I'm an what one might call concerned [and confused] for the Stateside society's apparent lack of understanding about censorship laws when it comes to sex/nudity and violence.
What exactly is wrong with a human body? Okay, I can totally see why they don't want people going to work nude, or shopping nude and so on. The human body isn't always beautiful. Hell, sometimes it's downright nauseating. But it's not hurtful to anyone. But complaining over something so banal as a statue they don't even have to be in the same suburb as? Stupid. The confusing part is that apparently female nudity and bigger breasts is a Big Important Thing™ for Statesiders.
And then you get the total opposite with violence. Hollywood shows that if it doesn't blow up bigger than last time, it's not worth your while. To my mind, violence is a bigger threat to society than a little sex and nudity. In fact, sex and nudity could [usually] be classed as healthy. But when you throw violence [which is never healthy] into the mix things just go all pear-shaped ... At least with sex you can teach control. Violence is part of an emotion that is near impossible to control.
Mind you, it's not just Stateside, much of Western society [especially .english speaking Western society] is the same, but it's worst over there.
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Date: 2005-02-08 05:44 pm (UTC)What exactly is wrong with a human body? Okay, I can totally see why they don't want people going to work nude, or shopping nude and so on. The human body isn't always beautiful. Hell, sometimes it's downright nauseating. But it's not hurtful to anyone.
But complaining over something so banal as a statue they don't even have to be in the same suburb as? Stupid.
The confusing part is that apparently female nudity and bigger breasts is a Big Important Thing™ for Statesiders.
And then you get the total opposite with violence. Hollywood shows that if it doesn't blow up bigger than last time, it's not worth your while.
To my mind, violence is a bigger threat to society than a little sex and nudity. In fact, sex and nudity could [usually] be classed as healthy. But when you throw violence [which is never healthy] into the mix things just go all pear-shaped ...
At least with sex you can teach control. Violence is part of an emotion that is near impossible to control.
Mind you, it's not just Stateside, much of Western society [especially .english speaking Western society] is the same, but it's worst over there.