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Aussie Attorney General Says Gamers Are Scarier Than Biker Gangs

Posted by Soulskill on from the well-perhaps-in-some-senses dept.

Sasayaki writes "South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson claims, in an interview with Good Game, that gamers were more of a threat to his family than biker gangs. This is the man who has been the biggest opponent to Australia receiving an R18+ rating for video games and who has the power to veto any such law introducing it."

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  1. Veto? by afidel · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wow, the AG has the power of the veto in .AU? That's a pretty strange arrangement where the guy charged with enforcing the law gets to decide if something should be a law.

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  2. Re:Bwahahaha! by rale,+the · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article also mentions that in his scuffle with the bikers, he claimed they had BBQ'd and eaten a cat. Then was forced to admit he made it up. Why would you give him any credibility with regards to this supposed threat he received, when he has lied about his opposition in the past?

  3. Threatening?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is a copy of the note itself
    http://imgur.com/CeACw.png

    How does this constitute a threatening letter?
    "Dear Mick, I Can Has R18 Rating Pls? kthxbai"

    Screen shot Taken from http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/02/16/2820930.htm (not by me)

    Talk about the media taking it and running with it and blowing out of proportion