On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabhala@gmail.comwrote:
On Friday 30 September 2011 11:19 PM, Theo10011 wrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Achal Prabhala<aprabhala@gmail.com wrote:
How about an encyclopedia? Anywhere?
Are you suggesting a rating system for an encyclopedia?
No.
I'm suggesting that:
Ratings are different from censorship.
Actually, it's a matter of perspective if you consider that. If you read the history Censorship in United States, it has an entire section about Film censorship[1], also of relevance might be the MPAA crticism section [2] or Tipper gore led Parent's Music resource center [3]. My question was, has there been an instance of an encyclopedia being censored or even rated?
Sometimes, ratings can be used to create censorship.
Often, ratings do just that - rate.
They actually restrict access, those ratings limit who can see a certain movie, depending upon the classification. Again, it is a matter of perspective.
For film.
In several countries around the world, including India, and Germany.
Theo
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States#Film_censorship [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America_film_rati... [3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center