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Re: legos biggest mistake is...
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:47:36 GMT
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"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" wrote:
> Will Hess wrote:
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> > > It's also important to note that these are developed in Europe, where they
> > > tend to be less prudish about such things.
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> > That point has not been lost on me. Doesn't make it right though.
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> It says more about the US attitude than the European - Americans are a bunch of
> squeamish prudes in general. Why is YOUR attitude "right" and the European
> attitude "wrong"?
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> And if you think kids WON'T see cleavage in the real world, from a very early
> age, you're dreaming (or living in Amish country and never leave it, and turn
> your heads away from the tourists. Then again, if you were Amish, you wouldn't
> BE here unless you were a teen on one of their sabbaticals (can't remember the
> real name)).
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> --
> Tom Stangl
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I agree completely. When I was 15 I was visiting Europe with my mother and
sister. We were at my uncles house, and they had on TV a show called "Paris in
Review" that showed some floorshows (like in Las Vegas) with all the showgirls
topless. No one made mention that they were topless, and my mother didn't shelter
us kids from this. It was no big deal to them. But here in the USA, this would be
considered "pornographic filth".
Just go to Munich's (München) Engischer Garten, the large park along the Isar River
near city center. There it is "clothing optional" where you will find nudists and
sun worshippers intermixed with regular "clothed" people. I guess Europeans are
sensitized to nudity, and make no big deal out of it. Here in the USA you get
hauled into court for "indecent exposure". When I hear people say "I don't want
my kids exposed to this filth", I have to laugh. Probably the American prudishness
to nudity, is what makes our country the worlds leader in rapes and sex crimes.
Gary Istok
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| (...) they (...) bunch of (...) early (...) turn (...) wouldn't (...) the (...) in (...) shelter (...) would be (...) River (...) nudists and (...) are (...) want (...) prudishness (...) crimes. (...) I'd love to see where you got the sex crime (...) (24 years ago, 20-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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| (...) It says more about the US attitude than the European - Americans are a bunch of squeamish prudes in general. Why is YOUR attitude "right" and the European attitude "wrong"? And if you think kids WON'T see cleavage in the real world, from a (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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