WHO Demands All Films With Smoking Be 18+

[misterlowercase]

...reminds me of when some EU-influenced PC-minded French idiots tried to censor Jacques Tati's pipe,

MAJOR FAIL!

 

[sjfine]

What about Popeye cartoons?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I was talking about the old Popeyes cartoons.

 

[jakegoodman]

The FCC tried to keep gangsta rap from corrupting the minds of America's youth by putting Explicit Content stickers on the albums and requiring one to be 16yrs of age to purchase them. Sales went through the roof and a lot of rappers got filthy rich in the 90s.

It is like The Washington Mothers and heavy metal music a few years earlier. Did really good for the music industry. I am getting sick and tired of all these people telling me of what to do and what not.

 

[sjfine]

I was talking about the old Popeyes cartoons.

Oops, I missed it. But as usual, I am on the same page that you are, Cosmic.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

[quoteI am getting sick and tired of all these people telling me of what to do and what not[/quote]

I'm not. Otherwise, how will we know what is good or not? If it's banned, it has to be great, right? From a marketing perspective, these folks do more for us than they know. And, we allow them to think that they serve some... good. Illusion is important. It keeps all sides happy.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It's definitely better than McCarthy error blackballing and prison without trial.

 

[jpmcwjr]

P.I.A.
Drinking will be next!
And it's o.k. to show folks getting heads blown off, homicide and suicide, but heavens, do not show a pair of breasts! (Aimed not at WHO, but ratings in general). Joe Bob says check it out!

 

[deathmetal]

With rules and management, every new rule is always a first step...

 

[jakegoodman]

[quoteI am getting sick and tired of all these people telling me of what to do and what not

I'm not. Otherwise, how will we know what is good or not? If it's banned, it has to be great, right? From a marketing perspective, these folks do more for us than they know. And, we allow them to think that they serve some... good. Illusion is important. It keeps all sides

You are absolutely right on a lot of cases. I was kind of including taxation and bureaucracy and other BS we have in my original thought.

 

[lochinvar]

Well it's good to see that the WHO is moving on to First World problems. I guess that means all the really nasty stuff the 3rd World suffers from has been eradicated.

 

[gtclark]

Well it's good to see that the WHO is moving on to First World problems. I guess that means all the really nasty stuff the 3rd World suffers from has been eradicated.

Ha! Great observation.

 

[huntertrw]

WHO: World Hysterics Organization!

 

[jessicac]

I'm preaching to the converted, but that's idiotic IMHO.
Personally, I believe that films (and I use the word loosely) such as Twilight and 50 Shades is far more dangerous than any characters smoking.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

By dangerous, you mean that the acting in Twilight and 50 Shades, right? Haha, you're more in danger of just wasting money on them.

As far as movies of that genre, 9 1/2 weeks and Wild Orchid were much more of a challenge to innate perversions. The 70's and 80's were much sexier and better acted. Today's attempts at perversion is just poor attempts. Like the twerking Miley, Madanna and Cindy Lauper were much better at it. Nothing is new, and nothing shocks me with this new group of kids that everyone gets hysterical over. It's just not done with the same style and craftsmanship that it once was. Madanna humped a priest, Miley just looked stupid, IMO. Haha!

 

[jefff]

Personally I am going to need a better citation than Brietbart.com.
I tend to like facts more that that website does.
Having said that, I believe that art should be dangerous. It should cause us to question things we take for granted.
George Carlin once said, "Don't just teach your children to read...teach them to question what they read"

 

[jvnshr]

Isn't that WHO the same organization that was linked to drug companies? LINK
No, sorry, my bad. They didn't raise the level of influenza pandemic to be able to sell more vaccines.

 

[aristokles]

Personally I am going to need a better citation than Brietbart.com.
I tend to like facts more that that website does.
Having said that, I believe that art should be dangerous. It should cause us to question things we take for granted.
George Carlin once said, "Don't just teach your children to read...teach them to question what they read"

Perhaps you should take Carlin's advice? The Breitbart article DOES link to the WHO article. "Fact" enough for 'ya?

 

[deathmetal]

I tend to like facts more that that website does.

Feel free to list any factual inaccuracies or untruths they have published.
Until we get facts from you, well... I'm sure you understand.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I hope this happens, I hate going to see a movie and someone has brought their snot nosed little brats with them, and they never sit still, stay quiet, and they smell. Let's just say everyone has to be over 18 to do anything. That gets my vote. Plus, it saves me from having to spend money on my own snot nosed brats, ha ha.