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SixApart/Livejournal have the best idea ever!
So, uh, Livejournal.

Go figure.

Pull up a chair. Get out a beer. Take one sip for:

- each invocation of Big Brother (or any other 1984 reference)
- each mention of censorship
- each mention of the First Amendment
- each reiteration of "It's the PARENTS' job!"
- each person flagging the announcement post as offensive
- each person announcing that LJ/6A will no longer see a penny of theirs

Take one gulp for:

- each Godwin's
- each comparison of this new system to rape
- each assertion that the only people complaining are the child molestors who want free porn

And before you know it, you'll be just drunk enough not to care any more.

[eta] The girl who brought you LJ T-shirt burning now brings you... Honestly, I'm not sure what she's trying to do here.

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blackjackrocket
2007-12-01 01:32 am UTC (link)

See, if I had my way, things would have ratings on them, but those wouldn't be means of excluding anyone. Once you provide the consumer with the necessary warnings, they ought to be allowed to make their own decisions about whether or not to continue. Ergo, if you tell the parent that the game they're getting for Little Suzie is rated M, they should still be able to buy it, knowing full well what they're getting into. And a group of 14-year-olds should be allowed into an R-rated movie provided they know what it contains.

And, because they would be provided with that knowledge up front, any lawsuits resulting from it would be laughed out of court. It would be akin to being allergic to carrots, asking if something had carrots, being told it did, and ordering it anyway.

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	heddychaa 2007-12-01 04:30 am UTC (link)
	Because children are totally able to make educated and informed decisions on their own. ~~Goddamnit I hate watching movies with fucking teenagers~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackjackrocket 2007-12-01 04:40 am UTC (link)
	A lot more so than adults give them credit for. And if they find they're over their heads, they can always leave the theater. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heddychaa 2007-12-01 04:44 am UTC (link)
	~~Seriously all they ever do is heckle and act like fuckwits~~ ~~I just want to enjoy by Judd Apatow in peace goddamnit~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)

rosehiptea
2007-12-01 06:07 am UTC (link)

~~And if they find they're over their heads, they can always leave the theater.~~

I got stuck seeing a stupid teen sex comedy and I didn't feel like I could leave the theater because I was there with my boyfriend. (They didn't enforce the rules about R ratings very well back then.)

Of course mostly I just thought it was a horrible movie and it wasn't so much that I was Morally Outraged or in over my head... but I'm not sure every teen going to a movie really feels like they can just leave if they can't handle it.

(That doesn't mean I really think that's a good reason for restricting R-rated movies using the current policy. ~~Though if it keeps anyone from having to sit through something like Private School banning movies altogether starts looking good...~~)

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	blackjackrocket 2007-12-01 06:18 am UTC (link)
	but I'm not sure every teen going to a movie really feels like they can just leave if they can't handle it Customers_Suck is filled with tales of adults who do the same thing, so it's not just a teen issue. (Reply to this)(Parent)

rosehiptea
2007-12-01 06:02 am UTC (link)

Ergo, if you tell the parent that the game they're getting for Little Suzie is rated M, they should still be able to buy it, knowing full well what they're getting into.

Well, the parent can still buy the game for their kid as things stand now. They can't let their kid attend an R-rated movie in a theater unless they also attend... but they could buy the DVD for their kid. (I'm not trying to speak for or against the rules as they stand, just trying to parse this out.)

I guess the parent could also try to sue later, but as a parent I'd pretty much laugh my ass off at that one.

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