Linux PVR as possible self-control of content for families?

[Oren Beck]

On 3/14/07, Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 March 2007 04:47:13 pm you wrote:
>
> > Nope. DirecTv has a slightly different schedule. As my wife gets both
> > east and west coast feeds, your program guide may be different. As for
> > the NSFK movie?
>
> Ok, The movie is "Sexual Indiscretion", rated TVMA, showing 4:30 - 5:50 on the
> Pacific feed then.  While it appears from the very brief descriptions
> available to be pretty much about sex, it should be noted that other programs
> rated TVMA include Schindler's List and some episodes of South Park, The
> Shield, Rescue Me and so-on.
>
> I personally don't think there's any harm in children knowing as much about
> sex as they might observantly learn on a working farm, I understand that
> there are reasons you wouldn't want them to watch this program.
>
> I don't feel that children should be allowed to surf around and just watch
> anything that strikes their fancy anyway.  Parents should actively manage
> what their kids watch, selecting programs with some knowledge of their
> content, not just passively accepting whatever spews out of the tube.
>
> If you have DirecTV, you have parental controls that will block any TVMA
> programming regardless of time slot; you can block the West Coast feeds of
> the premium channels during their "night" programming.  It's not TMC's fault
> you were greedy about your feed, they took reasonable measures not to have
> that on at the time you saw it.
>
> We don't need nannyvision to solve this problem though - we need parents to
> parent.
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With all due respect.

I never suggested anything beyond the statements of two seperate facts.

1. That the content in question was VERY not kid safe.

2. I explicitly took pains to make clear the concept of creating or using
PVR tools as ENABLING parents to control the things kids watch.

OH, the comments about other shows using the same TVMA rating?
That's why parents or those responsible for similar guardianship need
to prescreen content and NOT blindly trust ratings etc.