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(...) is used (...) divorce (...) Maybe it isn't... but "moral spheres" are very _personal_ spheres. Your spheres might be differently shaped than mine. It's best if we all keep our spheres to ourselves. ~Mark (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I mostly agree with you on this point. Customs regarding modesty can genuinely differ across cultures, and be influenced by climate, history, etc. A topless woman can be attired just as modestly, given the right circumstances, as another woman (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Based on my experiences: no. Crayon Shinchan - a popular kids' cartoon a few years back, sort of a Japanese 'Dennis the Menace' - had plenty of nudity (male and female - animated, but still) and sex jokes. Wandering the streets of Osaka, I (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmmm...how young are kids that play with Barbies again? (...) Nice job turning the question around, but I don't think that's the right way to ask it. After all, what *is* appropriate about putting a baby doll that wets itself into the hands of (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think this is an excellent point, but I think there is a difference between the sexual messages that American kids experience, and the ones that European cultures do. You use the word 'pornography', which I interpret as material that is (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nor is it Lego's job to conform to your ideals. If I felt that Lego was making something that was against my beliefs on what toys should be, I wouldn't buy them. Jeff (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And America is a prudish country how? Granted, one only hears suggestive nuances on network TV, but how many households have cable? How many people have access to pornography? Virtually all of the people that I have known who have had a (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree. That's why I just sold all my animal SPUDs on eBay. I didn't demand that Lego conform to my own standards of what their toy should be, I just solved the issue in a way that worked well for me, and for another person, who is probably (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The same goes for one piece palm trees and juniorized parts. Don't you dare disagree openly about anything lego does. What do you think this is, a user's group? It's not Lego's job to make toys for you adults. Markus (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know of anyone here in Lugnet which I feel I know them well enough to understand their stance on guns, who would feel that way. (...) One curiousity which came to mind. How many of you are comfortable with child play which involves (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's cool--I'm glad I could help you realize a catharsis 8^) (...) None whatsoever! Dave! (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, no, it was obvious to me that *you* were kidding. But someone else, somewhere in this thread, suggested it - seriously, I think. And that kinda ticked me off, I forgot about it 'til I saw your post, and then let it all out. Sorry. ;-) No (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You have not explained how or why an open expression of sexuality is inherently better than "prudishness;" you've merely said that you agree with Europeans instead of Americans. That's fine, but why? Why should we not err on the side of (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) charge (...) castle. (...) here, (...) not (...) Indeed. If it were a chastity belt, her _husband_ would have the keys, not her. At any rate, it's quite simple. really. If you don't like the female minifigs, 1) Take them out of the package (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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.. the fans get rowdy and cause a riot. I am REALLY annoyed with the indviduals who decided to wreck Euro 2000 by behaving in a manner that I can only describe as stupid, insenstive and disgusting. I am not somone who normally follows the footy, but (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Gary, I think it's because America is a cesspool of social degeneration. Doesn't Japan hold the same prudishness? Are they number two in sex crimes? -Adam (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You might be right. It was the policy when I was raised, and it's the policy in our house now. But it could be just coincidence that I came out OK (??), and my kids seem to be tracking (but it's early) to come out OK too. So who knows... (for (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I understand your point, but to nitpick, it's Sarah's son who observes that "there's no hope," and in fact when she's confronted with the horror of her own violence (a la Swiss cheesing), she breaks down and finds that she can't murder an (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree completely, Gary, and was just thinking this the other day! I've never understood what is "wrong" with normal instances of nudity, such as bathing and dressing. We here in America are behind the times, as most media I've seen out of (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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