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Nath@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

And I do inform myself on a case by case basis. My starting point is the classification of the media (I automatically permit all games/shows/movies that are PG without the kid needing to come to me for consent). The movie Robocop is a great example here. That movie is about a cool cyborg blowing away bad guys, it’s not that bad in your memory having seen it decades ago. You notice that it has an R rating, and you think harder about why that might be. Then you remember the early scene of the human cop’s death and go ‘Yeah fair enough’.

Now, I can reach this same point by re-watching the movie. But that takes a couple of hours. And the kid is asking about watching the movie now.

But that’s all classification. I see no issue with classification. I’m not really sure why you do other than there are policies that lead to censorship based on classification. If we’re talking about censorship, we’re talking about things that are illegal. I don’t want to go all straw-man, but there are things that we pretty-much all agree are not ok (eg child exploitation/abuse, Rape/snuff, revenge porn). Removing all censorship makes everything legal. I don’t think you’re wanting that any more than I do. But if we agree that some content needs to be illegal, then all you’re arguing about is what that line is.

But none of that was my point. My point was that classification is not the same thing as censorship.

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