Comment Re:Don't know what to say... (Score 1) 682
I partially agree with this, and I am _not_ Christian. (As a matter of fact I am atheist, but that is beside the point.)
I completely agree that South Park is an inappropriate movie to take children to. I watched it with a couple of friends and was stunned at the number of kids (7 to 12) that came to see it with their parents. Most of the humor revolved around how many times the script contained the words ``fuck'' and ``shit.''
_However,_ the movie made several valid points. The quote from Kyle's mother that ``remember what the MPAA says: blood and violence are OK as long as no one uses naughty words'' was right on point. It is absolutely ridiculous that a movie is perfectly all right if it shows someone's head getting blown off, but is a social taboo if there is a glimpse of a nude human figure.
There is one important thing to say to that: _neither_ of these things is all right as far as showing the movie to little kids is concerned! I am not saying people grow up to become murderers and rapists because they watch violent movies. Nor am I advocating a strict age-limit for watching that type of film. However, the decision to watch or not watch these movies is something that should be made by the kids' parents. It is the parents who are responsible for what their kids turn out to be, and they had better start to learn to take responsibility.
In Katz's story, the parents _chose_ to let their kids watch that movie. That makes them far worse parents as far as I am concerned (that, and leaving them with a complete stranger who just lied to get them into a movie theater for no apparent reason), but it was their decision and the theater should not have had anything to do with it.
I completely agree that South Park is an inappropriate movie to take children to. I watched it with a couple of friends and was stunned at the number of kids (7 to 12) that came to see it with their parents. Most of the humor revolved around how many times the script contained the words ``fuck'' and ``shit.''
_However,_ the movie made several valid points. The quote from Kyle's mother that ``remember what the MPAA says: blood and violence are OK as long as no one uses naughty words'' was right on point. It is absolutely ridiculous that a movie is perfectly all right if it shows someone's head getting blown off, but is a social taboo if there is a glimpse of a nude human figure.
There is one important thing to say to that: _neither_ of these things is all right as far as showing the movie to little kids is concerned! I am not saying people grow up to become murderers and rapists because they watch violent movies. Nor am I advocating a strict age-limit for watching that type of film. However, the decision to watch or not watch these movies is something that should be made by the kids' parents. It is the parents who are responsible for what their kids turn out to be, and they had better start to learn to take responsibility.
In Katz's story, the parents _chose_ to let their kids watch that movie. That makes them far worse parents as far as I am concerned (that, and leaving them with a complete stranger who just lied to get them into a movie theater for no apparent reason), but it was their decision and the theater should not have had anything to do with it.
