the only reason we dont have a 18+ game rating in OZ is adults as such dont know and are afraid of "video games" movies with blood guts and dead hookers are fine, but oh hell no not a video game..
i think it comes down to ppl using this media a baby sitter and also the younger generation being alot more tech savy then there parents and end up doing stuff that there parents dont know what there doing online... (games, porn, torrents, ect)
im waiting for the day when "parents" realise what is actualy on youtube, becasuer that will be the next thing baned in australia because parents cant just be parents and filter what there children are doing because they are either too busy/ dont care/ or dont have the tech understanding to do so
but either way let us have 18+ games, come on we have porn, sex shops but not video games that are 18+, what about smokes and grog there 18+ but how many kids smoke and drink (heaps) but you dont see them being baned/ out lawed in australia, NO.. why because its something that is seen that parents should control (and the parents want it too)
heck my broher and i (mussels) we grew up with pc's we did alot, we were into our dads porn, X rated games (lesure suit lary, madam, ect... (i soon figured out madam wasnt mad mad..lol)) our parents knew exactly what we were up to, quite often they would come up and help us with the games and we have turned out normal (well mostly)
kids these days are shelterd from the world and are told not to do every thing, its bad, its evil, satin will get you, you will get hurt, you will get kidnaped, ect, ect, where yes it can be true, it dosnt often happen, and sadly that is a part of life, but not something to be scared off, but somthing to be aware of. and kids being kids want to push these bounderies and because the boundries are so tight and have no real knollege or understanding of there actions, and just told not to do it, thats when they go out and do all this messed up shit,
for the older pplz here think back when you were kids how much crazy shit did you get up to, i bet heaps, but you had a understanding of consiquences and respect for things (two things missing today) and when you did things you knew there was a limit and if you crossed it your ass was grass and you would not be sitting for a week and it was bed early, no tv, ect
i know the stuff i did, drive cars on the farm, blow shit up, use fire arms, ect. but at least i had a respect for it all and knew what would happen if stuff when wrong, but also we have a huge farm where we could get away with this stuff
//end rant
:edit, hot dam i wrote some shit
