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And being the only person vetoing a 'R' rating is completely fair I forgot. Edit: His smile even makes me want to punch him in the fa...[censored] | |
If the only ones that care enough to get involved are the gamers, then his case must not have enough weight to carry itself. Presidents win elections for that very reason he says he is going to lose. The only ones that cared enough to get out and vote, voted for the person that won. EDIT: EDIT 2: You'd think the AG of a country (or even part of it) could afford some vaneers or something. | |
oh he's just pissed that he's lost this battle | |
"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." Then I have one question to ask you Atkinson If the public doesn't give two shits about this debate... WHY THE FUCK DO YOU? What do you hope to gain by attempting to force through legislation that half the public doesn't give a shit about and the other half hates. The land down under is sooooo strange. | |
Oh Atkinson, you continue to befuddle and destress me. Here's to you, Australian gamers, and hopefully getting this whole thing turned around. Fight the power :) | |
So you know people want this, the people who don't want this don't care, and you decide to follow the whims of the people who don't care? What's the logic behind that? Seriously, does he even listen to what he's saying? | |
...he.........actually looks quite charming....... | |
He has a punchable face. | |
He must watch a lot of Fox News. | |
Oh, so now he just isn't illogical, he's discriminating gamers. Don't we deserve the right to vote for this? Why would non-gamers care about an 18+ rating, and why would they vote for it the way Atkinson brainwashes them? Atkinson, I say this only once. You're full of s***. | |
Oh god, the only good thing is that he might just give it up and kick the bucket soon enough. That bastard. | |
I'm going to bet money tomorrow morning that before the end of this decade Atkinson will be exposed as either a paedophile, an unfaithful husband, a curb crawler, a serial gambler or a combination of the above. People that obsessed with 'public decency' are invariably trying to compensate for something dodgy. A man that willing to cling to the slightest sliver of doubt can't be right in the head. When are the next Aussy elections? | |
Wow, I think my mind just got blown. | |
Well, Atkinson, that's democracy for you. Sucks, doesn't it? | |
Of course only gamers care you old twit. Why would someone who doesn't play games care? It doesn't concern them. Its like when I don't care about any laws that are passed on cars. I don't drive, therefore i don't /care/. This guy is an old fool. | |
Who cares if people who aren't into gaming don't vote? They won't play the damn games either | |
You have a very interesting aesthetic sense. | |
He's only 50. OT: I have expressed my views on Atkinson. If you don't know them, alert me & I shall make them clearer in these forums. | |
Gaming community, send him money to see a dentist as a formal apology. | |
Of ine Atkinson, we'll stop being mean to you if it means an R rating. | |
His argument is self defeating; he argues that the only people who care enough about ratings to debate them are gamers, so why go to so much trouble to protect the general population which you yourself admits doesn't give a shit? | |
Heh, If his job as Attorney General doesn't work out, I'm sure Fox and Friends will be happy to have him | |
Oh, so that's what he looks like. I now find it even harder to take the man seriously, ha ha! But seriously, those statements are fundamentally retarded - you might as well say "elections aren't fair because all the people who don't care about elections enough to participate didn't participate!" - of course the only people getting involved are those that care! Everyone hates you because you say stupid shite like that.
I was going to make a crack about his bad teeth but I see you've already done that, thanks! | |
So... if you're going to ignore the consultation, why bother even setting it up. I mean, I understand a lot of gamers are jackasses and I'm sorry if you're getting death threats, but it doesn't justify censorship, which is what you're doing. | |
Politicians should be rated for their extremist views from "guillible crackpot" to "stubborn denialist" | |
Well maybe the pure hatred that everyone who knows anything about games is sending will kill him off. I dunno, he just takes away our civil liberties (well not mine, but still). | |
So in his effort to stop the R+18 game rating he has decided to blame democracy for being unfair. I'm just waiting for Godwin's Law to come into effect! | |
So basically, even if the majority of support is in favor of R-18+, it will be invalid simply because they're gamers? Alright, we need to take this up a notch. Sending him e-mails was all well and good, unless you're one of those people who just sent death threats despite being constantly warned not to do so by the rest of us...now see where that got us, thanks dicks! Anyways, maybe we should try to get the attention of the general population of Australia and try to rally up more support. Mind you...I have absolutely no idea what the best way to go about this is, but if nothing gets done than I fear we all might be in deep shit. Even those of us outside of Australia, because like Yahtzee has said, other countries might start catching on. | |
Cause he never got past the first koopa in the first mario game, which led to a life full of ridicule and a crusade on his part. | |
Well, Mr Atkinson, maybe when you stop being such a Mini-Me of Jack Thompson we will sit down and discuss our differences over some Mana Potion.
Also QFTT. | |
So now he wants to ignore facts with flimsy excuses. Good show Atkinson. Good show. | |
So the reason that the poll will be unfair is because the only people who will get involved are the people who the poll directly affects? Man I have to find which dictionary he got that definition from. | |
The devil's greatest trick was convincing people he didn't exist maybe? | |
This probably reflects ironically on when you have to assasinate a council member in morrowind so you can become a warleader. (Disclaimer: no I do not intend to kill the guy myself and i'm not coaxing anyone into doing so. Just voicing my oppinion, like a civilised person) | |
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Atkinson Dismisses Game Consultation as "Unfair"
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.
The Australian government began a "public consultation" in December 2009 on the question of implementing an R18+ rating for videogames, which has been hung up for years at the state level thanks largely to the efforts of Atkinson. The creation of such a rating requires the unanimous assent of the country's state-level "censorship ministers," effectively meaning that as long as Atkinson remains as the state's Attorney General, Australia will be a nation in which videogames are strictly kids' stuff.
But with the public consultation nearing, Atkinson appears to be hedging his bets somewhat. Speaking to GameSpot AU, he predicted that the process will show high levels of support for a "mature" videogame rating but suggested that such a result would be pretty much invalid because the average Australian won't care enough to speak out about it. Furthermore, he claimed the discussion paper is biased because it doesn't clearly present to people what sort of content they're voting for.
"I don't think the discussion paper presents a fair and balanced view of the issue without pictures of the games that would be rated R18+," he said. "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."
"I also believe that very few people outside the gaming community will have a say in this public consultation, which will mean an overwhelming response in support of R18+," he added.
It's amusing to hear Atkinson accuse Australian voters of being ignorant about videogames when it's been demonstrated time and again that he has very little idea about them himself. His favorite videogame target remains RapeLay, which he has repeatedly held up as an example of the every-day depravity of games and those who play them despite the fact that it's not available for sale outside of Japan.
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. "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."
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