Re: R rated videos (again!)

["Stephen E. Collins" <sec@BOOMBOX.MICRO.UMN.EDU>]

In message <199410052014.PAA14475@boombox.micro.umn.edu> Guusje Zimmerman Moore
writes:
> Before I get run of the list for being an impossible prude let me state
> that I have nothing against nudity and would have no problem with the
> Oliva Hussey Romeo and Juliet and it's quick flash of bare buns (and was
> that one R anyway)...what I do have a problem with is blood and
> gore


If I remember correctly, the original statement was that R rated videos
are not educational.  The rating system used in the USA doesn't
take into account ANYTHING about educational value.  Thus, it makes
little sense to use the rating to judge the value of a movie for education.

The movie rating system is almost exclusively an indication of the level
of nudity.  No nudity is PG, some nudity is R, and explicit sex is X.  You
will find blood, gore, and violence in movies with all of these ratings.
Thus, I argue, the rating system isn't even of value to judge the
appropriateness of a movie for children.


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