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Should violent movies be regulated?[W:64]

Shuold violent movies be regulated?

  • No.

    Votes: 45 83.3%
  • Yes -- like Adult movies.

    Votes: 7 13.0%
  • They should be banned.

    Votes: 2 3.7%

  • Total voters
    54
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

As a Libertarian I am for political freedom, but obscene and violent material should be regulated.

That is a terribly non-libertarian view you have there. I'm curious though, do you have any evidence that violence on TV or in movies causes any sort of problems for children? Do you have any evidence that watching sexual situations on TV or in movies causes any sort of problems for children? Do you have really any reason to hold the position you do?
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

Many action movies glorify violence and teach gruesome methods of killing people. Some horror movies celebrate fictional serial killers?

What do you have against movies? People don't turn into killers because of a movie. That is crazy.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

It's a lot simpler than that. How does a Tarantino movie get NC17 but the Matrix 3 gets R? Look, the MPAA is made up of people who work in Hollywood. Executives for Disney, Warner, FOX, etc. There isn't a standardized system and there never has been. Hell, the gaming industry has done a better job at a rating system than Hollywood. Remember, this is the same industry that thought The Brady Bunch movie was PG-13 and so was Jurassic Park where people are literally ripped to shreds on various occasions.

The MPAA rating system isn't the law, either, and a lot of people think it is. It's just a system designed by the very people who work in the industry, to help parents decide what their kids should or should not watch.

Theaters who don't let your kids in to watch rated R movies? They aren't doing it because it's a law. They are doing it because their particular company policy (and really, industry standard) says that kids under 17 can't get into rated R movies.

I used to be a TSM for Movie Gallery. I often worked in the store, and the parents had the right to allow their children to watch rated R movies. We asked them when they opened their account. They could put on their account that yes, their 10 year old is allowed to watch rated R movies, and there is nothing that we, the clerks could do about it. If it were against the law, we wouldn't have been able to do that.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

As a Libertarian I am for political freedom, but obscene and violent material should be regulated.


Actually the Libertarian position is to oppose government censorship. The more Libertarian position is to support an accurate rating system and then ensure the adults have to tools to make their own choices about media that enters their home. Regulating what goes into the home of others is not a Libertarian position.



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Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

Movies are already regulated.


There are things such as the MPAA Rating System (http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/).

And as a parent I have access to parental controls both through my cable subscriber and can limit by channels, by rating, and by time of day what be viewed on can my TV.

Same goes with my Netflix account, I control the parental controls and can limit what is viewed either on the whole account or for specific profiles.





So are you talking about regulating what comes into your home or what your kids view or are you talking using big government to regulate what other peopel view?

Can't answer your poll because you left out the option for "Parent should regulate what their children view."

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That sums it up nicely.
I like a good plot, and violence is almost inevitable. The Following, Wire in the Blood...not for the faint hearted, but it keeps you guessing.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

What do you have against movies? People don't turn into killers because of a movie. That is crazy.

That's so true. But I must say, while the Exorcist didn't make my head spin, I surely looked under the bed and in the closet before I went to bed. No pea soup either.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

Actually the Libertarian position is to oppose government censorship. The more Libertarian position is to support an accurate rating system and then ensure the adults have to tools to make their own choices about media that enters their home. Regulating what goes into the home of others is not a Libertarian position.



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In Soviet Russia, movies censor you. :mrgreen:
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

That's so true. But I must say, while the Exorcist didn't make my head spin, I surely looked under the bed and in the closet before I went to bed. No pea soup either.

I was afraid to sit on the toilet after Jaws. :lamo J/K of course.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

The movie rating system is not regulatory. In fact it was designed to avoid it. Since it has been around the market drives how the industry seeks certain ratings. Movies want a certain rating or customers don't come. IN my movie going life was have added PG-13 and NC-17. All due to market forces. None of it is law.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

Many action movies glorify violence and teach gruesome methods of killing people. Some horror movies celebrate fictional serial killers?

nobody will complain if you self censor whatever movies you want..... trying to censor them for the rest of us?... well, that's when we run into problems.

I like the idea of a rating system... that's how it should be. ( it's good governance )
you tell me what to expect, along the lines of objective rating standards, and I decide whether or not to partake.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

I've noticed a shift in the last couple of years. Movies are "R" and then they are "Hard R." Movies like Neighbors are considered "Hard R" because of the comedic sexual content. Most of Melissa McCarthy's movies, Seth Rogen's - they are all Hard R.

I haven't seen A Million Ways To Die in the West yet, but I've heard it's a Hard R.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

They already are regulated. Children aren't allowed to go see R-rated movies without their parents' permission. I wouldn't mind seeing movie ratings include some more information, like why it's rated R (similar to TV ratings), but I don't think any more regulation than that is necessary.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

nobody will complain if you self censor whatever movies you want..... trying to censor them for the rest of us?... well, that's when we run into problems.

I like the idea of a rating system... that's how it should be. ( it's good governance )
you tell me what to expect, along the lines of objective rating standards, and I decide whether or not to partake.

They already are regulated. Children aren't allowed to go see R-rated movies without their parents' permission. I wouldn't mind seeing movie ratings include some more information, like why it's rated R (similar to TV ratings), but I don't think any more regulation than that is necessary.

I agree with you both. I like that we have a ratings system, and I don't see the need to take it any further than that. Parents are aware of what an R rating means, etc., so they are the ones who make the ultimate decision, and that is fine with me. I would NOT want governmental regulations and penalties or fines put on movies. That is ridiculous. We are NOT living in a country where our government makes such decisions for us, thankfully.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

I've been messed up in the head for most of my life, and it had nothing to do with movies or video games. Now if I had a gun...
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

I've been messed up in the head for most of my life, and it had nothing to do with movies or video games. Now if I had a gun...

There's also rope, pills, bridges, etc. :roll: Please, spare us your passive aggressiveness. It's QUITE transparent.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

There's also rope, pills, bridges, etc. :roll: Please, spare us your passive aggressiveness. It's QUITE transparent.

What are you trying to say, exactly?
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

What are you trying to say, exactly?

What were YOU trying to say exactly, bringing guns into a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with guns? That's the question.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

Are they not now?

Isn't it best left to parents to decide what children watch?

http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/

get this, The Lone Ranger on every Saturday morning, rating PG - guns involved, mostly fist fights.

The Rifleman, rated G, shooting with guns and killing, very few fist fights.

I know, confusing.

and by the way, are video games not rated too? I know these might not be classified as movies, but they're also rated, and again, it's up to the parents to decide what their children watch or do, yes?
 
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Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

What were YOU trying to say exactly, bringing guns into a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with guns? That's the question.

Why didn't you protest my involvement of video games?
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

Why are video games fair game in this discussion, but not guns?

What you are doing here, it's called "flaming." Stop being a flamer.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

What you are doing here, it's called "flaming." Stop being a flamer.

I'll stop being a 'flamer' if you stop being a steamer.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

I'll stop being a 'flamer' if you stop being a steamer.

Are you using personal insults now too? Interesting. First flaming and now insulting.
 
Re: Should violent movies be regulated?

Are you using personal insults now too? Interesting. First flaming and now insulting.

You're ruining the thread. Perhaps you should have responded to me properly.
 
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