Australian pol says country's ratings 'out of step'

By Randolph Ramsay on 01 April 2008

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Comments: It�s silly to ban Adults from something because we don�t want children to have access to them. By that logic we should completely ban R movies, alcohol, cars, credit cards, home loans and the army. But we don�t, we put a system in place so children can�t easily access these things and for most things that is considered adequate. Why don�t they let the parents do the parenting, not the some government appointed committee.

Plus if they think that Kids aren�t playing these games because they are banned in Australia, they need to think again. I remember in my teens, 10 years ago, that we used to very easily hunt down these illegal games just because they were banned, only to find that most of them where incredibly poor.

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