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July 06, 2007
Children: Beware of this blog!
I'm shocked. SHOCKED, I say! Despite the fact that I go out of my way to avoid obscenity, profanity, pornography, and even nudity, I have been apprised that my blog is nonetheless unsuitable for children under seventeen:  Why isn't there any language about accompanying parents? According to the rating site, the rating "was determined based on the presence of the following words": * gay (15x)Hmmm... My normal reaction would be to tell them that they can all just so suck down a pitcher of my dangerous dead gay death punch, except I won't say that because I try to be polite (a policy to which I try to adhere -- although I was accused of mean-spiritedness yesterday). (Via Rand Simberg whose blog is safer for children than this one, but who got it from Virginia Postrel, who shares the NC-17 rating with me -- in her case because of drug talk.) I'll try harder. UPDATE: On closer examination, I see that Virginia Postrel actually has a "G" rating; it was Reason's Hit & Run that earned an "NC-17" because of drug talk. Glad I cleared that up. (Not only do I try to be accurate but I'd hate to be facing a lawsuit for label libel.) posted by Eric on 07.06.07 at 12:04 PM
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My classics blog just earned a PG rating for multiple uses of the word cum. What could possibly be wrong with that? Is it the Latin preposition cum or the Latin conjunction cum that offends so much? Dennis · July 6, 2007 03:35 PM Maybe they think you're a cum passionate conservative. Eric Scheie · July 6, 2007 05:49 PM "dead gay death punch" would either be a great name for a "queercore" punk band, or the finishing move for an as yet unreleased Playstation fighting game marketed towards alternative lifestyle gamers. Either way, it made me laugh, a great way to start the weekend. Everytime I think about using a NetNanny program, I read about how stupid NetNanny rules are, I'd rather have to explain to my kids what certain things are than have to constantly type passwords to read erudite blogs. SFC SKI · July 6, 2007 05:50 PM Believe it or not the mother-of mean-spiritedness; the HuffPo is rated PG, based on the presence of the following words, dead and Dick, obviously in the same sentence. They said that if Bush was re-elected blogs would be censored, and they were right! BJ Monte · July 6, 2007 05:50 PM What if I said this makes me Frilling mad is that a bad word.U know I mean that other word that begins with F ethanthom · July 6, 2007 06:59 PM I think that should your tagline: TallDave · July 7, 2007 03:41 AM I'm a knifemaker, but I'm rated R for 31 uses of the word "knife" (?!?) and one use of the word "dangerous". I'd love to know who the mouth-breathing retard is who developed this program. Panday · July 7, 2007 06:56 AM "I'd love to know who the mouth-breathing retard is who developed this program." You mean it wasn't intended as satire? Eric Scheie · July 7, 2007 03:37 PM Post a comment
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Ok, I can see people getting their panties in a bunch over some of those, but 'punch'?