Australian Attorney General Atkinson plans appeal of Modern Warfare 2 rating

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In a statement to AU GameSpot, South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson said he plans to appeal Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's MA15+ rating in the region. If successful, the game will be banned in Australia and this would be Atkinson's first time intervening on a rating by the Classification Board. Atkinson explains, "I worry about any game that encourages gamers to perpetrate extreme violence and cruelty on screen, but this game allows players to be virtual terrorists and gain points by massacring civilians." Those points for killing civilians aren't the only ones Atkinson is missing. >>>

The anti-game antics of Atkinson are coming dangerously close to reminding us of the United States' disgraced, former attorney Jack Thompson. The Age reports Atkinson was recently on Aussie national radio and expressed that the Classification Board in Australia "does everything" to "get games in under the radar, and film, generally." Later, he stated that he has "no trust" in the board to apply guidelines, thus drawing up guidelines for games to have an R18+ classification "would be to draw them up in sure and certain knowledge that they would be stretched and then broken." So, games aren't being rated properly, but he won't support an R18+ rating. Feel free to drop your "facepalm" reactions below in the comments.
via http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/24/australian-attorney-general-atkinson-plans-appeal-of-modern-warf/

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TTG_NasherPosted:

evilfantasy, y are you telling us your a football fan?

TheMoDiiFii3rPosted:

WHAT THE F*CK IS WRONG WITH AUSTRALIANS!!!

THEY F*CKIN CENSORED L4D2(thats why i didnt buy it)

and im australian

AND NOW Modern Warfare 2

T.T

evilfantasyPosted:

I am a football fan ! And You?



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evilfantasyPosted:

I am a football fan ! And You?



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SeanPosted:

done really know what the big deal is the game really is not that bad if you take away killing people at the airport lol woopps i went there again not going to let IW live that one down

speedPosted:

America ftw? Sorry but I had to say it :)

Seems like we're the only country other than the UK that hasn't had issues with the game..

TTG_NoOneCaresPosted:

Wow, what an idiot.

iBulletPosted:

Ant... lol... pl think im 20+



And im realyl p.od at australia



First they ban gore from l4d2



Now this...



Ots fake and we know it is, we wont use it in real life, michael is just a giant douche

AntPosted:

Whta the hell is that supposed to meen? Bullet is like 20+

DeanPosted:

Lol



Unlucky Bullet



Hope it don't go through :)