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It's uniquely American. Most of Western Civilization is not like this. We're like this because this country was full of puritans and other religious people at t
by thereare5lights 5y ago
It's uniquely American. Most of Western Civilization is not like this. We're like this because this country was full of puritans and other religious people at the founding.
- smogcutter 5y agoWhat’s uniquely American is thinking that our history of religious Puritanism is somehow uniquely American.
- thereare5lights 5y agoName one other Western Civilization country that has the same kind of attitude towards sex.
- Swenrekcah 5y agoThe world is bigger than Western countries. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries come to mind along with the USA when I think of religious puritanism.
- thereare5lights 5y agoHow is a relevant to a claim about Western civilization?
- exporectomy 5y agoAustralia and the UK have porn filters on their internet. Australia also has weirdly strict child porn law that can turn an innocent recording from broadcast TV into illegal porn by simple editing. Simpsons porn is illegal too, despite the characters having the wrong number of fingers to be human.
- mlN90 5y agoWhat kind of editing would cause that? I'll be shocked if this is true. Im curious if thats some interpretation of a law or someone have been convicted because of things like that?
- exporectomy 5y agoAn example I heard of was including mostly scenes showing a child's crotch area and dubbing dirty (but legal) music over it.
- DanBC 5y agoThe UK's most popular newspaper ran with "page 3" topless models until 2015. https://inews.co.uk/culture/page-3-why-end-stop-no-more-the-sun-models-topless-how-explained-449587 https://inews.co.uk/culture/page-3-why-end-stop-no-more-the-...
- freeflight 5y agoBut it very much is, at least in a "Western world" context which usually also includes Europe, were attitudes to violence and nudity can be completely reversed to the US. For one of the most prominent examples, just compare the US to Germany: For decades Germany censored very mundane video games, like Counter Strike or Doom, for their depiction of violence. In games like Command&Conquer, Half-Life and others, whole enemy units and models were replaced to appease the German rating boards. The original DOS Doom game was only "unbanned" in 2011. A lot of violent movies and TV shows are only aired in censored versions in Germany, yet on these very same channels, during late night, there regularly is completely barrier free soft-core erotica content that for many Americans would qualify as "porn". Another example is the naturism/nudist culture that very much has a old and somewhat popular tradition in Germany as FKK. It's also a thing in the US, yes, but it never was on a comparable mainstream level like in Germany. These differences exist because there simply isn't this one unified "Western culture" that some people stipulate to be a thing.
- smogcutter 5y agoThis whole post is a non-sequitir. Op was about religious ideas from the 1600s that were far from uniquely American. They’re an ingredient! But let’s not get carried away with the 7th grade social studies stuff.
- njharman 5y agoI'd say OP meant puritanism as it evolved in USA after those puritans were driven out of Europe to new world. Most of W Europe doesn't seem aligned with 1600 views today. Significant parts of US culture is aligned with 17-1800 us puritanism views.
- thereare5lights 5y agoDING DING DING
- thereare5lights 5y agoApparently it's 7th grade social studies stuff to note that the Puritans that were driven out of Europe were far more militant and fundamentalist, hence why they decided to leave in the first place, to be able to practice their far out of the mainstream religious practices. And continuing out 7th grade social studies stuff, we then note that Western civilization in Europe evolved far differently when it came to religious influence on society compared to America. We literally have cereal and circumcision as methods to curb masturbation. Do you see anything like that in Europe? It's not even close.
- analog31 5y agoThere are countries where a woman can be murdered by her family for having an unapproved romance.
- StavrosK 5y agoAnd those are not Western countries.