MTV Executives Worried Skins May Violate Child Pornography Laws
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Some things about America. Actual children don't have to be involved for something to be child porn. Some guy in middle America was convicted of owning child porn for owning some manga that involved sexy schoolgirl cartoons.
Sexy-things on film with under-18s counts as child porn. Even if it is a 17 year old taking a naked cell phone photo and sending to a boy/girlfriend.
However, only 12 states have 18 as the age of consent law. 8 have 17 as the age of consent. This leaves the majority, or 30 states with an age of consent of 16.
This is also different than the marriage age laws...Marriage trumps age of consent...so if you are married you can have sex with your spouse even if your are younger than the age of consent. Most states have a marriage age of 18, but 16 with parental consent. But some states allow 14 year olds to marry with parental consent...and Mississippi has no minimum age with parental and judicial consent.
Massachusetts (as an example). Marriage age is 18 or 14 for boys/12 for girls with parental and judicial consent.
So a 12 year old girl can legally get married and have sex, but some guy gets put in jail for owning a comic book.
And no one can drink until they are 21.
Sexy-things on film with under-18s counts as child porn. Even if it is a 17 year old taking a naked cell phone photo and sending to a boy/girlfriend.
However, only 12 states have 18 as the age of consent law. 8 have 17 as the age of consent. This leaves the majority, or 30 states with an age of consent of 16.
This is also different than the marriage age laws...Marriage trumps age of consent...so if you are married you can have sex with your spouse even if your are younger than the age of consent. Most states have a marriage age of 18, but 16 with parental consent. But some states allow 14 year olds to marry with parental consent...and Mississippi has no minimum age with parental and judicial consent.
Massachusetts (as an example). Marriage age is 18 or 14 for boys/12 for girls with parental and judicial consent.
So a 12 year old girl can legally get married and have sex, but some guy gets put in jail for owning a comic book.
And no one can drink until they are 21.
Every night I pray that whoever tried to americanise skins be struck down in fire and lightning.
The New season of english Skins is starting today, and it does things american TV would not dare, including actors who look like the types of ppl who would actually live on estates, not god-damned models , also the british, deprecating tongue(if not always you own)-in-cheek humour.
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The New season of english Skins is starting today, and it does things american TV would not dare, including actors who look like the types of ppl who would actually live on estates, not god-damned models , also the british, deprecating tongue(if not always you own)-in-cheek humour.
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good sir, at the moment I wouldnt even give it 2 generations for england to collapse as a society.Buchichu said:
I can only think that an American version of Skins would be utter shit. Apparently the newer British series are shite compared to the first (I wouldn't know, I've only seen the later 2) so Americanising it can't be too good.
OT: Better to be cautious with this sort of thing. Kind of illegal to show under age kids in the nude. Skins is more forward with teenage life but it shouldn't be breaking the law to achieve the same effect.
OT: Better to be cautious with this sort of thing. Kind of illegal to show under age kids in the nude. Skins is more forward with teenage life but it shouldn't be breaking the law to achieve the same effect.
The UK version was shit. The US version will be shit. They couldn't even get the prices of the drugs right ffs....
Anyone who takes the Parent's Television Council seriously has to take a long look at themselves. What you allow your own children to watch is a matter of common sense, you don't need an angry conservative website to spoon-feed you parenting advice.
Also, any organisation that has to state on their logo that "We are a non-partisan organization" needs questioning. If you're genuinely non-partisan then why the need to stress the fact? It's like the UKIP party (UK Independence Party or 'BNP Lite') once stating "We are a non-racist organization." If its not an issue, why bring it up?
Also, any organisation that has to state on their logo that "We are a non-partisan organization" needs questioning. If you're genuinely non-partisan then why the need to stress the fact? It's like the UKIP party (UK Independence Party or 'BNP Lite') once stating "We are a non-racist organization." If its not an issue, why bring it up?
The same parents who let their kids watch "Jeresy Shore"... the ones who are too busy vomiting in a toilet in some bar while their kids are at home alone.Irridium said:
Emphasis on "used to". Even funnier? The less ambiguous "Much More Music" (Canadian MTV) has pretty much dumped the music for The OC and "Gene Simmons' Family Jewels". They're not even trying any more.CezarIgnat said:
(Also, my captcha is in Arabic... what the heck.)
I watched the first two seasons of Skins a while back.
SHOCKING!
I'm a gun owning Texan, conservative as all hell, would love a libertarian government AND I fucking loved that show.
It felt real, it felt like what I was doing and seeing in high school, above all, it was entertaining. Sadly, MTV SHOULD NEVER TRY TO RECREATE THIS SHOW. If they want people to watch something new (for America) just play the first two seasons of the UK original Skins.
Additionally, the kids in the US version look like their about 12, rather than 17 and 18 which is what the first cast of Skins were aged about.
FLAMEPROOFER: I haven't seen subsequent seasons past the first two because I 1.) Don't have the time to watch them. 2.) Don't have the money to purchase them.
SHOCKING!
I'm a gun owning Texan, conservative as all hell, would love a libertarian government AND I fucking loved that show.
It felt real, it felt like what I was doing and seeing in high school, above all, it was entertaining. Sadly, MTV SHOULD NEVER TRY TO RECREATE THIS SHOW. If they want people to watch something new (for America) just play the first two seasons of the UK original Skins.
Additionally, the kids in the US version look like their about 12, rather than 17 and 18 which is what the first cast of Skins were aged about.
FLAMEPROOFER: I haven't seen subsequent seasons past the first two because I 1.) Don't have the time to watch them. 2.) Don't have the money to purchase them.
Why does sex have to be pornography?
If it's being used as part of the narrative then it's got some artistic merit, I'm fucking sick of people getting up in arms over sex, which (between consenting parties, of course) is a harmless act, yet shoot someone dead in a movie and nobody raises an eyebrow.
It's a pointless double-standard and I honestly never take the "think of the children" argument seriously, if people are willing to imitate something they saw on T.V.,game or movie then, even if you completely ban it, they would've done it eventually anyway so either step in and educate them on the risks or leave them to it; it's inevitable for stupid people to do stupid things.
If it's being used as part of the narrative then it's got some artistic merit, I'm fucking sick of people getting up in arms over sex, which (between consenting parties, of course) is a harmless act, yet shoot someone dead in a movie and nobody raises an eyebrow.
It's a pointless double-standard and I honestly never take the "think of the children" argument seriously, if people are willing to imitate something they saw on T.V.,game or movie then, even if you completely ban it, they would've done it eventually anyway so either step in and educate them on the risks or leave them to it; it's inevitable for stupid people to do stupid things.