what is PG?

[Lyndka Cochrane]

I keep hearing the words "This club is PG" around the grid and mostly it seems in situations where residents begin to either swear or use words of a sexual nature like boobs, bum (and other variations) - it would seem that some of the folk saying that haven't listened to most post 15 year olds lately.

Lately it seems to be becoming a catch all for 'shutting down' almost any behaviour that any other resident finds embarassing or they don't understand the context of the words use i.e. "Does my bum look big in this?" (which in the UK is a commonly used point of houmour). Could Linden Labs point me at a definition of what they consider to be PG in this context and also realistically what sanctions a Resident or Club owner would face if an Abuse Report were filed?

(I have been a resident for over 6 years and it only seems in the last couple of years that 'PG' has become a valid excuse for moderating other residents behaviour and languafe - some say from the merging of the Teen Grid and the creation of Zindra - it's also becoming tiresome to encounter what appears to be a firm conviction that Linden's are monitoring chat waiting to pounce on errant residents!)

[Rolig Loon]

In current usage in the U.S., PG = "Parental Guidance". It has no official meaning in SL.   See http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings/ta-p/700119 for the officiual wording.

[Lucretia Brandenburg]

As far as LL is concerned, there is no PG, it is "moderate" ... at moderate sims, nudity is allowed in public, but no overt sexual activities or graphic depictions of a pornographic nature in public. However, "PG" if it is a term being used, is used by estate and venue owners and it is whatever they say it is, and the definition varies from place to place. When in doubt, ask for a definition of PG, including a list of "bad words." So while using the word "bum" may be frowned upon by a place where the staff chides you because it is "PG" it does not violate any LL sim ratings. however, that does not mean you will not get kicked out of such a place for using that word if they feel like kicking you out.

 Unless, of course, people are using PG to mean G rated. Then, no public nudity, nothing of a sexual nature anywhere on the sim.

So essentially what I am saying is that calling a place PG is utterly meaningless in terms of LL's TOS and community standards. PG stands for "parental guidance" and really just means not suitable for young children due to graphic depictions of violence, and perhaps some nudity and ribald humor.

[Innula Zenovka]

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General regions are areas where you should feel free to say and do things that you would be comfortable saying and doing in front of your grandmother or a grade school class

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http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings/ta-p/700119

Yes, that's all pretty meaningless, but I don't see it's a huge issue since it's hardly as if SL is short of decent clubs on M and A land.     

[Amethyst Jetaime]

Just to add that you cannot AR any landowner for ejecting or banning you or enforcing any rules they choose to enforce as long as the rule does not violate the TOS.  They pay for the land and what they say goes.  A land owner can eject and ban you for any reason they choose, or none at all, even if the land is open to the public.

Think of it in terms of your own home.  You set the rules there and can enforce them as long as its within the law.  If you have an open house and a visitor does something you find objectionable, even if no one else does, you can tell him to leave and if they refuse you can have them ejected from the premise and lock the door behind them.  They can't then run to the police and complain about it without being told they have no leg to stand on.