First of all, I must remind you that even movies in video clubs are classified. There is a general classification, which is “PG”, and so on up until “18A”. If the regulations were really enforced, an 11-year-old going into a club to rent The Patriot, which is classified “PG-13”, would never have it handed to him across the counter. It is the same thing with videos. He cannot get the movie from a video club, because it is classified “PG-13 with violence”. That is the reality.
Furthermore, the same rules apply to the cinema. If an eight-year-old wants to go and see a movie that has been classified as “PG-13 with violence”, in theory, he should be stopped at the box office. However, it is not the same thing for television simply because the public airwaves are available to anyone.