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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (72624)	8/19/2003 8:23:23 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

You think I'm right! Thank you! :-) That made my day. I'll go now, before the feeling fades. Anything after this would be an anti-climax.

To: Lane3 who wrote (72624)	8/19/2003 8:28:58 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If its a legal restriction that keeps them from making "all that crap" then the freedom of the industry and perhaps those who would want to watch the movies has been affected. An argument could be made that the benefit from this limitation of freedom exceeds the harm but its still a legally imposed limit. There is the argument that the movie industry would be free to make anything they want but if they can't show it to a lot of their normal customers because of this legal restriction it will efffectivly be a case of the government deciding what movies can be made or shown. OTOH we are talking about minors, and also the movie industry would be free to show whatever it wants to adults. I might reluctantly go along with a tightening of standards but I probably would not go as far as X. I don't think I would give most movies with simulated sex scenes such as the American Pie movies (I didn't see the third but I don't imagine its much worse then the first 2) an NC-17. I think R would be appropriate. I also think that whatever restrictions they put in, unless draconian and nearly universal (i.e. on books movies and songs, and other media) would not be enough to keep young Americans from getting bombarded with sexual images and message pushing casual sex. Tim