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Originally posted by aerobe_6:
As for you, nonmythicaldragon you are totally wrong. you have twisted understandings.

Yep... us Canadians are far more liberal. Our national commercials would have some of you running for your soothers. We tend to enable observation separately from gospel. Observe what you will, dispense with what you "won't", LOL.

FEAR it buddy... Fear the freedom !!!

yeah go canadians and in canada the show is rated g not tv 14

Way to go Canadians also Europeans they always have better tv than we do( we are so strict in america with television shows). Meaning with the rating and shows that appear on tv.

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Originally posted by melon:
yeah go canadians and in canada the show is rated g not tv 14

I would MUCH prefer to make these decisions for myself (and for my children) then to beg a stranger to make these decisions for me and, ergo, have NO choice.

My two cents on this: Ratings are only to warn you, probably so you cannot complain. I believe some of the episodes have different ratings on them. One ep. may be rated G and the next episode may be PG. Sometimes TV14. Or whatever!

What's worse anyway, a censored f bomb or a cannon ball going through a pig carcass? Common people! The show is fine, even with the odd ball swear. If you can't handle a [censored] swear, then how can you hand a pig tounge being ripped from a frozen pole??

....I would be more worried about commercials, which by the way do NOT have any ratings on them to warn you to cover the childrens' eyes.

Ratings are for viewer discretion, period. If 18+ actually meant 18+, then the theaters wouldnt allow minors in who are accompanied by an adult. End of story.

PS Whether anybody thinks it is appropriate for children or not is just stating personal opinions and nothing more...viewer discretion!

Theaters here do not let anyone under 18 into an NC-17 movie.

21 is the legal age to drink - is that subjective too?

My major problem is that these labels ARE there and then people are STILL complaining when their six year old says something Adam does after he says it on the show.

It's personal responsibility - if you don't want your kids hearing those things, don't let them watch. The only person who's responsible for that child being exposed to that kind of language is the parent/guardian - not anyone on TV.

MythMod

Mythmod, I agree with you 90%. Don't let your children watch it and then complain; that's the parents fault/ problem nobody elses; you've been warned with the ratings.

the other 10% [the disagree] is that it IS the parents choice, not the governments (viewer discretion)...which doesn't mean you should NOT let your kids watch it. As far as the alcohol comment, well that IS illegal. It is NOT illegal for a minor to watch a 18+ show. Minors are allowed in 18+ theaters where I live, if accompanied by an adult. Which I think is ok if the minor is mature enough to handle it.

My basic point is, it's fine if you personally choose to let your kids watch the show (because it's not illegal). BUT if you think it is inappropriate then don't let them! Easy.

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Furthermore...
We were both making the same point .

Rules and ratings are more slack in Canada though. I do believe another poster was right about mythbusters being Rated G here (NOT Adam's Fault either...LOL). Also, the province where I live, the legal drinking age is only 18.

But either way, we are both right about TV, movies, video games, etc. being the parents responsiblity.

PS Mythbusters Rock! NO complaints here

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Originally posted by mythmod:
21 is the legal age to drink - is that subjective too?

Maybe... when I was 18, we used to drive to Buffalo, NY because the drinking age was 18 (Ontario was 19). The drinking age in Ontario is STILL 19.

100yds into Michigan, 21... 100yds into Ontario, 19. Subjective ??

I know this is somewhat off topic but here's a short cartoon by our National Film Board on philosophy. This is one small example of what our children are shown to help them 'grow up'.


G-rated, Cdn NFB - To be

Well 'nonmythicaldragon' that was a fuuny little clip. It is G rated because there are no swears, nudity, you don't atually see the person getting killed, etc.

I think Mythmod is simply saying that Mythbusters or Adam Savage DO NOT set the ratings so don't blame them AND IF, despite the ratings, IF you choose to allow your children to watch...

....then DON"T complain!!!! Simple!!!

Am I Right mod?

(the alcohol thing may have just been a poor example of her point, because it is obviously too debatable)

Our media in its entirety is overly censored because easily upset people write letters to editors complaining about seeing real life in the news.
When these easily upset people are also stockholders, then what they don't want to see, we aren't allowed to see.
Look at the programs which show the North Hollywood Bank of America shootout between LAPD and the two robbers. The Bank of America logos on the building are blocked in the footage seen now, but not when the event first happened, and in some repeats. But today, no logo.
BOA is a powerful force, and what they want, they get.
People with connections who can't handle real news keep our news much more sanitized than the rest of the world.

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Originally posted by Alanna:
My basic point is, it's fine if you personally choose to let your kids watch the show (because it's not illegal). BUT if you think it is inappropriate then don't let them!

I've always seen ratings (TV, video game, computer game, whatever) as informative rather than prescriptive. OK, parents, for this reason (insert appropriate letter code here) we think this show/game is more appropriate for older kids. Parents now have a basis for deciding if their particular kid should be allowed to watch/play.

My nephew is "under age" for the Halo video game. My brother/his father researched just what's in that game, took advantage of a game rental to try it out, and decided it was OK for his son to play. Similarly, my nephew's been watching MB since well before his fourteenth birthday, but he watches with the rest of his family (I think everyone except one of us are fans ) ... and, to be blunt, my nephew knows better than to go pottymouth and claim it's OK because Adam does it.

i know for a fact that esrb rates video games by watching the worst part and i am pretty sure thats how tv shows get rated but im not 100% sure on the tv thing cuz im wondering about live shows? so it really is up to parents to tell there kids what to watch and if ur kids are mature enough they should know not to watch it

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i know for a fact that esrb rates video games by watching the worst part and i am pretty sure thats how tv shows get rated but im not 100% sure on the tv thing cuz im wondering about live shows?

Just curious melon. How do they know where the worst parts are if they don't watch the whole thing?

Just last night on discovery, "Mind Freak" was coming on. It had the Rating 18+ on the corner during the intro, but when I checked my (Canadian)cable provider they had it rated PG. I just thought I'd share, it was mildly amusing

Another interesting occasion of Canadian/American rating differences; the movie Beowulf was rated R (or 18+, I don't quite remember) in the U.S., but only PG14 in Canada.

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