Are SA Steam users breaking the law?

Fire everybody at the Film and Publications Board and just adopt international ratings. Viola, money saved and a more efficient system.

That would handle the international content, what about locally produced stuff? Most doesn't go through any international review (so who reviews that) or perhaps you think our locally produced content isn't good enough for your consumption?

I remember the FPB during apartheid and thus I have no time for them and feel they serve no purpose in our society.

As much as I don't miss the old censorship board enforcing their particular brand of religious morals, rating content on the PGVSNLR (whatever the name is) system does help those of us with little kids and not a lot of time to review content ourselves.

As for the article itself, whatever medium was used to conduct the interview doesn't matter. The editor (if there is one) or reporter should have decided not to publish, or to redo the interview after reading the response. Publishing drivel for the sake of publishing when we have such an info glut, is not sensationalism but merely pointless. Journalist? gets a #FAIL.
 
That would handle the international content, what about locally produced stuff? Most doesn't go through any international review (so who reviews that) or perhaps you think our locally produced content isn't good enough for your consumption?



As much as I don't miss the old censorship board enforcing their particular brand of religious morals, rating content on the PGVSNLR (whatever the name is) system does help those of us with little kids and not a lot of time to review content ourselves.

As for the article itself, whatever medium was used to conduct the interview doesn't matter. The editor (if there is one) or reporter should have decided not to publish, or to redo the interview after reading the response. Publishing drivel for the sake of publishing when we have such an info glut, is not sensationalism but merely pointless. Journalist? gets a #FAIL.

I use IMDB for movies - their synopsis of the ratings is usually pretty good.
 
I use IMDB for movies - their synopsis of the ratings is usually pretty good.

I use them too. Although not all their ratings match stuff I buy from the US. Unfortunately they don't rate everything South African/World and also don't do music and games. All I'm saying is, as a parent I can't rate everything for my kids, but a guideline does help and then I use my discretion. Yes, they will be exposed to unsuitable stuff (we don't live in a bubble :) but hopefully I can limit the collateral damage. As a kid I watched a lot of stuff that definitely would not have qualified as PG but, most of it had no negative effect, but is some stuff I wish I'd left for later. The young mind is very impressionable.
 
I use them too. Although not all their ratings match stuff I buy from the US. Unfortunately they don't rate everything South African/World and also don't do music and games. All I'm saying is, as a parent I can't rate everything for my kids, but a guideline does help and then I use my discretion. Yes, they will be exposed to unsuitable stuff (we don't live in a bubble :) but hopefully I can limit the collateral damage. As a kid I watched a lot of stuff that definitely would not have qualified as PG but, most of it had no negative effect, but is some stuff I wish I'd left for later. The young mind is very impressionable.
Agree... it's good to hear I'm not the only one who thinks like that.
 
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