SA Attorney-General to appeal Modern Warfare 2 rating

In the 5+ years since I turned 18, I think I've seen one, possibly two movies that have been rated R18+. At home, I've seen dozens. To say that ratings only 'work' with movies because we can apparently 'stop' kids from accessing them is ridiculous.

Every single one of his arguments is fundamentally flawed. They're either flat out wrong, based on misconceptions of the reality of video games, or actually supportive of introducing a new, more restrictive, rating category.

This interview doing the rounds at the moment, from Radio National, is a great summary of the stupidity of his argument against the R18+ 'movement.' He's still bringing up this example of Rapelay - the Japanese **** simulator - as if that's the sort of thing he is protecting the children of Australia against. He seems to be arguing the idea that introducing an R18+ category would negate and RC (refused classification) category that is currently at the 'top' of the ratings system. There is absolutely no way that Rapelay would get a rating in Australia, even if we had an R18+ category, just as it hasn't been rated in any other country around the world that does have an equivalent to the R18+ category.

Mr Atkinson has said himself that he isn't representing his electorate on this issue as they don't care. The fact that he is the only proponent of his side of the argument in all of this mess shows that he isn't representing any greater constituency of his state or the country. He's just another egotistical politician directly forcing his vision of the world upon those whom he has only indirect power.