"Message to Parents, view the contents yourself and decide if appropriate for your child."
Mark Gosdin
^ This is the best post so far. I agree, in the end its up to the parents to do the job, not the TV or the networks. Also I say let the kid decide, I was pretty much able to watch whatever I wanted as a kid, and I didn't turn into a little hellion as TV supposedly turns you into, infact I learned a decent amount of my morals ( for better or worse) from all those crazy cartoon & anime heroes of old.
Given that won't always work but the kids should have some say in what they do or don't watch.
As for the topic at hand. Personally I would be fine with getting rid of ratings all together, lol. At the very least that might get parents to pay attention, lol.
The thing that many well-intentioned individuals don't realize when confronting an issue of such magnitude, is that if you're worried about parental controls - you're gay.
Anyway, both being verbal doesn't change the fact that both are very different monsters with very different levels of severity and not even near the same category.
Suggestive dialogue, in direct contrast to dirty language, can often go over a younger audience's heads with older audiences mainly being the ones to pick up.
Treating both as the same thing...is flawed to say the least.
@Mitch: Surpising, I had no idea parents got joy out of the ratings system, or if your referring to the modern use of the word, I had no idea that worrying about parental controls correlated with ones sexual preference, care to explain how that works?
Anyway, both being verbal doesn't change the fact that both are very different monsters with very different levels of severity and not even near the same category.
Suggestive dialogue, in direct contrast to dirty language, can often go over a younger audience's heads with older audiences mainly being the ones to pick up.
Treating both as the same thing...is flawed to say the least.
But why doesn't the TV parental guidelines list illegal drugs as part of its content descriptors (most likely D, which is what it should have standed for in the first place). And how is treating both dialogue and bad language flawed? Both are verbal.
This just in: if you have ponies in your avatar - you're gay. But not as gay as the people who make threads crying about parental controls.
This just in, picking a fight with a mod is a good way to get banned from the forums. Also acting like a blithering man-child, not a very good way to introduce yourself to others. Please correct your attitude from this point on. You have been warned.
@Domayv: That would be above and beyond unnecessary. Mention of illegal drugs by name....is already illegal on those stations and blocks where those who aren't allowed to hear it frequent.
Putting a rating for it where the audience is in the norm....would be a big waste of time.
A substance [be it in name or presence] should not be used as a ground for a rating. If that were so...then every single object or substance that could be used harmfully would have to have the same rule applied....and that's an unnecessary waste of time.
And again...both are verbal, but are completely and 100% different from one another. They rightfully have their own category and it should stay that way.
Looping them into the same category wouldn't only be redundant, it'd be all kinds of incorrect and stupid.
Personally I think they had it right in the 90's. Before each show, and immediately following return from commercials (if there are any) just show a black screen with text saying "The following contains material which may not be suitable for children, parental guidance suggested." I believe they also had an announcer do a voice over which read the same statement.
Really that encapsulates everything that needs to be said briefly, easily and without the need for ratings, codes and "suggestions"..
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"Yesli pisan, to ne chitan, yesli chitan, to ne ponyat, yesly ponyat, to ne tak..." If it is written, it is not read, if it is read, it is not understood, if it is understood, then in (the) wrong way...
Suggestive Dialogue and Coarse Language are both completely different from each other. Suggestive Dialogue usually means the talk about
"Message to Parents, view the contents yourself and decide if appropriate for your child."
Mark Gosdin
^ This is the best post so far. I agree, in the end its up to the parents to do the job, not the TV or the networks. Also I say let the kid decide, I was pretty much able to watch whatever I wanted as a kid, and I didn't turn into a little hellion as TV supposedly turns you into, infact I learned a decent amount of my morals ( for better or worse) from all those crazy cartoon & anime heroes of old.
Given that won't always work but the kids should have some say in what they do or don't watch.
As for the topic at hand. Personally I would be fine with getting rid of ratings all together, lol. At the very least that might get parents to pay attention, lol.
Isn't It Great To Different, Isn't It Great To Be Who You Are!? Once You Learn To Accept Yourself, You'll Become A Shining Star.
DrewFace520 wrote:
Yeah but both the D and L subratings cover inappropriate content that is VERBALLY depicted .
Locomotion
animation, young adults, digital era
The thing that many well-intentioned individuals don't realize when confronting an issue of such magnitude, is that if you're worried about parental controls - you're gay.
Another rating discussion...Oh boy.
Anyway, both being verbal doesn't change the fact that both are very different monsters with very different levels of severity and not even near the same category.
Suggestive dialogue, in direct contrast to dirty language, can often go over a younger audience's heads with older audiences mainly being the ones to pick up.
Treating both as the same thing...is flawed to say the least.
@Mitch: Surpising, I had no idea parents got joy out of the ratings system, or if your referring to the modern use of the word, I had no idea that worrying about parental controls correlated with ones sexual preference, care to explain how that works?
@Ninja: I agree with you whole heartedly.
Isn't It Great To Different, Isn't It Great To Be Who You Are!? Once You Learn To Accept Yourself, You'll Become A Shining Star.
Ninja_shinigami_mage wrote:
But why doesn't the TV parental guidelines list illegal drugs as part of its content descriptors (most likely D, which is what it should have standed for in the first place). And how is treating both dialogue and bad language flawed? Both are verbal.
Locomotion
animation, young adults, digital era
This just in, picking a fight with a mod is a good way to get banned from the forums. Also acting like a blithering man-child, not a very good way to introduce yourself to others. Please correct your attitude from this point on. You have been warned.
Isn't It Great To Different, Isn't It Great To Be Who You Are!? Once You Learn To Accept Yourself, You'll Become A Shining Star.
@Domayv: That would be above and beyond unnecessary. Mention of illegal drugs by name....is already illegal on those stations and blocks where those who aren't allowed to hear it frequent.
Putting a rating for it where the audience is in the norm....would be a big waste of time.
A substance [be it in name or presence] should not be used as a ground for a rating. If that were so...then every single object or substance that could be used harmfully would have to have the same rule applied....and that's an unnecessary waste of time.
And again...both are verbal, but are completely and 100% different from one another. They rightfully have their own category and it should stay that way.
Looping them into the same category wouldn't only be redundant, it'd be all kinds of incorrect and stupid.
Personally I think they had it right in the 90's. Before each show, and immediately following return from commercials (if there are any) just show a black screen with text saying "The following contains material which may not be suitable for children, parental guidance suggested." I believe they also had an announcer do a voice over which read the same statement.
Really that encapsulates everything that needs to be said briefly, easily and without the need for ratings, codes and "suggestions"..
"Yesli pisan, to ne chitan, yesli chitan, to ne ponyat, yesly ponyat, to ne tak..."
If it is written, it is not read, if it is read, it is not understood, if it is understood, then in (the) wrong way...
Anime? Аниме. Manga? Манга. We speak the same language...