tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post2720399202800057334..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Festival of Zappadan 2008 ClosesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-78232443498985479302008-12-22T15:23:00.000+01:002008-12-22T15:23:00.000+01:00somebody should start a festival to honor Warren Z...somebody should start a festival to honor Warren Zevon, too.<BR/><BR/>i'm starting to think if my life had a soundtrack, it'd be written by Warren Zevon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-46846360269942111142008-12-22T15:16:00.000+01:002008-12-22T15:16:00.000+01:00that is great! i had no idea such a festival exis...that is great! i had no idea such a festival existed...Slydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170343849186268727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-72118763433022619322008-12-22T14:33:00.000+01:002008-12-22T14:33:00.000+01:00record labeling is stupid and pointless, but at le...record labeling is stupid and pointless, but at least everybody can choose to just ignore the labels. nobody gets denied the purchase of a record because of the label.<BR/><BR/>movie and video game "ratings" are more troublesome, because those are used to enforce a point-of-sale restriction on some people, where the restrictors are neither parents nor guardians of the restrictees. i have a problem with that, because both those labeling systems are useless and bogus.<BR/><BR/>for a good, detailed explanation of why the movie rating system is useless, go see the 2006 documentary <I><A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493459/" REL="nofollow">This Film Not Yet Rated</A>.</I> executive summary: sex gets rated "don't show it anywhere near a minor", non-vanilla sex gets rated "don't show it at all", and violence gets a pass no matter how brutal. the ratings board that rates each movie is a bunch of anonymous, unaccountable, suburban bluenoses whose decisions can not be appealed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com