Comments on: Should movies receive an R-rating for having smoking scenes? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/should-movies-receive-an-r-rating-for-having-smoking-scenes.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dr. Grumpyhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/should-movies-receive-an-r-rating-for-having-smoking-scenes.html#comment-109239 Dr. Grumpy Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:19:15 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39394#comment-109239 A noble idea, perhaps, but where do you draw the line? R ratings for violence (even cartoons?), car chases, alcohol consumption, fast food consumption, etc. A noble idea, perhaps, but where do you draw the line? R ratings for violence (even cartoons?), car chases, alcohol consumption, fast food consumption, etc.

]]> By: patrick garrett RNhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/should-movies-receive-an-r-rating-for-having-smoking-scenes.html#comment-109197 patrick garrett RN Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:04:50 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39394#comment-109197 Oh yeah, put and "R" rating on everything any pressure group finds objectionable. A list off of the top of my head: swearing, smoking, drinking, fornicating, abortion, belief in God, Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, G-d, non-belief in the same, dancing, eating meat, not eating meat, not exercising, denigrating big business, celebrating big business, celebrating communism, socialism, capitalism, depicting mental illness, denying mental illness exists, making fun of the developmentally delayed, celebrating man's depravity, celebrating man's heroism, stories about race, stories that deny racism exists, celebrating America, castigating America. I could go on until there would be no possible way to tell a story that is worth anything. Anything that depicts a conflict has a small seed of a potential story, getting rid of everything people object to in this "culture", or rather limiting certain people's exposure to these things, is one more step towards the idea that the American people are too stupid to make choices on their own. That somehow, someone needs to protect the vulnerable from seeing things or hearing things that may make that thing seem desirable. Society is one of those anti-concepts that mean just what the bigger pressure group says it means. But I am tired of living in a country where the world is made so safe for "the children", that it becomes impossible to be expected to be treated like an adult. To show you how stupid this idea is, here is my child safe form of letter protesting this idea: Just stop it, or I am going to tell on you guys. Stupid isn't it. Oh yeah, put and “R” rating on everything any pressure group finds objectionable. A list off of the top of my head: swearing, smoking, drinking, fornicating, abortion, belief in God, Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, G-d, non-belief in the same, dancing, eating meat, not eating meat, not exercising, denigrating big business, celebrating big business, celebrating communism, socialism, capitalism, depicting mental illness, denying mental illness exists, making fun of the developmentally delayed, celebrating man’s depravity, celebrating man’s heroism, stories about race, stories that deny racism exists, celebrating America, castigating America. I could go on until there would be no possible way to tell a story that is worth anything. Anything that depicts a conflict has a small seed of a potential story, getting rid of everything people object to in this “culture”, or rather limiting certain people’s exposure to these things, is one more step towards the idea that the American people are too stupid to make choices on their own. That somehow, someone needs to protect the vulnerable from seeing things or hearing things that may make that thing seem desirable. Society is one of those anti-concepts that mean just what the bigger pressure group says it means. But I am tired of living in a country where the world is made so safe for “the children”, that it becomes impossible to be expected to be treated like an adult. To show you how stupid this idea is, here is my child safe form of letter protesting this idea:
Just stop it, or I am going to tell on you guys.
Stupid isn’t it.

]]> By: Anniehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/should-movies-receive-an-r-rating-for-having-smoking-scenes.html#comment-109033 Annie Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:36:40 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39394#comment-109033 Scenes involving drugs and sex are often relegated to R-rated movies, but I don't see that stopping young people from taking part in either. There are definitely better ways to teach kids that smoking is bad. Scenes involving drugs and sex are often relegated to R-rated movies, but I don’t see that stopping young people from taking part in either. There are definitely better ways to teach kids that smoking is bad.

]]> By: ...http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/should-movies-receive-an-r-rating-for-having-smoking-scenes.html#comment-108986 ... Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:44:31 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39394#comment-108986 Overeating = smoking.wut? Overeating = smoking.

wut?

]]> By: Oh Please!: Should movies receive an R-rating for having smoking scenes? « Three Fish Limithttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/should-movies-receive-an-r-rating-for-having-smoking-scenes.html#comment-108973 Oh Please!: Should movies receive an R-rating for having smoking scenes? « Three Fish Limit Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:34:38 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39394#comment-108973 [...] Full Post: Oh Please!: Should movies receive an R-rating for having smoking scenes? [...] [...] Full Post: Oh Please!: Should movies receive an R-rating for having smoking scenes? [...]

]]> By: Dr. Batmanhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/should-movies-receive-an-r-rating-for-having-smoking-scenes.html#comment-108946 Dr. Batman Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:22:06 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39394#comment-108946 Why stop there? You should put an R-rating on any movie with gratuitous fast food eating. You don't want children emulating that behavior, do you? Why stop there? You should put an R-rating on any movie with gratuitous fast food eating. You don’t want children emulating that behavior, do you?

]]> By: Irene Gabashvilihttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/should-movies-receive-an-r-rating-for-having-smoking-scenes.html#comment-108941 Irene Gabashvili Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:43:06 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39394#comment-108941 I would prefer a brief narration of character's futures as in Biloxi Blues</a> - remember the young guy gulping junk food and Jerome telling that this person now has a wide array of GI problems and is surviving on a strict diet. :-) I would prefer a brief narration of character’s futures as in Biloxi Blues – remember the young guy gulping junk food and Jerome telling that this person now has a wide array of GI problems and is surviving on a strict diet.
:-)

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/should-movies-receive-an-r-rating-for-having-smoking-scenes.html#comment-108934 Anonymous Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:57:38 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39394#comment-108934 What if smoking is depicted in an unfavorable light? For example, <i>Star Trek Deep Space Nine</i> "Little Green Men" has some Ferengi (non-humans) time traveling to Earth in 1949, ending up at a military base at Roswell, NM. In front of the chain smoking servicemen observing them, one of them says "What's that disgusting smell?". Another says "Tobacco, a deadly poison." "Why do they use it?" "It's also highly addictive." What if smoking is depicted in an unfavorable light? For example, Star Trek Deep Space Nine “Little Green Men” has some Ferengi (non-humans) time traveling to Earth in 1949, ending up at a military base at Roswell, NM. In front of the chain smoking servicemen observing them, one of them says “What’s that disgusting smell?”. Another says “Tobacco, a deadly poison.” “Why do they use it?” “It’s also highly addictive.”

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