Ninjahedge
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- Mar 2, 2005
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For a country that CAME FROM EUROPE in the first place, speaks a language derived from the same root as many European nations, and pretty much has its genetic roots in many of the nations located in Western Europe, it is amazing how retentive we have gotten.
This is not a call for people F'n in the streets, but to flinch so much at boobies that they are considered erotic is kinda weird (Hey, i am guilty of that too). Just like some cultures finding ankles erotic. You forbid it from being shown, when someone shows it it means SEX, no matter if it actually has anything to do with it or not.
So how do we get from a bunch of people who had no problem having naked men run around, throw things and wrestle to win medals, to one where we cover kids eyes at the statue of David?
There is a certain balance to this. You DO need clothing for protection, convenience and such. But the fact that we will give a movie a rating of R for a boobie, something MANY 4yo and younger have seen MANY more times than Daddy ever has, or will, and it requires the evisceration of another human being to get the same rating is more than a bit skewed.
And, although I would feel very uncomfortable about it for the first 5 years or so, I would STILL be in favor of relaxing our attitude towards things that DO NOT HURT OTHER PEOPLE (such as the body and sex) and a tightening back up and respect for other more serious issues of life and death (violence in general).
BTW, the whole taboo did come from religion. You do not need to genuflect to blush at the sight of boobies. Much of our culture's morality fits to traditional Christian faith. It is not hard to associate some other "sins" with agnostic "evils" in a primarily Christian nation.
This is not a call for people F'n in the streets, but to flinch so much at boobies that they are considered erotic is kinda weird (Hey, i am guilty of that too). Just like some cultures finding ankles erotic. You forbid it from being shown, when someone shows it it means SEX, no matter if it actually has anything to do with it or not.
So how do we get from a bunch of people who had no problem having naked men run around, throw things and wrestle to win medals, to one where we cover kids eyes at the statue of David?
There is a certain balance to this. You DO need clothing for protection, convenience and such. But the fact that we will give a movie a rating of R for a boobie, something MANY 4yo and younger have seen MANY more times than Daddy ever has, or will, and it requires the evisceration of another human being to get the same rating is more than a bit skewed.
And, although I would feel very uncomfortable about it for the first 5 years or so, I would STILL be in favor of relaxing our attitude towards things that DO NOT HURT OTHER PEOPLE (such as the body and sex) and a tightening back up and respect for other more serious issues of life and death (violence in general).
BTW, the whole taboo did come from religion. You do not need to genuflect to blush at the sight of boobies. Much of our culture's morality fits to traditional Christian faith. It is not hard to associate some other "sins" with agnostic "evils" in a primarily Christian nation.