Ever since the Motion Picture Association of America decided to add smoking as a factor in rating movies, pressure groups are demanding even more value-oriented items be used as rating criteria. A coalition of gay rights, labor unions, environmental, and abortion groups has presented a new list to MPAA. According to this list, movies should be rated “R” if they depict any of the following:
- Coal mining
- Religious schools (in which no abuses are taking place)
- Heterosexual couples with their own children
- Parents adopting children
- Nuclear power plants
- Legal immigrants who fill out their paperwork properly
- Ethical businessmen at a Fortune 500 company
- Positive depiction of a Republican
- Economic growth due to tax cuts
- Failure of socialized medicine
- Exposure of left-wing lies
- Debunking of environmentalist hysteria by real scientists
- Muslim terrorists
- Heroic actions by the American or Israeli military
- Political opposition to Fidel Castro
- Country music stars other than the Dixie Chicks
Feel free to add to this list.
