Mabination's PG13 Rating

• Chiri wrote on 2010-06-17 02:00
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  If you guys want to debate or argue(civilly, of course) go to the Spam Zone or General Discussions->Debate. From now on, please just use this thread to ask questions about content. If you need to ask us if some content you want to post is appropriate, feel free to PM a staff member as well.

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  I figure that the debate section might be a better place for civil talk on the matter.
  [SIZE="1"]lets get the important references down first...[/SIZE]
  
  Relevant rules:
  

  1. Do not post Porn or Hentai - Also restricted from being in your avatar or signature.
     
  2. Keep things PG-13 on the forums, and be aware that Moderators can remove content at their own discretion. Such content that is not allowed would be:
     [list=2]Blatantly or extremely suggestive sexual imagery.
     
  3. Profane and excessively inappropriate language.
     
  4. Messages or pictures that depict violence in bad taste.

Relevant quotes:

Mentioning things like yaoi, yuri and loli(for some clear examples) are expected to be brief statements and will not lead nor be devoted to full conversations. As for media like videos and audio, please ensure that is appropriate for all ages to enjoy. If it includes large uses of swears, sex and other inappropriate content please avoid posting it.

And as for the PG-13 rule, if you're not sure what's appropriate or not, then think along this guideline:

If it's something that would get you in trouble while you are in middle school, then don't post it. Seems pretty simple to me.

Since there's an emphasis on the rating PG-13, let's define that:

[INDENT]PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned - Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present; with the exception of Austin Powers and Click. Marijuana smoking is the only illegal drug use that can be depicted in a PG-13 movie, with the exception of Forrest Gump, in which a brief scene depicts an actress snorting cocaine. While PG-13 films usually have more profanity than PG films, this is not necessarily the case. A film that is given a PG-13 rating due to profane language and/or racial insults is given this rating because it contains more of these elements than a PG rating would permit, or the film contains uses of stronger profanities than a PG would permit. A film rated PG-13 for "intense violence" is given this rating if blood is present in a violent way. In recent years, this rating has been used for the majority of American films released.[12][/INDENT]

Examples of PG-13 movies from a bored google search: [SIZE="1"]please find me more because short list is short[/SIZE]

• Titanic [SIZE="1"]full nudity, sex scene[/SIZE]
  
• Bringing Down the House [SIZE="1"]rampant sexual humor[/SIZE]
  
• Sixteen Candles [SIZE="1"](actually a PG rating)[/SIZE]
  
• Mean Girls
  
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse [SIZE="1"]lol[/SIZE]
  

In practice

• What flies
  
  
  
  1. Debating gay marriage and sexuality
     
  2. Debating abortion
     
  3. Debating violent vs. sexual content
     
  4. News status of loli in Japan
     

What doesn't fly

1. Drawn pictures of relatively exposed women
   
2. Talking about how experienced a girl might be/one night stands
   
   [INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]As an aside, from both of the thread on the "do not fly" list seem to find the intention of the original poster as important. Is there a new rule that we have to stay on topic in the spam section...?[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]
   
   
   [INDENT][SIZE="1"]now that the references are out of the way... [/SIZE][/INDENT]
   
   [SIZE="4"]Debate Topic[/SIZE]
   
   What do you think is included under a PG-13 rating?
   Do you think Mabination should adhere to a PG-13 rating? Is sexual content a problem?
   What content do you want to be on Mabination?
   Do you think that current enforcement reflect the rules of a PG-13 rating?
   
   
   
   An aside: I wrote this up pretty quick, so if there are any other things I should be linking in the first post, please let me know~ I'm keeping my own opinion out of this first post, as much as I can anyway.