I understand the distinction that you're making but my point still stands. I've personally seen probably hundreds of movies in my lifetime that glamorize sex, drugs, violance, murder... insert any other deadly sin you can think of. I've read books that depict prostitution as a 'victimless' crime or in other words, a rewarding experience.
Does Austrailia have MTV? I don't think 8 seconds goes by on MTV where some god aweful behavior is portrayed as 'rewarding.'
Where's the problem? Importing from the UK is cheaper than buying in an Autralian store would be.
I don't know whether they are qualified to censor games.
Easy answer to this. No, they're not. Facts to support this conclusion: See the title of this thread.
If this was Taiwan we were talking about I would suspect corruption. For example: PB couldn't cough over the dough and so got rejected.
However Australia isn't Taiwan so it probably is just some kind of stupid decsion by some ego driven group that doesn't like computer games.
For a good overview of the Aussie standpoint in the gaming world i suggest reading..."Sensory Overload" at the Australian Gamespot site posted 2008.
1. The history of game classification in Australia.
2. Australia against the world.
3. How games classification affect you.
http://au.gamespot.com/features/6188493/index.html
Ok so mass murder in a video game is acceptable but drug use is not? That thinking is beyond my understanding.
Of all the things to worry about, they are concerned that a German RPG will corrupt the minds of young Australians.