Misconceptions about anime fans

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speaking of censorship........ i hate it when americans take it too far and turn a non kiddie series into a kiddie series.
eg naruto, they made it a series for younger kids that it was not designed for by taking out the adult gags, and censoring the fights.

eg, for some reason u see blood on clothes and on the ground but u never see blood splattering in fights. and there is this one scene where a guy (forgotton his name) gets his arms cut off. in the japanese version you see everything but for some reason in the US version they draw arms on after the arms are cut off.

and there is censoring of the gags put in for japanese audiences which is stupid. they should leave the gags in and include an explanatory manual in the DVD box.

I've never seen any anime/manga (for the purpose of this thread I'm not considering Avatar: The Last Airbender as anime- it's on Nickelodeon, for God's sake), mostly because it was pretty much shunned in my home when I was a kid. Seriously, even my mom- who prided herself on being very open and uncensored about what we watched- was all, "There will be no anime in this house, for it is Violent and Wrong". I'm definitely aware of the stereotypes, though- in my school there's a small group of kids who watch all the programs and read all the books, and run around calling each other "Firstname-chan", and they're often made fun of for it.

I'm not into anime, but I don't make sweeping judgments about fans of anything, and it really bugs me when people do.