The PG 13 Discussion

[Count Duckula]

Heck, if you want to get down to brass tacks, there are plenty of times they even show human genitalia on The Learning Channel, The History Channel, and The Discovery channel, and most of these shows are rated for teens.

That's because it's in the name of science, not entertainment.

Hollins can have a film class about pornography and censorship, where all they do is watch pr0n all semester, because it's in the name of art, not entertainment.

Nature programs can show the gory details of lion kills because it's in the name of biology, not entertainment. (Unless you're rooting for one side. As much as I like the kitties, I always cheer on the Impala or Thompson's Gazelle.)

However, if American Pie mentions or even shows the so-called down-n-dirty with an apple pie, that's purely for entertainment. (Although who'd be entertained by THAT is the bigger mystery here.)

Did my parents do it right? I remember watching R-rated films as a 13-year-old kid, because at least Mom watched them before I did as a pre-screener. (I knew the Seven Dirty Words you can't say on TV before I knew how to pronounce them correctly. ;)) I was shown the universe, told why things were the way they were, and reasons behind them. And, as I got a bit older, I learned that there are no truly "bad" things, only bad applications of them.

There's only one person in the universe I can say the dreaded n-word to, and that's only because he still calls me the "dyke kike." Neither of us mind, but we'd have a hard time explaining ourselves to outsiders. Some jokes just gotta stay inside.