Trying to ban racing game in Oz

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/15/1068674436769.html This takes the cake.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/15/1068674436769.html This takes the cake.

Oh, now this is pathetic... "There is no research into how racing games affect the attitudes of young drivers. But, Mr Gibson said, there is enough research into risk-taking behaviour for there to be a concern. "It's better to be safe than sorry." If it's THAT better to be safe than sorry, then we need to outlaw cars alltogether, hot water, hot grease, hot McDonalds Coffee (couldn't resist that one), air (hey, it might be polluted), water (someone might possibly trip and jam their head in their glass, and thus drown), etc... This guy has seen Demolition Man too many times and it gave him idea's. -Larry "Kyle Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pfHtb.45669$[email hidden]... > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/15/1068674436769.html > > This takes the cake. > >

"Kyle Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pfHtb.45669$[email hidden]... > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/15/1068674436769.html > > This takes the cake. > > Another problem pointed out in that story is the stupid situation of cars like the Enzo as mention not being able to be registered in OZ. We want out exotic supercars!

Some of us are to old to be infuenced by that stuff anyway. When i was a kid, we had to use Mad Max and The Road Warrior to hone our road skills.. sheesh

In article <OfUtb.23063$HD3.14529@lakeread06>, "Larry" <[email hidden]> writes: >Oh, now this is pathetic... > >"There is no research into how racing games affect the attitudes of young >drivers. But, Mr Gibson said, there is enough research into risk-taking >behaviour for there to be a concern. >"It's better to be safe than sorry." Out of curiosity, did they also ban Carmageddon 1 & 2? Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <5HXtb.172140$ao4.564340@attbi_s51>, "GMpartsguy" <[email hidden]> writes: >Some of us are to old to be infuenced by that stuff anyway. When i was a >kid, we had to use Mad Max and The Road Warrior to hone our road skills.. >sheesh > Anybody else remember Death Race 2000? Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Anybody else remember Death Race 2000? >Sylvester Stallone wishes he could forget that movie. ;-)

EldredP wrote: > Anybody else remember Death Race 2000? You mean your quest to get negative before Y2K? <grin> Regards, Rudy (GPLRank -16)

> >"There is no research into how racing games affect the attitudes of young > >drivers. But, Mr Gibson said, there is enough research into risk-taking > >behaviour for there to be a concern. > >"It's better to be safe than sorry." > > Out of curiosity, did they also ban Carmageddon 1 & 2? Yes, however the developers released a version with zombies and green blood instead of regular pedestrians and it was given the green light by the censors.... The main problem is that all R-rated games are banned in Australia - the highest classification is MA15+.

In article <bppk0c$8p1$[email hidden]>, Ruud Dingemans <[email hidden]> writes:

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>EldredP wrote: > > >> Anybody else remember Death Race 2000? > > >You mean your quest to get negative before Y2K? <grin>

Ouch... Besides, smart aleck - GPLRank didn't come out until Summer 2000...<sticks out tongue> :-) Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

EldredP wrote: >>You mean your quest to get negative before Y2K? <grin> > Besides, smart aleck - GPLRank didn't come out until Summer 2000...<sticks out > tongue> Just kidding Eldred - and, unless I'm very much mistaken, you were already negative waaayyy before me :) Regards, Rudy (GPLRank -16)

>Just kidding Eldred - and, unless I'm very much mistaken, you were >already negative waaayyy before me :) > >Regards, Rudy >(GPLRank -16) I went negative on Dec 13, 2002(friday the 13th), and have pretty much stagnated. I think I got to about -2 or so before my system crashed and I lost all my replays/times. You on the other hand, shot right by me and continue to pull away... :-( Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.