On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:19:03 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:

> On Sep 7, 6:48*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
>> On 9/7/2010 1:10 PM, EJ Willson wrote:
>>
>>> Bert Hyman wrote:
>>>> The local PBS station has been running "New Scandinavian Cooking"
>>>> (http://www.scandcook.com/) which I watch more for the scenery than
>>>> the recipes, but at least one of the presenters (Claus Meyer) waxes
>>>> euphoric over rapeseed oil.
>>
>>>> Is there a difference between the rapeseed oil he's using and the
>>>> canola oil I buy in my supermarket? Is this high-test European variety
>>>> sold in the US? I haven't noticed it where I shop.
>>
>>> As I recall it Canola is merely rapeseed oil. IIRC Canola stands for
>>> Canadian Oil, Low Acid.
>>
>> I believe you are correct. In 1997 we did an RV caravan trip to Alaska.
>> While we were still in BC we visited a canola farm and they told us what
>> you said. *They added that they changed the name because "rapeseed"
>> didn't sound very commercial.
>
> Rape is a pretty loaded word. I had to get in front of the TV, then
> stop it when a movie we were watching had a rape scene (The Girl With
> the Dragon Tattoo), because that was something we didn't want our son
> to see, and he had come into the room. That movie was a bit too much
> for an "R" rating. The woman who got raped got her revenge though
> (also a bit too much for an "R" rating). Good movie, but pretty
> disturbing.
>
> How come graphic violence combined with non-graphic sexual violence
> gets a, "R," but graphic affectionate sex gets an X? It's because
> folks in America are ****ed up, and stupid. The sight of genitalia
> offends more than seeing a person get raped. The folks on the MPAA
> committees deserved to get violently raped.

good thing you're keeping you son away from representations of violence.

blake