This X rated, R rated thing was weird for me from the this minute on I have learned it.
In Hungary, the movies were rated only by age.
The 14 and the 18 limits were always existed. From late 50's up to now.
The 14 is the year when one finishes the primary. (years from 6 to 14)
It is, unambiguously, a real boundary.
This time, the youngster - or the parents - can decide if he/she begin to work or want learn more.
The 18 is the year when one finishes the middle school. (years from 14 to 18) --- by the way you may call it
high school, it doesn't make that better ---
From this time the youngster becomes - or can become - independent.
Gets the private ID card, drive license, other papers (sometimes at 16, the law is changing continuously).
He/she (stupid language with gender everywhere) can/may:
- marry
- leave the parents
- vote (I said VOTE)
- do what he/she (again) wants --- and doesn't make the parents accountable for the deeds
Sometimes there are limits for the age 6, 12, 13, 14. Today, I don't care, You know why.
No X, no R.
Years ago, in movies the ushers checked the ID. There were cheap movies (I know them all when I was 14..17) which didn't.
Additionally, a marriage certification has trumped the 18 limit. Ones who are matured enough to marry --- even by special license --- are matured enough to wach a +18 movie.
At that time, the boundary was the same as here on this site; genitals, female nipples. I remember
The Wages of Fear as one of +18 rated.
No X, no R. I repeat.
Should a Hungarian - or whatever nationality - LDS member check the opinion of
XRCO?
The X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) is a group of writers and editors from the American adult entertainment industry
Should a Hungarian - or whatever nationality - LDS member check the opinion of
MPAA?
The Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) film-rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a film's suitability for certain audiences
Have a prophet, seer and revelator - or anybody - the right to say TO AN ADULT OLDER THAN 18 what to watch and what to not?
Ok, it is an American church. All prophets (OK, the Uchtdorf guy made an exception, coming from a 40000 membership - 0.047% - country ***) are Americans.
Should the whole world use American measurements? Especially movie rating systems?
Should every member know the meaning of the P, PG, R, NC letters...
Or should every member know English and [Reformed] Egyptian?
The May 15, 1843 issue of the official Mormon periodical Times and Seasons contains an article, purportedly written by Joseph Smith, Jr., deriving the etymology of the name "Mormon" from English "more" + Egyptian mon, "good", and extolling the meaning as follows:
It has been stated that this word [Mormon] was derived from the Greek word mormo. This is not the case. There was no Greek or Latin upon the plates from which I, through the grace of God, translated the Book of Mormon. Let the language of that book speak for itself. On the 523d page, of the fourth edition, it reads: And now behold we have written this record according to our knowledge in the characters which are called among us the Reformed Egyptian ... none other people knoweth our language; therefore [God] hath prepared means for the interpretation thereof." ... [The] Bible in its widest sense, means good; for the Savior says according to the gospel of John, "I am the good shepherd;" and it will not be beyond the common use of terms, to say that good is among the most important in use, and though known by various names in different languages, still its meaning is the same, and is ever in opposition to bad. We say from the Saxon, good; the Dane, god; the Goth, goda; the German, gut; the Dutch, goed; the Latin, bonus; the Greek, kalos; the Hebrew, tob; and the Egyptian, mon. Hence, with the addition of more, or the contraction, mor, we have the word MOR-MON; which means, literally, more good.
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Something totally different...
In Mexico there are 1300000 members - 1.1%
In Brazil, there are 1200000 members - 0.6%
In Philippines, there are 700000 members - 0.7%
In Chile there are 600000 members - 3.3%
In Peru there are 500000 members - 1.7%
In UK, there are 190000 members - 0.3%
Then, where are theMexican, Brazilian, Philippine, Chilean, Peruvian, UK's prophets?
Bigger membership and bigger percent than Germany...
Or the Tongan one? (60000 members, 58% !!!)
