Just for the non-gamers here, the highest rating that can be given to a game is MA15+. Now why they don’t bolster the highest rating to R18 is a mystery to me. They can do it for movies, but not in games? That’s just weird.
For fuck’s sake, if those politicians are so fucking scared of minors getting a hold of these games, then get a higher rating! It’s so simple. If there’s a huge motherfucking “R18″ rating on the game-box, then don’t you think parents are going to think twice about buying a game that has a rating like that?
And I wish they’d stop trying to control us – if I buy a R18 movie for myself, it’s not up to the government to stop minors from getting on their hands on it from me. Once I buy it, and I keep it in my house, it becomes my duty to stop minors from getting their hands on it.
The fact that they want to ban this game from getting sold in Australia hurts everybody. Everybody loses. It can go like this:
The game gets edited to suit the MA15+ rating. That way, minors have an EASIER way to buying a game that’s not suited for them. You think there’s some parent going to let their kid play it if it’s got “R18″ on it? That just screams “NOT FOR YOUR KID!” more effectively than MA15.
Or, the game gets banned altogether, and hurts the developers, publishers in the gaming industry, the Australian economy (yes, gaming is a form of entertainment that contributes to the economy) and the consumers. But that doesn’t matter, there are ways to ILLEGALLY download it and ways to import it from overseas (hence hurting the Australian economy).
And no, I am not a bloody-thirsty, gun-wielding maniac. I am not fighting for a R18 classification so I can enjoy more gore and violence (I am quite the opposite; I actually can’t stand that shit), as some people will tell me. But this kind of classification will keep everybody happy. Parents are informed, and I am happy because I don’t have to deal with the government controlling what I like to be entertained by.
One thing I can’t stand is when people say “they” or “them” when they’re referring to a certain group, whether it be race, sexuality, dis/ability, gender etc. What in the world drives people to say it, as if they’re different? That’s something I just don’t get. Especially when it’s those stupid fundamentalist religious shitheads that go about saying it, like they’re the ones that are normal.
There’s a lot of that “they” action happening in that video there. Oh, and that DVD? That’s for real. It’s actually getting released. Here is the transcript:
It could happen to your town.
Man: They’ve come out of the closet.
AFA presents a look at how a handful of homosexual activists infiltrated the Eureka Springs, Arkansas government and changed the very moral fiber of the city.
Man 2: They’re taking over a place that has been known for its Christianity.
Man 1: They branded us as fundamentalists, as Christian hate bigots -
Man 2: Once homosexual activists get into power, they’re not too tolerant toward other people.
Learn the strategies used by gay activists and don’t let this happen to your city. This DVD is a must-teaching tool – watch, and learn how to fight a well-organized gay agenda to take over the cities of America, one city at a time.
Man 3: If it hasn’t happened in your town, get ready, because it is going to happen.
Show it at home, in Sunday schools, Bible studies and community groups. Purchase your copy, or a 5 pack to share with others today, and spread the news – They’re Coming To Your Town.
If I ruled the world, I would burn all these stupid DVDs in a huge bonfire. The fact that these DVDs are actually getting released scares me: where do they get all the money to hire staff like directors, producers, camera people, make-up artists, and then actually have the money to go ahead and produce it, and then promote it? Wow.
PS. I have had these headaches for the past few days now and it’s really annoying. Today I was supposed to work but couldn’t because it was that bad. Is it because I’m not getting enough sleep or something? It makes me a sad panda.
As a blog post-comment on TDW’s post, I thought I’d do a follow up post to my previous one as well.
Society has failed this time. Seriously. Not completely failed, but society has fucked itself good this time. The fact that Prop 8 passed is a juicy, fat failure from start to finish – the fact that modern society questions same-sex marriage is a failure.
What really shits me about this is that someone’s rights got put on the line all because of popular vote – no one’s rights should be put on a pedestal and be decided whether they should have it or not due to popular vote. Minorities should not be subjected to what the majority decides. The privileged should not decide on what’s best for the unprivileged. It’s important to respect someone’s rights and I’m surprised that people voted on this at all: popular vote sucks. Don’t let its name fool you. Popular vote doesn’t always necessarily mean a 90/10 divide on a certain issue. In fact, 51% in California voted “Yes” to Prop 8. So you can see it was pretty close. And just because something passes due to popular vote, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s right either.
If you put this whole situation in its bare skeletal form, apparently some people like to think it’s okay that someone’s rights should be taken so lightly, that a vote should cover it. Now that’s scary.
And I don’t understand why some people don’t fucking get this. If there was a ballot initiative that would make it illegal for non-white people to vote, would people stand for it? If there was a vote that would make slavery legal again, would people allow it to happen?
I’m afraid that civil union just doesn’t cut the mustard. Civil unions cut out the many benefits of marriage, and saying, “I got civil union-ed yesterday!” instead of, “I got married yesterday!” is such a huge difference from each other. While I’m not into marriage, I have heard plenty of gay couples wishing they could get married and it makes me a sad panda that they can’t. The fact that there are also so many straight couples out there who are happily not getting married and are also in successful relationships, and so many gay couples out there who want to… the irony kills my life. Though the problem here is that some people think that separate is equal. That telling a minority to go do their own thing is okay, because apparently, their relationship is less important and not the real thing. No, that’s not equality. Just a little heads up for those who want to sustain “traditional” marriage, that’s called segregation.
Though I’m still hopeful. We look back today and see how marriage between a black and white person was illegal and think just how stupid that was. Hopefully in the future, we’ll look back and see just how stupid making same-sex marriages illegal is.
While Obama making president is awesome news, the fact that Prop 8 passed just fucking shits me. And to make it sting even more, Prop 8 was something that could possibly ban marriage between a same-sex couple in frickin’ California. Of all places. There were also other propositions in other states that passed too. Sigh. Too fucking depressing.
Melissa Etheridge writes about this really interesting piece on this, and she makes a great point in the first two paragraphs and pretty much says what I want to say as well (though I don’t actually condone not paying taxes):
“Okay. So Prop 8 passed. Alright, I get it. 51% of you think that I am a second class citizen. Alright then. So my wife, uh I mean, roommate? Girlfriend? Special lady friend? You are gonna have to help me here because I am not sure what to call her now. Anyways, she and I are not allowed the same right under the state constitution as any other citizen. Okay, so I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen. I mean that would just be wrong, to make someone pay taxes and not give them the same rights, sounds sort of like that taxation without representation thing from the history books.
Okay, cool I don’t mean to get too personal here but there is a lot I can do with the extra half a million dollars that I will be keeping instead of handing it over to the state of California. Oh, and I am sure Ellen will be a little excited to keep her bazillion bucks that she pays in taxes too. Wow, come to think of it, there are quite a few of us fortunate gay folks that will be having some extra cash this year. What recession? We’re gay! I am sure there will be a little box on the tax forms now single, married, divorced, gay, check here if you are gay, yeah, that’s not so bad. Of course all of the waiters and hairdressers and UPS workers and gym teachers and such, they won’t have to pay their taxes either.”
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