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The juxtaposition is really pretty amazing and, ultimately, frustrating to see. You can see the far-reaching impact of the odd "Violence yes! Sex no!" American

The juxtaposition is really pretty amazing and, ultimately, frustrating to see. You can see the far-reaching impact of the odd "Violence yes! Sex no!" American morality in so many places. One recent example that struck me: GTA Online, a game rife with violence and destruction and even sex (surprisingly for an American game), but the chat has a profanity filter that filters words that are otherwise present in the game's scripted dialog and soundtrack left and right.

hprotagonist 6y ago
>You can see the far-reaching impact of the odd "Violence yes! Sex no!" American morality in so many places. 1978: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNLOXJw0aUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNLOXJw0aUU "better get down off that horse, sherrif: we're fixin' ter fuck yeh, now ... but we're not gonna fuck yeh fast; we're gonna fuck yeh sloooooow"
u678u 6y ago
I couldn't believe the Slayer Repentless video is on Youtube (with an age check) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjb0j9l1sz4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjb0j9l1sz4. But a tiny bit of nipple is forbidden.
acta_non_verba 6y ago
Grand Theft Auto is a British game.
- adamrezich 6y ago
  with an American publisher
gambiting 6y ago
>>(surprisingly for an American game) It's made by Rockstar North in Edinburgh. Almost all GTA games have been satires of American culture made by a British company.
- Redoubts 6y ago
  Yeah, kinda wish they'd redo GTA 1969 though.
Noos 6y ago
Oh come on, Europe has been just as permitting of violence as the USA. It's not like Italian giallo and zombie flicks don't exist, or french horror torture porn like Martyrs. Spain had quite the horror film industry with plenty of violence too, like Paul nashy films. Hammer horror in the UK was not shy at all with bloodshed, and even scandinavian horror films were quite the little genre from a bit ago. European self-righteousness is getting annoying on this forum.
- RankingMember 6y ago
  The juxtaposition present in the US is what I'm getting at, not that it's the only country with violent media. The US is A-OK with graphic violence, but try to show a nipple and you've got an uproar on your hands. The imbalance is astounding to me. I'm not European, by the way.
makuto 6y ago
Chat profanity filtering is usually part of Xbox/PlayStation certification requirements, so their hands might be tied on that.
- SSLy 6y ago
  And those certification requirements are written by whom?
luxuryballs 6y ago
I think the difference might be that war violence is a public event and sexual intimacy is a private one. Or it could be even simpler and more practical than that, most children don’t have weapons, but they do have human bodies. Perhaps Apple thinks that the risk of seeming prude is worth it to prevent some kid from falling into sexual abuse and the bigger risk of mom and dad not letting them shop freely for apps.

hprotagonist 6y ago

>You can see the far-reaching impact of the odd "Violence yes! Sex no!" American morality in so many places. 1978: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNLOXJw0aUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNLOXJw0aUU "better get down off that horse, sherrif: we're fixin' ter fuck yeh, now ... but we're not gonna fuck yeh fast; we're gonna fuck yeh sloooooow"

u678u 6y ago

I couldn't believe the Slayer Repentless video is on Youtube (with an age check) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjb0j9l1sz4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjb0j9l1sz4. But a tiny bit of nipple is forbidden.

acta_non_verba 6y ago

Grand Theft Auto is a British game.

adamrezich 6y ago
with an American publisher

gambiting 6y ago

>>(surprisingly for an American game) It's made by Rockstar North in Edinburgh. Almost all GTA games have been satires of American culture made by a British company.

Redoubts 6y ago
Yeah, kinda wish they'd redo GTA 1969 though.

Noos 6y ago

Oh come on, Europe has been just as permitting of violence as the USA. It's not like Italian giallo and zombie flicks don't exist, or french horror torture porn like Martyrs. Spain had quite the horror film industry with plenty of violence too, like Paul nashy films. Hammer horror in the UK was not shy at all with bloodshed, and even scandinavian horror films were quite the little genre from a bit ago. European self-righteousness is getting annoying on this forum.

RankingMember 6y ago
The juxtaposition present in the US is what I'm getting at, not that it's the only country with violent media. The US is A-OK with graphic violence, but try to show a nipple and you've got an uproar on your hands. The imbalance is astounding to me. I'm not European, by the way.

makuto 6y ago

Chat profanity filtering is usually part of Xbox/PlayStation certification requirements, so their hands might be tied on that.

SSLy 6y ago
And those certification requirements are written by whom?

luxuryballs 6y ago

I think the difference might be that war violence is a public event and sexual intimacy is a private one. Or it could be even simpler and more practical than that, most children don’t have weapons, but they do have human bodies. Perhaps Apple thinks that the risk of seeming prude is worth it to prevent some kid from falling into sexual abuse and the bigger risk of mom and dad not letting them shop freely for apps.