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04-26-2007, 08:51 PM | #1 |
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Jack Valenti, 85, dead.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...home-headlines
If you're not familiar with him, read the article, he's the founder of the MPAA and the ratings system for films in America. I don't necessarily agree with the way the program works, because I don't believe age is a clear indicator of maturity level, and is simply "the most effective" yet still not appropriate manner of handling the issue of censorship. Personally, I don't believe in censorship at all, it's the foundation of government. If there were no censorship, there would be no source of government, because that is the source of the foundation of it. I'm not an anarchist, but adding these little restrictions on our culture has shaped it without the citizens' main consent, and rather a government agency, not something that usually mixes well for the interest of people and their freedoms overall.
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04-27-2007, 09:26 AM | #2 |
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I'm not against the concept of putting ratings on movies. I actually care about the ratings and why the movie has such a rating. It's not censorship at all. Censorship would mean that the government has banned movies from being shown.
Movie theaters may prevent minors from seeing movies rated "R" because apparently the movie industry is one of the only that seemto recognize that parents are still the authority in the family. I think it is irresponsible and unethical to have movies released and not let anybody know what's in them. Many people would probably stop going after they end up at Brokeback Mountain, not knowing there's gay sex in the movie. The problem I have with the ratings system is that our culture has become more comfortable with ideas and issues to which I don't want to expose my 8 year-old. I am a rather religious person, and there are things, even in PG and G rated movies that I don't want my kids (future) watching. The system is not perfect, but it helps. |
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Our country is as safe as it's going to get, and increasing security won't help, it will just give people more consideration into how they're going to get around barriers, that's why our thinking minds engineer so many new ideas every day, we will always look for a way out, or entirely stop and follow the law, meh. EDIT: but good post though, not disagreeing with you.
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