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Anti-Gamer South Australian Attorney General Quits
dogbolter writes "South Australian Attorney General, Michael Atkinson, infamous for the banning of R18+ rated games and the censoring of political comment in Australia, has quit. The recent South Australian election provided a massive swing against Atkinson's governing labor party. As a direct result of the South Australian election result, he is standing down. Hopefully someone with half a clue will assume the vacant post and overturn the decision to ban adult oriented computer games."
As far as politics news this would have to be the best thing I've heard in ... well forever (In Australia anyway).
So can we all get Senator Conroy (the minister for fascism) to throw in the towel too?
...the potential for evil. There is no guarantee that the replacement will be less clueless or less malevolent towards the pastimes of modern society. With a little good luck, some of Atkinson's stupider decisions and stances will be reversed. Politicians, however, are more adept at finding and deploying bad luck than good.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
"Nations other than the United States of America?"
I don't know about that...
"Nations which don't use English as the language of commerce and teaching?"
Alright, I get it now, you're yanking my chain... you can drop it.
"Nations which are not based on European culture or otherwise have majority white populations?"
Is that supposed to be some kind of sick joke? Well, it's not funny if it is.
Seriously though, such nations and cultures are more than welcome to have websites dealing with whatever issues they like in whatever language they like... many already do. Slashdot does not have to be that site. In fact, it doesn't even have to be a site most white, English speaking Americans are interested in.
I see your observation that Slashdot does not cater to the demographic of "everybody in the world" and raise you the observation that "it doesn't have to, and probably shouldn't".
Try not to take me more seriously than I take myself.
Thompson is hardly a pain in the ass, as that would require him to be somewhat effective. If anything, his lunatic raving has worked in favour of game players and -publishers, since he makes the anti-gaming side look bad by association.
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
This is good lets hope the guy never again gets into a position where he can threaten our freedoms and liberty. Not only was he against the R classification for games but he was also an advocate for Internet and press censorship.