Re: [OT] Dirty ol' men Re: The ECC VII Quote Board

[agoodall@xxxxxxx]

Karl Heinz wrote:

> Guesss this depends on what media you were looking at. I have seen several
> comments here, mostly amused ones. Amused about the event itself, but even
> more amused about the public reaction in the US. If something similar
> happened here, it would be a one-liner in the serious media. Tabloids still
> would have their feeding frenzy, of course.

Remember, it's a presidential election year down here. Some people at work made mention of the Janet Jackson thing the morning after the Super Bowl, but most people think the reaction to it was overblown. My friend Michael, in Canada, is livid with the head of the FCC going nuts over Janet Jackson while he won't do anything meaningful to stop spam (much of which is _far_ worse). Others have pointed out the hypocrisy of being upset about the Super Bowl halftime show (sex? at a sporting event? horror!) the same week that Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue is released.

ObGZG: Hmm... having trouble thinking of any, other than perhaps Neo-puritanism is what gets California and Texas to split from the NAC (though I can't honestly understand why those two states would merge, as culturally they seem polar opposites...).

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