>“Some of your readers may believe that the present system restricts adult liberty. It certainly does restrict choice to a small degree, but that is the price of keeping this material from children and vulnerable adults. In my view, the small sacrifice is worth it. Classification exists for advertising, films, and books for the same reason–to protect children and vulnerable people."Give them an inch, and they'll take a mile. Ausfailia really is slowly turning into Amerikka. Freedom and liberty... at a price.http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/
Good i live in NZ
Australia already is mini-America, but without the guns or fun.
Are you kidding? Australia is turning more into the _UK_ every day, and moving as far away from America in the opposite direction as possible.
>Amerikkka>Black presidentwat
australia is already worse than america when it comes to this stuff where have you been?
>>26420396>Amerikkka>KKK STILL exists
>In my view, the small sacrifice is worth itGood thing that's HIS view and not the view of the hundreds of thousands of Australians against web filtering.
violence : australia :: sex : americareally neither should be censored but at least it makes a slight, teeny little bit of sense to want violence censored
the American government doesn't classify video games, movies, books, or even advertising really
>>26420421dumbfuckistan.jpgThe deep South hardly speaks out for the entire nation.
america is the only country that believes in free speech.
>>26420437This isn't about web filtering. This is about the NO R18 IN THE VIDYA LOLIt certainly does sound close to it.
Fuck, start a riot or something guys
I left australia thinking exactly that: its like a little mini america. don't do it to yourselves guys, follow your own path.
Haha, you all think you ever had freedom to begin with.
Uh, you do realize that in the States there is a difference between State and Federal correct? That Federal can overturn State decisions - and that net neutrality is making in roads thanks to the last election, along with a movement towards cutting support of Israel.Not only that, but the States hasn't actually banned any content on the net as of yet outside of possessing child pornography and illegal possession of Government docs.Stop confusing the evangelical mouth pieces for what's really happening.
>>26420421Just the price of free speech, sorry that your country puts restrictions on what your people can say or believe but we don't do that here.
>>26420483what?
>>26420469>america is the only country that believes in free speech.yet you have individual words that are banned.amazing
>vulnerable adultsOh you mean retards?
>>26420421the fact that the KKK still exists speaks leagues about the freedoms we have as americansthe fact that nobody gives a FUCK about them speaks leagues about how you don't need censorship to get rid of ugly shit like racism
Do the right thing Ausfags. Show him the difference between real and virtual violence. The jail sentence is worth it.
>>26420492Besides, the KKK is kinda washed up, like Aum in Japan. (LOL How's Alef working for you, guys?)
>>26420514we do?
The U.S. is fairly lax with any form of censorship...except when it comes to nudity.
>>26420514Wait, we have banned words? Can I get a list of these so I don't get arrested?
>>26420527i don't think so. >>26420514 is confused or trolling.
>>26420531no butts on tv.
>>26420518>>26420492Free speech does not exist, if you don't know that by now, I suggest you think about thinks other than the vidya for 5 minutes. Go into the street, yell FUCKING NIGGERS to a police officer - get arrested.
>>26420514And what banned words would those be?
>>26420513Learn to understand how a federal republic works. The states are the ones with the most police power, not the federal government.
>>26420570Things* lol
Is that fucking Atkinson? God if i could take him on one on one...
>>26420492do you know about the FCC? They exist and they censor stufff.
>>26420570>yell niggers to a police officer>get arrestedSure is advice dog around here.
>>26420560butts are ok actually, tits aren'twho can't remember that epic nathan fillion ass in firefly
>>26420582Federal can overturn a State decision. It's the whole reason cases can go to Supreme Court.
only black people are allowed to use the word nigger
>>26420570You can't actually get arrested for that.
>>26420600Is this what you wanted me to post with
>>26420597Then why am I seeing prisoners rape each other in the butts and biting dicks off while calling each other naughty names on HBO?
>>26420617Nigger.
>>26420631Threaten the american president then, Free speech allows you to do that but it doesnt mean you wont get raped for saying it.
>>26420639Subscription Channel.You paid for the content.
>>26420570You're getting your crimes mixed up. You will get arrested for yelling anything in the face of an officer, it's assault and the words you're screaming in their face won't matter.
>>26420570yelling anything to a cop can be a crime. They can call it disorderly conduct or a number of other violations. You won't get penalized in court for saying fucking or nigger though.
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>>26420666That's a proclamation of a terrorist act. Like yelling fire or bomb in an airport.It isn't that the words themselves are banned, but the act itself holds pretty heavy connotations.
