Monday, January 11, 2010

Hand-wringing, nanny-state pants-wetters.

Wait, you mean TV and movies aren't real? There goes my plan to invest extensively in Acme. You know, for the huge coyote/roadrunner market possibilities. Idiots, I swear to god.

I Won't Even Subject You To the Horrors of Our Three Stooges Ward - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine:
"...But a new test screening card from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Hollywood is still not up to government safety code on seat belts, bike helmets and proper boating safety.

Results of a CDC study on how safety is presented in G and PG movies, penned by epidemiologist Jon Eric Tongren, will be published in the February issue of Pediatrics.

...BusinessWeek wheels in a pediatrician to explain how you can raise green-threat-level kids in a yellow-alert culture:

[Dr. Barbara] Gaines said, "If you're watching a movie with your child and there's a major scene where someone didn't buckle up, give your kid a nudge, and say something like, 'Uh-oh, what did that guy forget to do?'""

Um, could the answer to that question be "Shut the fuck up while I'm trying to watch the movie?" Well, it should be.

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