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The reason video games get such harsh scrutiny by censors is that, because there are currently no substantial classification laws in place for video games, conservative types have carte blanche to put arbitrary restrictions on games or just outright ban them; for almost ten years there's been a push to adopt more tangible policies but the same South Australian politician has been cockblocking the entire process this whole time. They've used these same ambiguities to charge a Tasmanian grindcore band with distributing child pornography, too. That being said, the censorship of print and film is pretty lax here, in my opinion, it's just outspoken minorities in search of a moral crusade like to go after a relatively easy target live video games. Oh well.
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