM!

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kos
Posted 11:36pm 30/10/08

Rof Obes:

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shad
Posted 11:39pm 30/10/08

Was anyone over the age of 18 when they watched ninja scroll

Yes.

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Khel
Posted 01:11am 31/10/08

Thats pathetic that he won't even let there be a discussion on the matter. Whats he afraid of, that when its discussed the people who are for it will actually make sense and blow away all his fudd and misinformation? Can't have that now can we.

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