A momentary aside.
The MPAA, the folks who rate movies, have announced that they will now consider cigarette smoking in a movie as one factor in determining whether a film gets an "R" rating instead of a PG-13.
Why stop there?
How about portioln size? If a film character eats a meal with too many calories, or fats, or not not enough vegetables - shouldn't that be a factor also.
And what about Characters who leave the toilet seat up? Or jay walk? Or go to bed without brushing their teeth? Or leave a light on when they leave a room? Or undertip?
The movies have a powerful influence on our children, so shouldn't every bad act, every anti-social deed, every step away from the ideal path be noted and weighed?
5 comments:
Yes, let's clean up all references to anything bad, to protect our children, better yet, let's put them all in big plastic protective bubbles!
I've got some left over from the dry cleaners.
If parents instilled good behavior and high moral standards in their children they wouldn't have to worry about them being influenced by what they see on film or learn from their peers.
Most of us grew up watching "violent cartoons".(The Roadrunner being blown up by Wyley Cayote. Popeye and Bluto duking it out)
How many of us turned out to be
serial killers?
Unc,
Your blog causes verbal battles. I guess you should be rated NR17 for violence.
Nope, when it's not about Woodbury, my blog induces coma.
We are a very parochial bunch.
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