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Gold/Mining/Energy : Tri-Vision & The V-Chip -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: WINDSURFER50 who wrote (3761)	8/13/1998 11:53:00 PM
From: BlueIce	Respond to of 5743

The whole theme of "parents love it; kids hate it" is due to the product's initial integration into homes. Kids only hate it now because they have something familiar (eg. South Park) that's now being taken away from them. This is a neglected fact. Fast forward to the generation of younger children and you won't find such a problem. If a kid has never watched South Park, he/she will not rebel against the fact that he/she cannot view the program. For instance, look at R-rated movies. 10-year old kids fully know they cannot enter a movie theatre and watch an adult-rated movie. Since they're not exposed to this type of entertainment, they won't hate this fact so much. How can you be so terribly peeved at something when you have no knowledge of it? However, take away their favourite show they've watched for years such as The X-Files and they'll hate your guts. The next generation of children who haven't watched The X-Files won't viciously hate the fact they can't watch it. When did movies start carrying ratings? Was there a rebellion against the ratings when they were first introduced or was the media not so focused on the general public opinion over such issues at the time? What we're experiencing now are the growing pains of this technology. A decade ago, wearing seat belts inside private passenger vehicles became law here and there was quite a rebellion. Nowadays it's hardly an issue. I recall there are movements to register all firearms in countries. There's quite a camp built against this sensitive topic, but if it ever becomes law, give it time to settle in and it won't be an issue either. My best guess is we'll see effects of the V-chip within the next year, but we're a generation away from seeing the TRUE impact of the V-chip. We need to be patient and see how those 4 or 5 year olds grow up into teenagers and adulthood.