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No, they're not. Someone swears on TV and it's still a huge fine. Do you think the Europeans run live events on a tape delay just because someone might accident
by mattmaroon 18y ago
No, they're not. Someone swears on TV and it's still a huge fine. Do you think the Europeans run live events on a tape delay just because someone might accidentally swear near a live mic? When's the last time you saw a nipple on broadcast TV (and remember what happened then?) or on the street? Walk down the streets of London, you will. They have full nudity in fashion and perfume ads in general interest magazines.
Our broadcast standards may be a little looser than they were 20 years ago, but it's really not much. Our society as a whole has become more socially conservative over the last 40 years too.
- jrockway 18y agoI agree that our society is too conservative, but it is going in the right direction. It's just that there is a long way to go, and we are going in the right direction very very slowly. (You'll notice that people keep trying to make porn illegal, but the courts are becoming more and more permissive. That is a good thing.) Finally, the Internet is a global place, and it doesn't really matter what the US thinks about a porn site based in the EU or in Japan.