Ideally, it would prevent parents from picking up The Misadventures of Johnny Rapist and giving it to their kids only to see them eight months later on Jerry Springer whining about how their momma won't let them accept Johns in their mother's bedroom. Unfortunately, the ratings just don't work. For starters, the ESRB is hit or miss with its content descriptions. While a content acknowledgement is fine as far as I'm concerned, it has to be done right to make it work. Right now and for the past six or so years, the descriptions have been hit or miss.
Ratings are just stupid.
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