Beowulf

[Zaukrie]

I'm looking forward to seeing this, but I don't get this person's statement:

Now, I'm no prude. I found the near-nudity of Beowulf to be humorous, if overdone. And the near-nude form of Jolie should be of interest to any man, but if I had kids... I wouldn't take a 13 year old to see that film. 15, maybe, 16 or 17 sure, whatever. But not 13 or younger.

I'd rather have my two young sons see nudity that violence. I find the entire ratings system bizzarro.

 

[Fenris]

I remember reading a story about a woman who was being tried for public indecency for walking around nude. The case was thrown out when the officer was asked to point at her supposedly exposed genitalia, and he could not.

Of course, I never claimed to be a biologist.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that tomatoes are a vegetable, when they are a fruit.

 

[Jubilee]

The US Supreme Court has ruled that tomatoes are a vegetable, when they are a fruit.

I can't even imagine why the Supreme Court would need to care whether it's a fruit or a vegetable!

 

[frankthedm]

I can't even imagine why the Supreme Court would need to care whether it's a fruit or a vegetable!

Children's lunch programs I'd bet. Nutrition guidelines get set by laws counting each serving in an entree to make sure a set amount of nutrition gets to the kids. In a legal fight, determining what goes into children’s' lunches can lead to lucrative contracts.

This might have something to do with a school being able to write off giving kids tortia chips and salsa as giving them bread and a vegtable.

 

[Fenris]

I can't even imagine why the Supreme Court would need to care whether it's a fruit or a vegetable!

1870's and it was a tariff issue. Fruits and vegetables had different tariffs on them. There was a dispute over the tomato.

 

[frankthedm]

1870's and it was a tariff issue. Fruits and vegetables had different tariffs on them. There was a dispute over the tomato.

Yep. Saw that right after the boards went wonky.

 

[Darkwolf71]

I'm looking forward to seeing this, but I don't get this person's statement:



I'd rather have my two young sons see nudity that violence. I find the entire ratings system bizzarro.

As the person who made that statement, that's fine with me. I happen to see it a little differently is all.

 

[Zaukrie]

I will say, though, that my children are more comfortable with violence than nudity and kissing and all that stuff. Watching the really, really bad american music awards (is there no rock anymore) with my youngest was entertaining. He definitely isn't into girls/women yet, as he spent most of the night mocking the singing and hair and makup...

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

Watching the really, really bad american music awards (is there no rock anymore) with my youngest was entertaining.

There's plenty of rock in fact rock is doing better now than it has in a long time, but it's not part of the Hollywood "culture" that the awards shows cater to and thus doesn't get much attention from them. There's more and better hard rock and metal out now than there has been for some time and damned good new bands popping up frequently.

 

[Mark]

This thread seems to have lost its way.