Comment Re:In other news (Score 1) 453
I was about to mod this up, but I just had to stop by and comment on this discussion...
Hi, I'm from Europe. From socially liberal Scandinavia, in particular. Since the 70's, we have aired complete nudity (not just tits), sexual acts and just about any swear word in prime time public tv (yeah, we have a couple of state owned channels, omg!). Violent movies get shown on late night, very violent movies not at all. In movie theaters, violence usually gets the movie a higher rating than in the US but nudity or sexual content barely affects the age limit.
We have, let's see, lower crime rates in general, lower rates of violent crimes, lower rates of teen pregnancy and lower rates of STDs on teens. Our kids do pretty well in school. School aged children can safely walk the streets of our cities.
I'm not saying it all comes from having sex on the tv, but the attitudes of our society are pretty different.
Oh, and I'm personally an active member of the conservative party in my country. There's no discussion at all about getting that stuff off the tv. I don't know a single member in our party who would want that.
I keep being amazed at the amount of fear americans have in swear words and sexual content. What causes the huge difference between EU and US?
Hi, I'm from Europe. From socially liberal Scandinavia, in particular. Since the 70's, we have aired complete nudity (not just tits), sexual acts and just about any swear word in prime time public tv (yeah, we have a couple of state owned channels, omg!). Violent movies get shown on late night, very violent movies not at all. In movie theaters, violence usually gets the movie a higher rating than in the US but nudity or sexual content barely affects the age limit.
We have, let's see, lower crime rates in general, lower rates of violent crimes, lower rates of teen pregnancy and lower rates of STDs on teens. Our kids do pretty well in school. School aged children can safely walk the streets of our cities.
I'm not saying it all comes from having sex on the tv, but the attitudes of our society are pretty different.
Oh, and I'm personally an active member of the conservative party in my country. There's no discussion at all about getting that stuff off the tv. I don't know a single member in our party who would want that.
I keep being amazed at the amount of fear americans have in swear words and sexual content. What causes the huge difference between EU and US?
