Word: r
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...year-old, and it is clear to me that a vast majority of R-rated movies should not be rated so strictly. If there is more than one F word in a movie, it's R-rated, but even with a nude scene, Titanic gets a PG-13. That's ludicrous. Walk through the halls of any high school, and you will hear worse profanity and more sexually explicit conversations than in most R-rated movies. Walk across the street from the school, and you will often observe violence and drug use. The effect of seeing violence or hearing sexually...
...will be an all-time low in American culture if teenagers must show a photo ID to see an R-rated film [NATION, June 21]. Carding kids--or not allowing them to go into an R-rated movie without a parent--takes away the teens' illusion of control. Carding kids isn't going to make them less violent. It is simply going to make them more determined to get back the control they have lost. If that means walking into a school with a gun, they'll do it. In the opinion of this 12-year-old, the solution...
...government's efforts to restrict youngsters' exposure to violent films are laudable [NATION, June 21], but two critical issues have been overlooked. Many movies that are R-rated [requiring that those 17 and under be accompanied by a parent] should be classified as the more restrictive NC-17 [barring anyone under 17]. Such uneven labeling makes a mockery of the film ratings. An R-rated film should prohibit any child under 13. Also, it's quite possible for parents to take toddlers and children to violent and explicit R-rated movies. Parents must be made more aware of just...
...cannot relate to, and that's the reason for a lot of the public apathy about this issue. We say to ourselves, "It's so far off in the future." But remember, failure to take care of a problem in the early stages led to the Y2K situation. PAUL R. HERSHBERG Tallahassee...
...CHARLES R. DOTY Democrat, Oklahoma Resume: Pastor, dog breeder Relevant experience: Precinct inspector and county chairman who has run in every presidential election since 1984 Platform: Not announced...