Comments on: Australian Government moves to block banned game imports

By: Larry West

Larry West — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:22:40 +0000

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By: Seth

Seth — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:56:22 +0000

The Australian Government hasnt been able to gain enough public support for its plans for mandatory total 18+ internet censorship, so currently they only intend to block child pornography sites, but many normal porn sites may be blocked inadvertantly.

In regards to video pornography, the sale of X18+ rated material is banned, but importing and owning this is perfectly legal. And in practice many sex shops in Australia carry this material regardless.

And of course there are almost no games that would come close to depicting the kind of graphic acts that you would see in porn or violent ‘torture porn’ films.

I think that widespread censorship of anything is, on the whole, a bad thing.

By: Ian S.

Ian S. — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:10:54 +0000

why do games get all the bad press, what about the line-up of extremely violent movies that can easily be accessed by said age group?

By: Nogert

Nogert — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:21:37 +0000

Kind of sucks but makes sense at the same time, but personally I disagree as it’s unfair to the sane people.

By: Monocle Man

Monocle Man — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:49:58 +0000

I can’t help but think “What about porn?”, since you mention something about very few adult themed movies are forbidden.

How well is Australia prepared against rebellions?

By: Grilled Seabass

Grilled Seabass — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:25:44 +0000

Government censorship of the internet in western countries is gathering pace..