michael atkinson mugshot 200x300 South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson Refuses To Give Up On R18+ Fight

Biggest Douche In The Universe

We’ve previously reported about the public commentary that the Attorney-General’s office of Australia is seeking on whether or not the country should get a 18+ rating for computer games under the Australian National Classification Scheme. And according to a report at Gamespot, biggest douche in the Universe Michael Atkinson refuses to give up his crusade to prevent the rating from coming into effect despite overwhelming support of the community for the rating.

This is a great example of why you need to vote some people out of power. He is preventing the will of the people from being exercised because of his personal objections. I can understand why he gets so much hate mail.

Atkinson won’t even consider changing his mind if the report does not include his hand picked pictures which he feels will allow non-gamers to understand what he objects to.

“I also believe that very few people outside the gaming community will have a say in this public consultation, which will mean an overwhelming response in support of R18+”.

Fancy that. Only the people who are affected by legislation will generally be interested in commenting on it. What a shock. I’m sure all the homeless comment on property taxes, and all the college students comment on changes to retirement benefits in his district then.

Australia really needs to change their own rules so that they don’t need a unanimous vote of all the Attorney-General’s in order to implement rule changes. One man should not be able to hold back everyone else.

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4 Responses to “South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson Refuses To Give Up On R18+ Fight”

  1. Dan Furnas on 19 Jan 2010 at 3:49 pm #

    This guy is making a mockery of government, which is impressive when you consider how poorly government is managed in general. How long until they can replace that guy?

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  2. Greg Barbe on 19 Jan 2010 at 5:30 pm #

    Elections are set for March 2010. Commenting closes on the issue in mid February. Hopefully he’ll be kicked out before the final vote is made on the R18 issue.

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  3. Dan Furnas on 19 Jan 2010 at 6:21 pm #

    Here’s to hoping. Maybe the other Attorneys-General can table the issue before vote and delay it until after the election is certified.

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