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Re: legos biggest mistake is...
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:56:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Gary Istok writes:
> "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" wrote:
> >
> > 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 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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> 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".
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> 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.
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 other countries doesn't see nudity as all that big of a deal. There is
nothing wrong, IMO, with the nude form, and I certainly wouldn't "protect" my
kids (if I ever have any) from it.
Jeff
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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. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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