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I have my doubts. A lot of the southern parts of the US have a lot of religious conservatives. I don't see that changing very quickly.

cobrausn 14y ago
And yet this kind of 'shaming' seems to happen in non-southern, non-religious places as well. Stop looking for an easy scapegoat.
menacingly 14y ago
Most of this story takes place in the deep, deep... Ohio. Heart of slavery.
afterburner 14y ago
Remember the Puritans settled in the North. In any case wherever this originates, the US's puritanical tendencies (compared to continental Europe) don't seem to be exclusively a southern thing.
- waterlesscloud 14y ago
  I'm curious, does this kind of thing happen in Europe?
  - afterburner 14y ago
    No idea, but they sure tolerate nudity and sexuality more. The original issue is more of a bullying one though...
  - waps 14y ago
    There was just last week a big upheaval in Belgium about a collection of facebook pages where pictures, including names and classes and ... of the girls involved in them were being spread on a number of facebook pages. Most of them were closed with the help of the police, and the case seems closed now. But in reality it just caused them to hide themselves a bit better, and there's one still open that doesn't hide it at all. A few weeks before there was a suicide not far from where I live which the guy involved blamed on facebook. There was a similar case in Britain. (dutch link) http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20130102_00420433 http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF201... (english link) http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/amanda-todd-suicide-girls-mum-1379909 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/amanda-todd-suicide-... So yes, I'd say it does happen in Europe.
betterunix 14y ago
I know someone in New York City whose parents nearly kicked her out of the house when they discovered she was having sex with her boyfriend. It is not just the south; there are plenty of idiots in the "liberal northeast" also.
sp332 14y ago
I'm not sure why some cultures, or even sub-sub-cultures, feel like they have the right to trample the values of the rest of the world just because "it's the internet". Why should those people adapt, instead of the internet adapting to respect other values?

cobrausn 14y ago

And yet this kind of 'shaming' seems to happen in non-southern, non-religious places as well. Stop looking for an easy scapegoat.

menacingly 14y ago

Most of this story takes place in the deep, deep... Ohio. Heart of slavery.

afterburner 14y ago

Remember the Puritans settled in the North. In any case wherever this originates, the US's puritanical tendencies (compared to continental Europe) don't seem to be exclusively a southern thing.

waterlesscloud 14y ago
I'm curious, does this kind of thing happen in Europe?
- afterburner 14y ago
  No idea, but they sure tolerate nudity and sexuality more. The original issue is more of a bullying one though...
- waps 14y ago
  There was just last week a big upheaval in Belgium about a collection of facebook pages where pictures, including names and classes and ... of the girls involved in them were being spread on a number of facebook pages. Most of them were closed with the help of the police, and the case seems closed now. But in reality it just caused them to hide themselves a bit better, and there's one still open that doesn't hide it at all. A few weeks before there was a suicide not far from where I live which the guy involved blamed on facebook. There was a similar case in Britain. (dutch link) http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20130102_00420433 http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF201... (english link) http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/amanda-todd-suicide-girls-mum-1379909 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/amanda-todd-suicide-... So yes, I'd say it does happen in Europe.

betterunix 14y ago

I know someone in New York City whose parents nearly kicked her out of the house when they discovered she was having sex with her boyfriend. It is not just the south; there are plenty of idiots in the "liberal northeast" also.

sp332 14y ago

I'm not sure why some cultures, or even sub-sub-cultures, feel like they have the right to trample the values of the rest of the world just because "it's the internet". Why should those people adapt, instead of the internet adapting to respect other values?