13 Jan 2012, 5:28 pm
The_Face_of_Boo
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13 Jan 2012, 5:36 pm
13 Jan 2012, 5:43 pm
peebo wrote:
so the missionaries were right all along?
I dont know, maybe ask the crusaders?
Or the witch hunters?
Maybe they were right about some things but not everything...
...as is usually the case with things 
13 Jan 2012, 6:25 pm
Surfman wrote:
so its all relative
a pycho in one country is normal in another is a saint in another
the benchmark is our ethics
cannibalism was the norm in NZ and the south pacific
then the missionary's came
and the people saw it was wrong to eat your enemy
a pycho in one country is normal in another is a saint in another
the benchmark is our ethics
cannibalism was the norm in NZ and the south pacific
then the missionary's came
and the people saw it was wrong to eat your enemy
way is it wrong is seems less of an insult than killing him in the first place.
maybe the missionaries should have taught that.
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14 Jan 2012, 12:45 am
Tequila wrote:
DJFester wrote:
My guess would be cultural differences, one example being how uptight US culture is about sex and nudity compared to the UK
Have you spent time in the UK? We're not as uptight as Americans but we're certainly not as liberal as Europeans either. Sex is often not properly talked about and is often considered to be something to laugh at in a sort of silly schoolboy way. I wouldn't say we're that much more liberal on nudity either - again, in England it's considered to be more something to laugh at... unless we find it sexually attractive, then we leer. I would continue this discussion but the UK is not nearly as liberal as you'd think, especially with regard to porn. The establishment's views on these are often less much less liberal than many members of the public but, still, we're not that sexually open as a society.
a sign that england is way ahead of america in terms of language and nudity, is the fact that our supreme court is still embroiled in a first amendment case of a tv broadcaster fined last decade for "fleeting expletives" [cher and bono on an awards show] and a exposure of a woman's buttocks on a late-night tv program in 2003. i suspect that in england that this would be laughed out of court if it even made that far. americans are the western world's puritans, and much of the eastern world's puritans as well. hypocritical puritans, i might add. the lions' share of other nations don't treat their adult citizens as children, to be allowed only child-suitable entertainments. what in blazes is the matter with us americans?
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16 Jan 2012, 5:51 am
Tequila wrote:
Surfman wrote:
I do find some Americans aggressive relative to other nationalities.
You probably haven't met people in other nationalities then. Aggressive people are aggressive people.
I go to clubs 4-5 nights per week and meet many international peoples. This week I played pool with Germans, Italians, French, Indians, Australians, Irish and Scots and yes
I'm playing a devils advocate here
I need a bigger spoon to stir with
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