I really like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel".
In OZ, they are PG 15. I don't know what they are elsewhere.
In my researching the shows and their production on the Internet, I found that a high proportion of the viewership was under the age of 8. Making the words comprehensible to eastern USA children was an essential factor in generating sufficient income.
(No links - I was just curious about the production side, and read a few hundred sites identified from Google two/three weeks ago)
AFAIR Buffy and Angel do not show *****, ***** or pricks, however it does clearly show murder, death in many forms, sexual activity, love, hate, depression and death.
I think all those issues are a little more serious, don't you?
BTW - before someone says, BUT, this was a family show, once again, can anyone here honestly claim they know what show their child is watching when the parent is not in the room? I said, HONESTLY!
This afternoon, Sue and I watched a movie on our satellite channel 39. It was shown at the time that pre-schoolers are brought home from school. If every parent who brought their kid home at that time stated they knew their child did not watch that movie, I'd say at least 5% are lieing. The movie included bare bums (male and female), bare breasts, very active sex without the pornographic closeups.
USA has many thousands more cable channels than we do.
I think this storm in a tea cup is more a demonstration of "my way or the highway" than any justifiable ethical evaluation.
Ian