Warm and Mandatory

“Everyone should see Fahrenheit 9/11.” So says Richard Roeper. But they can’t, because the film is rated R. Which is in and of itself a little strange, since normally you can disembowel a pregnant woman with a rusty melon-baller in a movie and still get PG-13, provided we don’t get to see her nipple! (And let’s not forget that other R-rated warm’n'fuzzy family fun-fest from earlier this year that millions of unfortunate children were subjected to.) But anyway, I guess images of dead Iraqis and etc. could potentially be damaging (to the President), so the rating stands. Now here’s where things get really strange. Remember Roeper’s quote from before? Apparently, he’s not allowed to say things like that since by telling “everyone” to see the film, it could be inferred that he’s encouraging minors to break the law and see the film, regardless of it’s rating. Bullshit, right? I know… So anyway, what’s an irresponsible, unqualified, absentee parent to do? Complex question; Simple answer: The ‘R’ Card… Hooray for America!