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Australia's idiotic censorship – a real life example

For those out of the loop, Australia currently doesn't have a censorship rating for videogames over M for mature. Which boils down to any game aimed at adults being banned down under.

Some of the more famous titles that have fallen under the archaic laws of this oppressive regime are GTA IV, Fallout 3 and most recently Sexy Poker.

However oddly enough it seems to be only videogames that the government can't handle as Australia has managed to legalise prostitution, have more sex shops than supermarkets and is quite happy to strap a 14 year old to a lie detector test.

So if you could decide between your child walking in on you playing Fallout 3 or watching Basic Instinct... which do you think would cause more harm?

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