On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:30 AM, David Risner <[email protected]> wrote:
> My biggest issue with the rating systems is they don't cover what I > most want to protect my children from -- religious content. The sex > stuff they don't really get anyway. The violence for them is like > cartoon violence, but having some yahoo tell my kids they're going to > hell if they don't donate money. > > When growing up, I always have to have the news radio station on when > going to sleep and even in the middle of the night when I woke up so I > would know that the rapture hadn't happened and I was left behind. I > don't want my children exposed to that kind of religious message > because I don't want them living in fear like I did. > > Thus, I would like to be able to have an R-chip to automatically block > religious content. > I agree with you 100% on this. I think the practical point is that we don't really want the government telling us what to protect our children from. When my kids were younger I would have liked a way to block religious programming, as you mention, and also any programming that idealized consumerism. I don't expect the government to block that kind of programming for me, but if there was some kind of technology that would have allowed me to filter that on my own, it would have been nice. Of course, I could have just done what I did, which was keep an eye on what my kids were watching myself - though the truth is, like those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, kids will find a way. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
