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Just a short little sighting here that dates back several years.
I remember being in a video store once looking through their selection of Anime. They had some really good and even rare videos which I often rented; and then they had the...(cough) Adult anime. (H videos, and before you ask NO I didn't rent those.)
I remember that this one day, I was monkeying around debating if I wanted to rent Ghost in the Shell, or maybe pick up the full Project A-ko series which they had. As I stood there, this little rug rat maybe eight or nine years old comes over. Looking at me he laughs out loud, going into one of those kid giggle fits. "You're looking at cartoons!" Were his words. A few moments later, a parental unit comes over and asks the kid which one he wants. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the kid point in the general direction of one of the LA Blue Girl (note contains strong sexual instances) videos and says that one.
You know, I couldn't leave well enough alone then? Clearing my throat I said "You know that has nudity in it right?" To which the mother turns to me and scoffs. "It's a cartoon it's for gotta be for kids." with that she tromps off to rent it. (they did let her).
Years later, I often wished to be a fly on the wall when the mom put that movie in. Wouldn't you just love to have seen the look on her face when she saw what she'd rented junior?
I remember being in a video store once looking through their selection of Anime. They had some really good and even rare videos which I often rented; and then they had the...(cough) Adult anime. (H videos, and before you ask NO I didn't rent those.)
I remember that this one day, I was monkeying around debating if I wanted to rent Ghost in the Shell, or maybe pick up the full Project A-ko series which they had. As I stood there, this little rug rat maybe eight or nine years old comes over. Looking at me he laughs out loud, going into one of those kid giggle fits. "You're looking at cartoons!" Were his words. A few moments later, a parental unit comes over and asks the kid which one he wants. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the kid point in the general direction of one of the LA Blue Girl (note contains strong sexual instances) videos and says that one.
You know, I couldn't leave well enough alone then? Clearing my throat I said "You know that has nudity in it right?" To which the mother turns to me and scoffs. "It's a cartoon it's for gotta be for kids." with that she tromps off to rent it. (they did let her).
Years later, I often wished to be a fly on the wall when the mom put that movie in. Wouldn't you just love to have seen the look on her face when she saw what she'd rented junior?
Duh. I'm not an anime fan, and even I know that not all cartoons are suitable for children! That's what ratings and reading the label are for. But then again, that requires logic and taking responsibility for your own actions, and those are two areas that SCs are sorely lacking in.
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