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Originally Posted by tompe
What offends people varies a lot. And why should the things that offends parents be the same thing that will offend children? And why should you protect people from being offended?
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Generally, I think people can protect themselves from being offended. Descriptors are good information for people who seek to avoid being offended.
As to children, it's not actually a matter of "offending" them. Parents (their guardians) have a right to dictate what their children are exposed to, supposedly under the theory that the children are not yet mature enough to properly understand or appreciate some content. Descriptors allow parents to identify those concepts they seek to keep their children away from until they are ready to handle it later in life.
Again, this is a far cry from a "rating," in that it lets the parent choose, as opposed to letting the state choose for them.