Apparently Austrailian officials don't know the meaning fo the term "free speech."
There's been a battle going on there for awhile between officials and gamers because of a lack of a R18+ rating. The gamers want the rating, the officials there don't. Well, I should say one official doesn't want it -- South Austrailian Attorney General Michael Atkinson has put the kibosh on the rating with no signs of budging in an attempt to "protect the children."
Well, South Austrailia has decided to do the same thing for films, as well. According to Gizmodo (h/t GamePolitics) any film rated R18+ will be displayed in any establishment that deals with mixed rated movies as if it were porn. By law, R18+ movies will be in their own section with little advertising and a sign stating that the material may cause "offence" in video stores and places like Blockbuster and Target, while in theaters trailers for R18+ movies will no longer be shown and posters no longer featured in the lobby alongside other films.
If this happened here in the US, the proposal of this would be an outrage. However, it somehow managed to slip under the radar there. Many retailers and theaters were not aware of the new rules until they went in to effect.
Thsi is why I don't trust the government. Ever.
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