Yammering about Ratings

So, please tell me: Why is it that the MPAA has no problem giving PG and PG-13 ratings to movies with huge amounts of violence, but show a naked butt and you get at minimum a PG-13 and more likely an R? Add in the spectre of homosexual overtones, and you're going to get a special warning on your TV episode. Feh.

I'm told - and from what I've seen via BBC TV, I'd buy it - that in the UK it's the opposite. Sexual situations are much less "taboo" than violence and they are much more likely to allow sexual situations (and what are considered "taboo" words) on the airwaves than scenes of explicit violence.

So what is the message we're trying to give here? Tommy is welcome to hit Bobby and blow up his house using a shoulder-mounted missile launcher, but heaven forfend he consider hugging Bobby instead and it becomes a Very Special Episode.

I just don't get it.

(I've been pondering this for a while; rikibeth encouraged me to write something up about it)

Because I'm in a silly mood...

...and want to have my friends make decisions for me, I bring you yet another "Tell gnomi What to Do" moment:

Brownies for dessert tonight. Dairy meal. Thus, real ice cream to go with the brownies. They've got pecans and chocolate chips in them. What flavor ice cream should I get to go with?

(I need a decision before 2 PM, so any comments after that will be taken into account for later brownies)

ETA: In the end, they didn't have anything in the praline/butter pecan family. So we ended up buying one pint of vanilla, one pint of mint chip, and one pint of mocha almond. Thanks, all, for your suggestions.

Sometimes, I'm four. :-)

Life is better when you have a juice box.

That is all.