Everyone knows Australia is run by mothers who want to censor everything.. It's turning into a really wimpy country. I remember that big fuss with Saints Row 4, and you ended up getting a censored version I think. So good luck with weed, that'll never happen. Not before New Zealand I don't think, seeing as NZ is basically Australia without all the stupid laws..
I'm gonna say this but the people who say Australia is turning into a wimpy country and stuff like that, are you saying that the people in Australia are wimpy or are you referencing the government which is the motherload of shit. Also, on the topic of 18+ games, Left 4 Dead 2 received a free dlc to bring up the graphic stuff for 18+ users only. The Australian government is causing the worst of problems, slowing the NBN down to 1mb/s to save $16 000 and then blaming Steam now for not having a money back guarantee for broken games, and they said all of Australia and at least half of the country has no clue at what Steam is. Now that has caused conflict and we have other countries being racist because Australian laws state that broken items need to have a money back guarantee and we Australians have no control over what's going on. Sorry if this is a bit off topic but just wanting to put that out there.
The government. Which will eventually lead to the future generations of Australia being wimpy. Just look at all the new rules, were they around when you were a kid? Probably not.. It's just going to be a country full of really wimpy teenagers in about 10 years time.
There were a lot less of these idiotic rules back when I was younger, and they have just formed into more chaos over the years, and it's probably at the worst right now since Newman is in, and same with Abbott. Just the other day at school I hear everyone in the class have a poll on Abbot whether he is good or not and everybody except one girl said he was awful. Even Clive Palmer wants to axe the NBN altogether and purchase Submarines for tourism. I want to do what Nerd³ did and move to Canada or somewhere similar with better laws and way better internet. #Telstraproblems
We need Clive Parmer as PM. Think about it, He spends most of his money on charity's, He is building a second titanic to honour those who lost their lives. He is a good guy.
That is the worst thing we could have. A PM that puts money into charity. We need funding to make an actually good internet service, NBN, and bring the motoring industry back. Abbott seems to only care about this "Feel-good war on terrorism". We will not have a terrorist attack and that is final. I will give a random person a copy of BeamNG if it does, but I swear they are just building up a tension that will never be released. Palmer doesn't seem like the bloke I want as PM. Maybe Deputy Head, but not PM. If people voted for me as PM, I will put money where it is actually needed. - - - Updated - - - I ain't no wimpy teenager.
Building a Titanic to honour those who died or building a Titanic to get more profit. He is devoting funds for Submarines just for tourism when Australia requires faster internet, I can tell you now the amount of people who are gonna riot when this NBN 1mb/s cap comes in is gonna be catastrophic.
You think it is just that easy? - - - Updated - - - The motoring industry is gone for good, You can't just become PM and Force GM to continue supporting holden, Nor can you do the same thing with Ford. Face it the only thing we have left is Kenworth and the way Paccar is going there will be no Kenworth.
Guys, I don't want this getting into political debate because that will close this thread down. Go to the RoR forums to do that. Get back on topic. Its understood that Australia is as hopelessly mismanaged as all countries are. While I understand that voting for this new politican you like will fix everything I didn't make the thread for you to discuss what person that is. The thread is about ban culture, and especially the way it gets on our nerves with gaming because thats relevant here. While its not exclusive from politics and they are very intertwined we cannot have any political threads that result in these annoying flamewars. Its proven time and time again that the community doesn't have enough mature people for that so please keep it on the non-political side, hmm?
That is the most ignorant thing I have ever heard. :| Also, why must people keep mentioning this dude [not naming him]; he was banned, boo-hoo stop bringing it up, it is none of your business anyway.
Ugh... Video game bans are total bs and i think most of everyone here knows it. Just a small comment on the drugs thing. If someone who i am pretty good friends with who started taking them i would probably apply a little pressure to them. Not gonna lie. I actually don't mind drugs being banned, but i think they should only ban the ones that are harmful for people who are not addicted etc. If i am just acquaintances with someone and they started taking drugs i would try to move away from them in general. It might just be me but i consider myself somewhat responsible for the health of my friends. Then again i am not the most mentally sound of people so my judgement may be misplaced.
and thats fine, as long as you don't translate it into trying to influence how other people behave by any means other than persuasion. I'm anti prohibition on nearly everything from games, weed, weapons and things like that. Things are dealt with properly when you have sensible laws that allow people to make informed choices. Like with knife, sword and gun laws. The thing they're trying to prevent, assault and murder, is already banned. When they ban the weapons they don't change a thing. If you're willing to kill someone then what is one more law to break? and with drugs, well prohibition doesn't work as people still take them. The problem is there's no regulations now for things that are on the black market so we can't control those who get into that. If video games get onto the black market, I can see them becomming far more worrying to the moral police because they do hold a lot of games back. GTA could probably go a lot further in how violent it is if video games where a black market commodity. and coming back to games, they are controlled by a fairly brief but fairly explanatory rating system. You tell people whats in a product, and they make informed decisions to buy it. People go "Oh, but parents buy it for their kids". What business is it of yours what someone else does with their own kids and what they permit their kids to see or know about? but an adult can inform themselves and make an informed decision or be ignorant. Thats the nature of freedom, choices other people make aren't something you should be concerned about. Its thier life, not yours. not your business. You can inform them but its up to them to accept the consequences and its up to them to learn about the thing they're making a choice about. If you're concerned that "lots of people will be ignorant or make a bad choice", then all it means is you have a lot of examples. Freedom is not a good thing to people who don't like people exersizing it; because not everyone thinks like you or even agrees with you on things. Free people will get upto things you don't approve of. You just have to respect their freedom even if you're not comfortable with their choices.
I'm friends with quite a few stoners, and I don't really give a shit. I think I have told them a few times to just not be retarded about it. If they started getting into LSD or other more serious drugs, I might say something about it, but for the most part, they can do what they want and I don't disapprove. I am also strongly against the prohibition of stuff. And any law that protects someone from themselves. Seatbelt laws are kinda in a grey area on this. I don't think there should be any laws that make passengers in a car wear seat belts, but let's say someone driving an suv full of people. If they aren't wearing a seatbelt, they could get thrown from the drivers seat and no longer have control of the vehicle, thus endangering other people in the car. That's kind of a difficult one.
If you drive without a seatbelt you're a complete moron and you kinda deserve to die anyway. Natural selection I guess. As for the SUV full of people, if you already crashed there's not a lot to do in terms of controlling the vehicle. You don't get randomly ejected from your seat
