Quick Links for Today:
- "At one level this battle…over legalese, interpretations, meanings. At another level this is about core American values, about the rule of law and maintaining this nation’s reputation for taking the moral high ground."
- "This is what George Bush wants to be able to do. And he wants to be able to do it to Americans, too, with no oversight and no legal protections for those so victimized."
- "You too can experience or heaven help you, you weirdo, take part in the next Zombie Walk this very Friday, Sept. 22."
- I hope it wasn't a Catholic bishops conference…
- "What is the truth about exercise and weight, and how can you accurately calculate the caloric value of various activities?"
- This kid is incredible.
- "[Famer] Justo Gallego Martínez is building his very own Cathedral in Mejorada del Campo near Madrid, Spain"
- Yet another way to look at the blog ecosystem…
- "A new book about humor under the Nazis gives some interesting insights into life in the Third Reich and breaks yet another taboo in Germany's treatment of its history. Jokes told during the era, says the author, provided the populace with a pressure rele
- My solution would be less violence, not more sex.
- "According to this data, Americans are more likely to be killed by a policeman than by a toothpaste-wielding foreign jihadist."
Funky Dung
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While I agree that there's good reason to tighten things on violence for ratings, but I have to agree with the film board that there is no legitimacy to the NC-17 rating.
It's legitimate to have a system to give parents a heads up on what kind of content is going to be in a film before they decide whether to let their children see it, but there is no place in this country to an organization to crush art they disagree with.
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Posted 20 Sep 2006 at 12:12 am ¶I actually saw This Film is Not Yet Rated last week.
There are some excellent points raised by the film. And when you think about it just a little bit, the MPAA ratings board really is a bit too secretive to be making such pervasive decisions for a whole society.
It really would be useful to have a system that just identifies the content one can expect from a movie. At least that would allow people to make their own educated decision about what to watch, whether for themselves or their children.
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Posted 22 Sep 2006 at 7:23 am ¶Post a Comment