'R' rated movies, and 'M' rated games all have one thing in common:

They were made for adults.

I've been noticing these lately more and more, and I have come to wonder why the gruesome, the gory, the vulgar, the explicit and so on is reserved for adults only. This world, I have concluded, is teaching younger people that evil is for the grown-up. And I'm not saying that's bad, in fact, thats amazingly good! But that also means that the world has been teaching adults that the evil, the explicit, the gory, the gruesome, and so on, are okay.

Is there something special about adults that makes them immune to this stuff? I don't believe so. Ever see a child murder someone? Gosh, I hope not.

This brings me to my question:

Is there a magic line that you cross when you become an adult, that permits you to corrupt your mind?

In this world, I would say yes. Why? Well look around you, it seems 18 is the point where you cross over that "magic" line to fill your mind with crap. And it saddens me when a parent buys a game like Grand Theft Auto for his 10 year-old son. But see, thats really weird, because we wouldn't think twice about it if we saw an adult buy that game.

So, all in all, why should adults be the only ones who can pollute themselves?