WTF of the Week: Aussie L4D2 players being kicked from foreign servers, not for ping?

Well through internet chat it has been brought to my attention that the censorship of Left 4 Dead 2 here in Australia has further ruined the game. There are reports from many Aussie gamers with the L4D2 demo on the steam forums claiming that they have been vote kicked off foreign games by other players with the normal version of the game.

Why? It appears that the censorship of the Aussie version has removed a special zombie from the game, the Riot Cop. When an Australian (or German) plays with players from another country with the normal version of the game, the Australian (or German) prevents the Riot Cop from spawning in that game. People have joined games, the other players get suspicious when the Riot Cop does not spawn, and then vote kick the Australian or German player with the censored version of the game.

This thread here on the Steam forum highlights all the problems/arguments related to this discovery. Here is an example of foreign players already looking for a way to ban all Australian and German players from their servers/games so that their gameplay experience is not ruined.