wrote:
> Well, really it depends on what country we are talking about... I've
> never been to Denmark, nor anywhere in Europe for that matter, but it
> seems like most of Europe has a thicker skin when it comes to be
> offended to shit like that. Like what being the former representative
> noun of course.
>
> At the same time, I imagine in many countries that with strong
> amounts of religious fundamentalism, they may more sensitive... I
> seem to recall a certain incendiary cartoon.
It was the torches that were incendiary, the cartoons were just regular
paper. And there were 12 real cartoons and a handful fake ones. :o)
That said: Cartoons with the word "fuck" on them have been published for
years with no reactions in Europe (or the Middle East). That's the kind of
profanity we're talking about. I've never been in a place as uptight about
'fuck' as the US (fair is fair: I've only travelled most of Europe and the
US midwest). In that victorian way were the public has decided that the
word "fuck" is one of the worst things you can ever hear (and thus it must
be expelled from all publications and broadcasts), but still everyone runs
around in private and uses it extensively (and not one has become a
Caligula clone because of it). It's either a bit amusing or a bit tragic,
probably both. :o)
Fuck, I said 'fuck'. Multiple times even.
--
Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
<URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ >
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