While I agree as a matter of fact that these organizations exist I was asserting a preference rather than an understanding of the world as it is. I view the abo

While I agree as a matter of fact that these organizations exist I was asserting a preference rather than an understanding of the world as it is. I view the above list ranging from misguided to shameful stains on our history. Further I want to draw a distinction between a rating group which certainly encourages censorship but does not have the ability or authority to carry it out and what we are seeing here. The Comics Code Authority worked by voluntary agreement of mainstream distributors and the underground comix scene immediately popped up to challenge it. The Hays code was enabled by a (IMO) bad supreme court decision and after that was overturned quickly crumbled to a more reasonable (again IMO) system of rating. The Parental Advisory labels, despite the intentions of their founders, were reduced to being audio nutritional fact boxes. Any traction they might have got was granted them by distributors like Walmart and collapsed shortly thereafter when the internet changed music distribution.