>>26420472It's the only thing Australians know how to do properly, but we're all too lazy to do it.
Australia is a fucking weird country. It's actually socially conservative with lots of religious freaks up north especially, yet bans videogames and guns. Really fucked up.
>>26420747They probably still have a little fight in them left after the race riots
>>26420794its cause i dont think really care that much about guns, we dont find them cool or "gangsta" like americans, we are more about fisty-cuffs, or hitting people with beer bottles or schooner glasses
DEMONSTRATION IS THE WEAKEST FORM OF PROTEST
The problem with riots is that it doesn't hurt the people who should get hurt, it just hurts shopkeepers and citizens. Some brave ausfailian should get his bros and go to the guy himself.
>>26420853lol, you've never heard of this guy have you?
>>26420853Pro-tip: 2nd AmendmentIt's pretty much ingrained into Americans, like hate for taxes.
Hey, I think I got it now. UK, USA and Australia, they're all English!Damn them.
>>26420597Broadcast regulation isn't a restriction on free speech.
>>26420865is that the double the fist guy?
>>26420421Obviously they aren't doing a good job I find it mind boggling how you can buy a gun in a supermaket in the states, yet they bitch and moan over videogames for the source of all evil.Anyone that thinks guns are needed for a civilized society to work is beyond redemption
Everything I know about australia I leanred from Mad Max and Bad Boy Bubby.
>>26420896Marty and Ivan aren't really typical Australians are they dude
If I was one of you ausfalian faggots id be bombing parliament or something. Don't let this dickwads do this to you.
Isn't the rating system supposed to protect children and vulnerable people? Isn't that why we have it in the first place? This doesn't make any sense at all!
Australia is the poorest first world country in the world. Just something to remember.
>>26420469Amerikkka doesn't believe in free speech, just free market.And by "we have a free market" we actually mean "the movie industry is free to make laws for the entire entertainment industry."
>>26420975Americans don't. They like to shoot guns and the second amendment provides a nice excuse. Anyway, the second doesn't even make sense anymore. Either the government screws up so bad that no one, including the cops and army, is against them and you have a bloodless revolution or you don't have a revolution at all. Pea shooters don't work against tanks and bombs.
>>26420975 Anyone that thinks guns are needed for a civilized society to work is beyond redemptionIt's only logical to make guns illegal, after all you don't want the criminals to get them, do you?
>>26420975Evangelicals != All of the United StatesPro-tip: The ones complaining about videogames are the ones that own the guns and voted for McCain and Palin. They're generally Republicans, Evangelicals, or out of touch 55+ Year Old politicians.41% of the United States owns a gaming device in some capacity.
I'm actually very surprised by the lack of assassinations in Australia and the U.S. I wonder where the snapping point lies, then.
>>26421055how's that economy and unemployment rate going, americunt? lol
>>26421079The only thing you're doing is making guns widely available, criminals always had and will have weapons.
>>26421096It's cause in Australia we pretty much got NO GUNZ after the government buy back in the 90's.
>>26420597What if the FCC was bombed during the second revolution?
>>26421115I dunno mate, how's yours? A shit economy isn't something to lol about, if our economy goes down, yours goes with it too.
>>26421115Actually, the Obama-Biden plan is going into effect soon, and certain sectors of the Economy are already in an upswing(albeit minor climbs) with the dollar value increasing versus the diminishing value of other currencies.The technology sector will continue to have problems until about mid-2010 when the Average American can spend money again.
>>26421138This is true, guns have always been illegal in Denmark, but now criminals are getting hold of them.Luckily they're only shooting each other for now.
>>26421115Have you even been checking the news recently? The rest of the world has been hit harder by the world economy than the Americans have.
>>26421079You probably don't know it, but that is exactly right. Without any sarcasm. In countries where guns are banned you do have less armed criminals. I'll let you figure out why.
>>26421085>Pro-tip: The ones complaining about videogames are the ones that own the guns and voted for McCain and Palin.Wow. Yeah, people who own guns are the "anti-violence" and "anti-gun" crowd that routinely seeks to ban violent video games and any form of competitive play.You really should read a book sometime in your life, then move on to newspapers and other current events.
>>26421085Then how do you explain Hillary bitching about videogames during that Hot Coffee mess?
>>26421159This why I don't get when people in other countries make fun of our situation, America imports WAY more than we export.
>>26421185It's too bad about the auto-motive industry though. They should have embraced alternative fuel ten years ago when Toyota started developing hybrid class vehicles.
