1. Crying

There’s a very distinct difference between the crying of an adult and that of a child. You never see a grown person wailing their lungs out after they’ve soiled themselves. And if you do, you agree that they should promptly be heavily medicated. And you never see an infant quietly sobbing to himself, tears quietly rolling down his cheek, with his shoulders bouncing. I think that’s one of the first transitions in the life of the human being: when you stop crying loudly and start crying quietly.

2. Movie Ratings

Overall the movie rating system makes sense to me. You have your G: good for everyone. PG: maybe a couple swear words. PG-13: a little bit more raw, perhaps some heavy petting. Then we have this 14A, which used to be called M: someone’s definitely getting shot and you might even see a boob. Then there’s the coveted R spot (or 18A? Is that the same thing?): this one’s strictly for adults, but only because people are getting slaughtered and using the F word a lot, not to mention the likely full scale nudity (which is apparently as damaging to a young mind as the image of mass scale human death and suffering). And then there is the oft internet searched X rating: we all know what this is about. And then this is where the wheels come off the cart for me. We go directly from X to Triple X. What’s with that? Is there no Double X? I have never in my entire life ever heard of a movie being rated Double X. Is that fair? I’m sure there are some people out there who watch an X rated movie and think, “Egh, it’s okay, but it’s a little tame for me,” who then go try out the Triple X and are repulsed. Where do these people go? At the moment, nowhere. Is there no in between? Have we as a society not yet acknowledged that the truth so often lay somewhere in the middle? I’m just saying, let’s be reasonable. Let’s add another category. Double X. Not that I have ever seen any films like that, nor do I have any interest in seeing them in the future. It’s just the principal of the thing. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to my “Girls Gone Wild” marathon.