02-02-2020, 04:31 PM
RAMd®d wrote:
"Americans are amongst the most squeamish people in the world"
Got to love dumbass proclamations offered without a fsckin' bit of substantiation.
cripes - I'm writing for an internet forum, not a scholarly publication. I'm not going to start citing sources for something that is pretty well established through experience. Are there exceptions - of course, there are, it was a generalization. When you are putting out a program or publication for widespread distribution, you have to generalize in your decision. If you tried to make everyone happy, you would put out nothing (and then people would still complain).
Still, after thirty years in the business of selecting material for publication, I think I am qualified to speak to the subject as an expert witness. Images we had long discussions about publishing would have been used without hesitation in many parts of the world (as close as Mexico, where images of the dead are used every day). Nudity is a huge issue here, not so in many parts of Europe. The list goes on. We guard against our children being exposed to anything and then wonder why they are not worldly.
Do I think this is a stupid way to live? Frankly yes, but it is the American way. Further, I like that we have some of those discussions as it means that when a controversial image is used it has added impact.