GAME-Backed Petition for R18+ Draws Huge Response

April 15, 2010

A pro R18+ petition sponsored by retailer GAME has garnered the signatures of over 72,000 Australians.

The company plans to present some of it findings to a Standing Committee of Attorneys-General meeting on May 7 reports GameSpot, though it’s unclear if the issue of R18+ will even be on the agenda of that gathering. GAME also plans to present the petition to Federal Home Affairs Minister Brendon O'Connor.

The petition, also sponsored by Everyone Plays, achieved the large number of supporters in only six weeks, and is on track to become the largest petition in Australian history, surpassing a 2005 petition for Work Choices that received 85,189 signatures.

A similar petition sponsored by EB Games and Grow Up Australia totaled over 46,000 signatures.

Thanks Ryan!

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Comments

Re: GAME-Backed Petition for R18+ Draws Huge Response

Submitted by the8bitfox on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 14:34.

Well i guess Atkinson was wrong. Hopefully this passes. i have some friends who got busted importing l4d2 and luckily they only got 2 days in jail for it.

Re: GAME-Backed Petition for R18+ Draws Huge Response

Submitted by Ryno on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 23:26.

"i have some friends who got busted importing l4d2 and luckily they only got 2 days in jail for it."

I think the adverb you meant to use was "stupidly".

Saying that Jack Thompson is impotent is an insult to impotent men everywhere. They've got a whole assortment of drugs that can cure their condition; Jack, however...

Re: GAME-Backed Petition for R18+ Draws Huge Response

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 14:51.

......... 2 days in jail for importaing a fucking video game!?!? SERIOUSLY!?!?!

Re: GAME-Backed Petition for R18+ Draws Huge Response

Submitted by Father Time on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 13:07.

"and is on track to become the largest petition in Australian history,"

So what was that about no one caring about R18 Mr. Atkinson?

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Re: GAME-Backed Petition for R18+ Draws Huge Response

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 13:25.

I think he just said that hoping those who are for it would give up and stop trying.

Re: GAME-Backed Petition for R18+ Draws Huge Response

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 11:54.

Well, considering there's an AG who will hopefully listen now, this is good news.

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DorthLous: Actually, nop, I did miss the emoticon for some reason (getting used to pics?) and I didn't know you changed it since (since I posted previous to my shout and it was still there.) Anyhow, thanks for taking it out!05/23/2012 - 6:01pm

james_fudge: Well we were just testing it. but it is still on the submission to fight $pam.05/23/2012 - 5:48pm

E. Zachary Knight: James, No I don't have it. I was just wondering who does and why. More curiosity than anything.05/23/2012 - 5:38pm

james_fudge: Did you not see the emoticon and did you not see that it has already been changed back?05/23/2012 - 5:10pm

james_fudge: LOL05/23/2012 - 5:07pm

DorthLous: Why? Not shocked that people are barking to an additional hoop to jump through when posting from their already logged in account or just mentionning this to try to paint me as one always complaining?05/23/2012 - 4:45pm

james_fudge: big shock there ;)05/23/2012 - 4:30pm

DorthLous: I'll add my voice to those wanting it gone :S I'm already logged in, I don't need a captch'a. That's for those registering.05/23/2012 - 3:54pm

james_fudge: Et tu EZK?!?05/23/2012 - 3:51pm

Craig R.: I'm a One Man Quorum! And it's working for me now, thanks. :)05/23/2012 - 3:48pm

E. Zachary Knight: How do we determine who get's the game/captcha thingy? Is there a certain posting threshhold users have to meet before it is turned off?05/23/2012 - 2:25pm

james_fudge: Give it a chance, we're still adjusting it ;)05/23/2012 - 11:20am

james_fudge: One does not a Quorum make Craig.05/23/2012 - 11:16am

Craig R.: If I complete the stupid game, and it just deletes my comment, what's the point?05/23/2012 - 11:15am

Craig R.: Ok, the little captcha game? You can get rid of it already.05/23/2012 - 11:13am

Craig R.: FCC boss is giving the thumbs up to usage-based pricing for Internet access05/23/2012 - 11:08am

Andrew Eisen: beemoh - Yeah, Miyamoto was awarded the Spanish prize for Communication and Humanities.05/23/2012 - 10:36am

beemoh: UK READERS: Sky Arts to broadcast complete Video Games Live concert this Friday at 9PM. Repeat 7AM the day after.05/23/2012 - 10:09am

beemoh: Miyamoto seems to have been awardsed something- he was just trending worldwide on Twitter, and all the tweets were in what looked like Spanish.05/23/2012 - 7:07am

Michael Chandra: Think so yes, since the judge didn't allow them to add ips at will. :P05/23/2012 - 6:23am

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