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[granny_gertrude]

This is another topic in the news recently which is Relevant To My Interests:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE61P0WQ20100226?feedType=nl&feedName=uktopnewsearly

Is the sexually charged media a problem? Or is it just another case of "*flailing arms* Think of teh children!" style nanny state hysteria?

I have some views on this which again many

Comments

[mattdarkzero]

Well, having occasionally bought a lad's mag, I know that they are actually given age-rating warnings in supermarkets when they are scanned through at the checkout

[usagi_half]

I'm pretty sure the thinking behind the default parental controls is to cover parents who are technically illiterate and the larger group; kids who buy their own. But I don't think it would really change anything.
Sure there are parents who will buy anything without thinking, but your forgetting that a lot of kids can get cash from parents or mates and just buy it themselves without their parents ever knowing.

There is an element of availability involved, kids are inquisitive and if it's in their face, they'll have a look. I can't see how hiding some magazines will change much with the world we live in.

On a personal note there's an advert airing at the moment that I can't stand - 'Since when has (insert chemical names here) ever stopped you from changing the channel'. I get quite irate and I still can't remember the brand name, took long enough to work out it was lip balm XD

[lunarkittenlj]

Ha, I know the advert you mean. Me and James were talking about this the other day because there's also another version of it, telling the consumer that it has a "clever tip that massages into your lips... " when really, it's not the tip that's massaging into your lips, it's the pressure you're putting on to it with your own hands that causes the massage effect. Doink.

[purplegirl23]

http://notalwaysright.com/teenage-boys-and-smutty-mags-you-dont-say/701