Opinions on the California court decision?

[ctc]

>When they're talking about creating a ratings system aren't they saying they want a regulatory board and legal enforcement to back it up?

I suspect, yeah; that it's more about who gets to decide on those ratings than having them at all. The current one was done by the industry itself.... I THINK as a result of the "Mortal Kombat is evil" hearings of the 90's.

Don C.

[Adam West]

It is probably just a cultural thing. I have a 16 year old son who plays a lot of video games but I'm not much of a gamer myself. I know this may sound odd to many but I really don't have an issue with him playing war type violent games or ones with the occasional curse word here or there but do have an issue with sexual games. Most of it probably has to do with my own upbringing. My dad was Korean War vet so for me hearing some pretty graphic real life stories along with a few peppered words here and there was normal and I was once 16 and looked at magazines but probably in retrospect have been disappointed if my dad handed those magazines to me at that age. I know it probably sounds strange and it's just my own upbringing so I don't mean to be judgmental or intolerant...it is just an awkward kind of thing for me personally. I'm sure one day the US will catch up with the rest of the boob free world.

[Brazoo]

It is probably just a cultural thing. I have a 16 year old son who plays a lot of video games but I'm not much of a gamer myself. I know this may sound odd to many but I really don't have an issue with him playing war type violent games or ones with the occasional curse word here or there but do have an issue with sexual games. Most of it probably has to do with my own upbringing. My dad was Korean War vet so for me hearing some pretty graphic real life stories along with a few peppered words here and there was normal and I was once 16 and looked at magazines but probably in retrospect have been disappointed if my dad handed those magazines to me at that age. I know it probably sounds strange and it's just my own upbringing so I don't mean to be judgmental or intolerant...it is just an awkward kind of thing for me personally. I'm sure one day the US will catch up with the rest of the boob free world.

We never had any porn in the house (to my knowledge), and I'm not sure my parents would have been cool with me checking out porn, but I don't think it ever came up.

I'm mostly talking about mainstream entertainment. I don't recall a single time my parents didn't allow me to watch something because of violence or sexual content. I think they didn't want me to watch "Porky's" when they got that video, but I don't remember them really putting up a fight when I did watch it. Who knows - maybe it would have been different if I had a sister, but we were all boys.