Are PG-13 ratings useless to viewers?

Some have wondered whether the upcoming "Suicide Squad" film should be given an "R" rating rather than the more marketable "PG-13". On today's Pop Culture Panel, we discuss if PG-13 is still relevant to audiences as a guideline, and how parents should view the MPAA's rating system.

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[internisus]

Isn't cartoon violence like lasers with little result beyond people falling down *more* insidious than images like blood from a stormtrooper's hand smeared onto a helmet? The latter shows that violence has a consequence, whereas cartoon violence makes it seem fun and weightless; which is the healthier message? I understand that people want to protect their children from disturbing content (as well as much of reality), but this example in particular has always seemed foolish to me.

There's a difference between media that glorifies and revels in violence and media that shows it as disturbing. I think that it's just as bad to shelter children from the real consequences of violence as it is to puritanically hide the existence of sexuality from them.

[draekola]

Do i need 1 parent for me and 5 friends to watch suicide squad? We're 12... :(
And I dont want a parent to ruin our outing