Ann Coulter rant

[Xugumad]

socrates
It may have something to do with being European. We are alot more sensitive you know

Ahahaha. Not in regards to the display of sexuality in all its forms. (You could be referring to the tone Undertoad was using, of course, which was rather crass.) Being sensitive is one thing, being prudish is another. Feel free to debate exactly where the line between the two is drawn.

Even the archconservative European Catholic countries display sexuality (in the media and popular culture) with a much more guilt-free conscience than the US does. That includes Italy, for instance.

European network TV regularly shows full frontal nudity whenever it's deemed appropriate; censorship is only practiced on excessively violent movies etc., not sexually explicit scenes. Real-life depictions of violence are rarely censored since they are not deemed to be glorifying violence, whereas movie violence is considered to be doing just that.

The extent to which this is true varies from country to country, of course. Britain, for instance, has a 'watershed' time (either 10 or 11pm), after which all TV channels are free to show pretty much whatever they want to. I believe Channel4 actually showed Lars von Trier's "The Idiots" a couple of years ago, but cut a few seconds of full on-screen penetration. (which they then made available on their website for download). The display of homosexuality etc. is also much more relaxed in many European states. (since gay marriage is being widely accepted and implemented; also, homosexuality isn't considered a 'sin' in most EU countries, although the Catholics are predictably slow to catch on to this)

Strange, really, how being exposed to sexuality in a guilt-free context doesn't turn most people into raving sexual offenders, destroying all remnants of decency and morality. Let me re-read my Chick tracts.

X.

PS: Damn Europe, with their female heads of state, jewish prime ministers, lack of death penalty, mostly free health care for everybody, lower crime rates, lack of forced moral codes imposed on everybody, and pacifist attitudes! DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL!