Video games such as " Grand Theft Auto " have age restrictions that apply to purchasers. The extreme classification is MA 15+. This is supposed to restrict purchasers to proving that they are over fifteen years of age, and they must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at the time of purchase.
It is suggested that we need a new classification - R 18+ -to regulate violent video games, but this is being sabotaged by one state attorney general, and to be effective the law would need to apply to all Australian states.
Why bother ?
Does anyone really believe that the present laws restricting the sale of cigarettes and alcohol to those over the age of eighteen actually stop kids getting their hands on such contraband ?
Every now and then the law launches an enforcement blitz and for a few days an undercover kid tries to make purchases of forbidden items, leading to a few unfortunate sales assistants copping a fine - and then it is back to normal !
It should be apparent from the drug experience that prohibition of any desired item will fail !
Society has changed in recent decades. There simply is no point in passing laws that have no hope of being widely obeyed.
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