My Online Tutorial

I have just done an online tutorial, and one of the questions posed to me was what I would propose if I was given an opportunity to recommend changes to the film classification system in Singapore.

Well, I would propose the lowering of the film ratings. I would recommend that the R(A) age restriction be lowered from 21 to 18, and that the NC-16 rating be lowered to NC-14 for war movies.

Many war films in the past have been classified as NC-16 films in the past just because they contained violence. I feel that students studying History in secondary schools can benefit if they were allowed to watch the films.

I also feel it is quite a double standard that Singaporeans aged 18 or above are considered mature enough to know right from wrong and can be charged in court if they violated laws of the country, but yet are not deemed mature enough to be exposed to R(A) content.

Young adults are not stupid. Even if they are prevented from watching R(A) films in the cinema, they will find ways to get hold of the film. Older Singaporeans just have to stop being self-righteous and stop thinking that their conservative values should be applied across the board because the fact they "dont have lives" does not mean we young people must do the same.