R/18 - May contain fiction
My manager, who usually sits opposite me, is off on a course this week. This means I haven't got my usual outlet for early-morning rants at the stories in the news. So you might find that my normally blissfully non-ranty blog is a bit more topical this week. ;-)
This section in a BBC story about the film adaptation of the Da Vinci Code caught my eye this morning:
I agree, a lot of the time young children do have problems distguishing fact from fiction. Though it does seem a mite hypocritical for someone in the Catholic church to be using this as a reason for banning a film being shown to minors.
This section in a BBC story about the film adaptation of the Da Vinci Code caught my eye this morning:
Last week Catholic group Opus Dei called for the unrated movie to be given an adult rating, saying children should be protected from what it called "insidious" lies about Catholicism.
Opus Dei spokesman Marc Carroggio said: "Any adult can distinguish reality from fiction. But you cannot expect a child to make proper judgements."
I agree, a lot of the time young children do have problems distguishing fact from fiction. Though it does seem a mite hypocritical for someone in the Catholic church to be using this as a reason for banning a film being shown to minors.
- Gillian points at the bible, koran, torah, eastenders, coronation st
> Opus Dei Spokesman declares that RELIGION SHOULD HAVE ADULT RATING
> (effectively)
>
>
> by declaring "Any adult can distinguish reality from fiction. But you
> cannot expect a child to make proper judgements." Marc Carroggio has
> said as much that religion should not be taught to children - after all,
> they cannot make proper judgements about what they're being told. Why
> should this movie be any more fiction than Catholic teachings?
> How is a child to determine whether what they're being told is fact or
> fiction. Why should the Christian superstition be less fictional than
> Islam, or Islamic beliefs be more valid than that of Hindus. Or any of
> these any more or less fictional than the teachings of "Bob" Dobbs?
>
>
> NO CHILD SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO ANY RELIGION.
>
>
> but when does a child become an adult?
>
> when they become 18? or 16? or when they have their genitals
> mutilated? or grow hair on their private parts? or start their
> Period? or ride their first horse? or kill their first enemy?
>
>
> EH?
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