Aussie Attorney General Says Gamers Are Scarier Than Biker Gangs 409
Sasayaki writes "South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson claims, in an interview with Good Game, that gamers were more of a threat to his family than biker gangs. This is the man who has been the biggest opponent to Australia receiving an R18+ rating for video games and who has the power to veto any such law introducing it."
Well, i guess so... (Score:5, Funny)
if you are a bag of Doritos.
Hells Angels (Score:5, Funny)
I hear a challenge Hells Angels/Mongols/Pagans/Insert your club here. This guy just called you all a bunch of pussies!
Even scarier - both (Score:5, Funny)
Biker gangs playing video games while driving - that's double scary.
But what about Biker gangs playing video games about biker games playing video games while driving, while driving???
Or what about ERR_STACK_OVERFLOW
I hear that AG! (Score:4, Funny)
Or if I actually make it to a gas station and am fueling up, one of em might come over, push his glasses up or adjust the tape holding them together, asking what if I'm gonna reserve the new StarCraft! The horror!
I always feel much safer knowing that the guy next to me on that bike on the highway has a full body tattoo and a mustache, and so does his girlfriend on the bitch seat! I mean, at least they're not gamers, right?
* PS - This is intended as a lame attempt at humor, don't hurt me, I play games too! >.>
Re:Bwahahaha! (Score:5, Funny)
He's a politician. What do you expect - he's probably both?
Of course! (Score:3, Funny)
ok... (Score:3, Funny)
This bloke is a dill mates.
Re:I hear that AG! (Score:3, Funny)
This guy is going to piss him... (Score:3, Funny)
This guy is going to piss himself if he meets a gamer that's in a biker gang.
Re:Hells Angels (Score:5, Funny)
according to TFA their 'biker gags' are called 'bikies'.
wtf?
makes sense now... who would be afraid of a widdle bikie-wikee gang?
Re:Hells Angels (Score:5, Funny)
"TANGENT ATTACK! CHEW ON MY SATANIC PI! ONE THOUSAND DEGREEEEES HYPOTENUSE!"
"NOOO This value is... not... real.. not... possible!Gngngngnn.Must... Resist..." *faints*
Hell's Angles declared winners.
Re:Hells Angels (Score:5, Funny)
No, that's SATA N DEATH 666. It's a SerialATA specifications group who is concerned that SATA will reach 666 MB/s, and that this would indicate the coming of the Apocalypse by bringing one of the Four Horsemen, Death.
Its the truth!! (Score:2, Funny)
Believe me there is nothing more scary than 24 angry players with huge repair bills, and no epic loot.....
He's on to us! (Score:1, Funny)
Our plans have been discovered early! Now our time has come! Gamers everywhere, flock to your mopeds and your scooters, or borrow a ride from your mother. We shall gather and overthrow the authority known as government. Our battle cry shall be fearsome, as we scream “Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A”! And as our numbers fall, we shall terrify the enemy, for our army will rise again, as we know the cheat code for infinite lives! Gather your arms, your light guns and joysticks. We shall prevail!
I might be a little bit late... My guy is almost to level 30 and I can't find a save point anywhere...
b0ng clan for life (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Aussie Jack Thompson? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Anecdotal Evidence Disagrees. (Score:3, Funny)
Which is why we need another new law covering this....
Re:Bwahahaha! (Score:5, Funny)
FWIW, the bikers did indeed barbecue and eat a cat.
Which is in direct contradiction with the article that says:
He was later forced to apologise. The animal was not a cat, the incident happened at another location and bikies weren't involved.
So...what am I supposed to make of this?
It was not a cat, it was a pig. Those weren't bikers, they were Hawaiians. It wasn't a biker gang rally, it was actually a Luau. He wasn't even in Australia at the time, he was on vacation in Hawaii. OK, it all makes sense now.
Re:Shh, don't tell him... (Score:3, Funny)
That a bunch of gamers got together and raised 1.7M dollars for charity...
By smuggling drugs or weapons?
Yu-Gi-Oh! Gang (Score:3, Funny)
You don't wanna mess with the Yu-Gi-Oh! Card-Gaming Gang [google.com].
1%ers (Score:1, Funny)
If gamers are worse than bikers, who are the the 1%ers of the gamers?
Re:The guy's right (Score:4, Funny)
It's not a generalization. He said "I feel that my family and I are more at risk from gamers than we are from the outlaw motorcycle gangs who also hate me and are running a candidate against me".
Of course, this "note" could easily be bogus, like the cat incident. Perhaps it will turn out that the note wasn't slipped under his door, it was placed on his refrigerator. It wasn't written by a gamer, it was by his daughter. And it wasn't a death threat, but a grocery list.
Hey, we got some of them in Amsterdam (Score:4, Funny)
Me and some gamer mates are going to beat up the Amsterdam chapter of the Hell's Angels. I mean, we are thougher then them right? What could possibly go wrong? They are wusses and I will make sure to tell them loudly and clearly, what are they going to do? None of them has scored as many kills in Counterstrike as I have.
Re:I'd have to agree with him... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, it's always good to have a few fat slobs to cover your escape while you run out the back door.
Re:Bwahahaha! (Score:1, Funny)
Say "Was that a Pulp Fiction reference?" again! Say "Was that a Pulp Fiction reference?" again! I dare you! I double-dare you, motherfucker! Say "Was that a Pulp Fiction reference?" one more goddamn time!
Re:Hells Angels (Score:3, Funny)
This is the same idiot?? All is explained!
Yep. If you see any news item these days that can be summed up as "retarded Australian legislation and/or ban", just assume it has the Michael Atkinson seal of approval.
I like some previous post's suggestion that he try to ban or "rate" motorcycles according to how gang-like they are, and see how far that gets him, with the Hell's Angels or anyone else.
Will his rating scheme be 1-4 grilled cats?
Re:Hells Angels (Score:3, Funny)
Australian slang is all about making everything have two syllables. 'Bike' has one syllable, so we add '-ie' to make it two. Lebanese has three syllables, so we take the first syllable and add '-o' to make Lebbo.
It gets a lot more surreal when we apply this kind of abbreviation slang to things that are already slang. The best example being 'seppo', which is abbreviated from 'septic tank' which is cockney rhyming slang for 'yank'.