Re:not exactly.. (Score 1)

Don't believe everything you read :)

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Oh and I don't think the linux sources are in much danger. The ABA is pretty tolerant of swearing in film and tv in Australia - much more than in the US. It would take a fair bit of language alone to get given an R rating here :)

I know. The article is a bit too far fetched. But still, a lot of people will take it is hard fact. In Australia, the word "fuck" can easily fall into a PG classification depending on the context in which it's used. But in most cases, it easily falls under an M rating (provided the film has nothing more than medium level violence, and/or doesn't feature anything more than medium level nudity and sex scenes). Oh, BTW, the rating system for videos and film is far more liberal than it is for TV. You'll find in a lot of cases an MA rated movie on video will be hacked down and censored when it's shown on television with the same rating.

For the record, an Australian M rating is equivalent to an American PG/M rating (I think the US has an M rating);
an Australian MA rating is the equivalent to an American R rating;
and an Australian R rating is equivalent to an American NC-17 rating.

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