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Australia Bans New Mortal Kombat
daria42 writes "Mortal Kombat is one of the oldest video game franchises around, but it looks as though Australia's classification board hasn't heard of it. Today the organization confirmed it had banned the newest version of the game from being sold in Australia, citing excessive violence, such as 'bloodspray' and 'limb dismemberment.' In a Mortal Kombat game? Who would have thought?! The ban comes because Australia does not have an R18+ classification for video games, despite extensive lobbying efforts by the video game industry and consumers."
You're full of shit.
You live in the most ridiculously controlled and censored environment on earth these days and you cast aspersions on Aussieland ??
If you turned down a job offer in Sydney over something in the US then you're obviously far too stupid to work effectively in Sydney and you did the right thing.
The employer "lost out" on a dipshit American and lost precisely no sleep over it at all, and immediately replaced you in the hiring process with someone with a functional brain.....maybe from the UK, or Canada or a local.
Make sure the backscatter machines and TSA nazis don't arrest you for contravening the Patriot Act or annoying the MPAA with bit-torrent upon your return to LA....ok ?
How about wandering down to a Freedom Zone next election?.....make sure you don't get mugged by all those slave descendants you bought over, on your way to score your crack and Uzi.
Loser.