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Originally Posted by andyh2000
Has it bothered you having warnings before TV programs for 'strong' language, extreme violence etc for decades? Or is that only on UK TV?
Andrew
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Yup, I think that that's ridiculous too. If they're worried about
parents, and small children, fine--then put something up for parents. Something as simple as "parental warning" would do. They can do their own research--there are a billion websites up, "warning" parents about this or that or smoking or cursing or (gasp!) nudity and on and on and on. They can make their own decisions. Were it me, I'd watch the thing first and choose for myself if my kid could, or could not, see it--I wouldn't let some anonymous-to-me group or person choose FOR me.
Shockingly, that's how parents parented for the decades before warnings.
About half the time, when I see a 'warning" for strong language, etc. my usual response is "thank GOD." I mean, go back only to what, the 80's and watch what was considered
normal adult fare (by "adult" I do not mean porn) then, versus what's produced now and it's just...everybody has been infantilized.
ETA: (And really--aren't we talking about the
same parents who cavalierly give their kids smartphones??????)
Hitch