[UA] MPAA / Nookie

[Russell Rayburn]

On 2/14/07, Greg Stolze <gregstolze at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> As for the MPAA, it's not just anonymous, it's utterly morally
> bankrupt.  An indie film that shows three pubic hairs is doomed to an
> R, if not an NC-17, while an action film where people get
> disemboweled can manage a PG-13 if its director and producer have the
> clout.
>

$tongue = 'In_cheek';

Well pubic hair is obviously more harmful than disemboweling!  I mean
sheesh.. which would you rather have children doing, disemboweling
people or looking at each others privates?!  Think of the
chiiiiiilllllllddddrrrrreeeeeeennnn!!!!

undef $tongue;

Seriously though, that's something about the 'Merkin psyche I've never
understood.  It's ok to indulge in entertainment with massive amounts
of violence, but add in any sex / nudity and suddenly it's EVIL.

Take recent episodes of Battlestar Glactica.  You can torture a guy on
screen twice without a whiff from the censors, but if Number 6 lets
the puppies out that would be the end of life as we know it.  Yeah,
it's probably a different office or something, but you get the idea.

Just so we're clear though: I'm not saying violence should be toned
down in mass media, but rather pull off ALL the censorship, and let
people decide for themselves what they want.


-- 
Psychotics think two and two make five.
Neurotics know two and two make four
but they can't stand it.
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