>>26421221Pandering to the Republican base in an attempt to sway voters.
>>26421228Fuck the auto industry. The dickheads went and killed an electric car that was viable years ago just to keep up their unsustainable business model.Capitalism is great until it's greed fucks everyone over except the ones making the money.
GUYS VIDEO GAMES ARE MAKING CHILDREN KILL AND FUCK PEOPLE WHAT THE FUCK!!!
>>26421138 The only thing you're doing is making guns widely available, criminals always had and will have weapons.If they are going to get weapons anyway, then why bother? All the gun restrictions do is keep law abiding citizens from defending themselves.>>26421195 You probably don't know it, but that is exactly right. Without any sarcasm. In countries where guns are banned you do have less armed criminals. I'll let you figure out why.Source bro?
>>26421228oil companies are holding alternative methods of fuel backalways trust in greed
>>26421251>Hillary>Pandering to the Republican basePlease tell me you're from some third world country and are just making shit up to troll. I couldn't live in a world with people dumb enough to honestly believe what you've written.
>>26421293Blame Bush's attempt at Reaganomics that didn't work in Reagan's era. Hell, Bush Sr. didn't even believe in that shit.
>>26421322Go back to 2007/2008 election time please. Read closely, watch videos, watch news. Learn something. Hilary wanted undecided voters and swing voters. She tried to play up conservative values while seeming liberal.
>>26421324BUT BUT TRICKLE DOWNIF THE RICH ARE RICHER THE POOR WILL GET TRICKLE DOWN AND GET BETTER!
The "violence in America!!!!" bullshit used as a reason to ban weapons is bullshit. There are certain cities that are full of violence (Detroit) but nationwide the United States is only above the UK in homicide by 4 people per ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND yearly.
>>26421404Only during tax season... in like two states.... counties.
>>26421422And most of those are gun deaths.By weapons that were either used on the gun's owners or stolen from a legal gun owner to commit a crime.
>>26421422That's pretty crazy when you consider the US population is 300 mil.
>>26421324itt the president controls the economy and obama will turn it all around
>>26421423Not even counties, probably of sub-division of those.It's like conservatives still haven't come to terms that Reagenomics simply don't work.
What the fuck Australia has always had retarded censorship laws. OP is a fucking moron. Fallout 2 had the children removed and it even broke some quests (though I think this was a general european thing.)
>>26421446> ITT: Missed the point of an administration
>>264213712007/2008 isn't 2004 when SA came out.Second, undecided voters aren't "the Republican Base."Third, yes she wanted votes during her bid for the presidential nomination, but in no way was she going to go "conservative" to get them.Let me lay it out for you, the anti-violence groups are the same as the censorship groups. You know, like Tipper Gore? Figure it out.Now if you wanna say that Republicans are worthless prudes that faint at the sight of a nipple, you'd be right. But as it stands, you're a moron.
>>26421310>If they are going to get weapons anyway, then why bother? All the gun restrictions do is keep law abiding citizens from defending themselves.Guns only make domestic violence that much worse, kids taking guns from their own homes and doing things on an impulse. Chances are you won't be using your gun to protect yourself like most people would like to believe, you'll end up shooting your ex-boyfriend for cheating on you, kill your wife in order to get the insurance money or try robbing other civilians in desperation (something you wouldn't and couldn't do without a gun).
>>26421293>Capitalism>great>under any circumstancesNo.
SNOOOOOORE nobody cares/import games for cheaper than they would normally cost
>>26421487The price of freedom bro. It's either that or a shitty nanny state. I'll take the freedom, thanks.
>>26421487It doesn't even help that home defense would be better served with a shotgun with bird shot, since they found pistols wind up killing family members and pets more often in those situations.
>>26421499Social-Capitalism actually does work. That's the Golden Age of American Economics after all. Then it all went to hell with Reagan.
>>26421487I... my stomach...10/10Although, I feel I must at least respond to this part>robbing other civilians in desperation (something you wouldn't and couldn't do without a gun).Robbery never happens in Australia or England?
>>26421487>Chances are you won't be using your gun to protect yourself like most people would like to believebut what if your house does get broken into? You going to just call the cops and wait for them to bring guns? Grab some kind of medieval sword?
>>26421487>>26421526....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHARead up on the real facts, kiddohttp://gunowners.org/fs0404.htm
>>26421468>Fallout 2 had the children removed and it even broke some quests (though I think this was a general european thing.)It was Europe, also they weren't actually removed, just made invisible. You could get blocked into a building by them and not be able to do much.
