File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_1999/anarchy-list.9907, message 706


Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 09:52:03 -0400
From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-tao.ca>
Subject: Re: Rated R




Strychnine wrote:
> 
> I hear this is a Federal Law, so i hope all of you can understand this.
> Movies, everyone loves to watch a good movie. It so happens that a lot
> of good movies are Rated R. Wheres the problem? im over 17 no big deal
> eh? well im not 21 yet, and that's where the problem lies. My brother is
> under 17, and im his "Legal" guardian right? Wrong, according to this
> great new "Law" that i didn't vote for (or any of us)
> it makes it so Theaters can choose whatever they want as the "Legal"
> guardian.
> i have 4 Theaters just in the area i live in. two are age 25 and above,
> and two are 21 and above. Sooo my point is that if you are 20, and you
> bring your 14 year old brother to see a Rated R movie, they dont sell
> you a ticket. whats even worse they have Three "Checkpoints" before you
> can even get into sit down. So we have to all put up with this, and cant
> do squat about it. i called my worthless congressman, and i was told it
> was a bill passed by Good ol Bill, and so its in stone, period. and they
> give theaters huge fines if they fuck up, and let someone under 17 in
> with out parental consent. and your screwed if you dont have parents. i
> even went as far as saying, my parents are dead, i am his legal
> guardian. the manager, or robocop to some, still said he couldn't do
> anything for me with out "proof" i hate this law, i am so pissed about
> it, and i have NO idea where to start to rid the great american public
> of this violation of our so called rights. please, if you have any
> insight, if this has happened to you, or if you feel im full of shit,
> please reply, im looking foward to your answers.

Organize civil disobedience. Have a sit in in front of the ticket booth.


-- 
Chuck0

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