I think I really do think we can survive it. We can survive that. The ludicrous notion that decisions for all Australian adults must be taken on the basis of some kind of mythical decent Australian is simply bullying. Now, that's not to say that community standards are completely irrelevant when it comes to classifying film. Classification is terrific.
Classification warns people what to expect if they go to the movies.
We may wish to move on as a society but the politics of Australia is deeply rooted at the moment in the need for these sorts of controls. It's not because Australians want them. If you if you survey Australians and both political - both sides of politics have done this and other people have done it as well. But that's not the politics of Australia at the moment. Both sides of politics are very anxious to reassure the most conservative section of Australia, the 30 per cent who are uncertain what adults that adults should be allowed to see what they want, reassuring that sector of Australian politics is absolutely crucial at the moment and that's running Australian politics and while people deride John Howard for being a conservative, a narrow minded man, they should look very closely at Kim Beazley who is, in his social values, as conservative as John Howard.