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NEWS: Saskatchewan Anime Store Forced to Close Due to Ratings Stickers

Well that sucks.

It seems kinda odd that the provinces have the power to control ratings and not the national government.

Of course, a more centralised system creates what american's call "big government" and I believe that concept is extremely unpopular in the States...

-t

I'm not a fan of the decentralised system. Personally it creates a lot of wasted resources, redundancies, inconcistencies and red tape.

Of course, a more centralised system creates what american's call "big government" and I believe that concept is extremely unpopular in the States...

tempest wrote:

Of course, a more centralised system creates what american's call "big government" and I believe that concept is extremely unpopular in the States... -t

No, a bunch of us "Patriotic God Fearing Americans whom feel our viewpoints are superior to others and we know best" support it in the form of the FCC.

First they came for the communists, I did not speak out because I was not a communist.

When they came for the social democrats, I did not speak out because I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews, I did not speak out because I was not a Jew;

And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.

This is sucks realy bad. Why are they trying to close down a small buissnes. I say we should all buy whatever he has and help him out.

BTW, don't anime DVDs cary an age rating on them anyway. WTF is the problem then?

Then again, most people have never heard the following: Quote:
First they came for the communists, I did not speak out because I was not a communist.

When they came for the social democrats, I did not speak out because I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews, I did not speak out because I was not a Jew;

And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.

Although as a counterpoint, anime in the States doesn't really have a standard aside from the ones imposed by the distributor.

But yeah, TV has the FCC, Movies have the MPAA, Games have the ESRB (or ERSB, I forget which), and Music has the RIAA.

Centralization is good for some things, but not good for other things. It depends on the topic and who you talk to, but I digress.

Joe Mello wrote:

Although as a counterpoint, anime in the States doesn't really have a standard aside from the ones imposed by the distributor. But yeah, TV has the FCC, Movies have the MPAA, Games have the ESRB (or ERSB, I forget which), and Music has the RIAA. Centralization is good for some things, but not good for other things. It depends on the topic and who you talk to, but I digress.

Fortunately all those, except the FCC, are private intities and not government ones. And even the FCC, as bad as it's become, is still not nearly as bad as it was back before it was largely deregulated in the 80's. I think it's a much better situation to have those industries censoring themselves than having the government do it.

The shopkeeper claimed it was "too expensive" to comply and opted to be closed down. I'm certain this isn't the reason (;)), but I'd imagine the provinces benefit monetarily from legally forcing people to label product using official stamps.