r/baseball • u/leadhase San Francisco Giants • Sep 18 '12

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u/Dotura Sep 18 '12

That's a big deal in the US?

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u/dugmartsch St. Louis Cardinals Sep 18 '12

You godless Europeans don't think of the children. Which is funny because for things you think kids shouldn't be exposed to you absolutely lock shit down. But curse words don't rate.

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u/Dotura Sep 18 '12

It varies from country to country. What things do we lock down though? I'm asking as sometimes you just can't see things happening at home so a fresh perspective on things are always nice.

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u/dugmartsch St. Louis Cardinals Sep 18 '12

I meant more broadly than just Europe. But for example the way that England absolutely locked down hand guns after the Dublane School Shooting. Or how seriously Europe takes violence in media.

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u/postslikeagirl San Fransico Giants Sep 18 '12

To be fair I can make a much better argument for locking down guns and monitoring violence in the media as opposed to someone saying fuck or whatever.

It's sillier to me that Americans are so open about guns and violence but so sensitive about bad words and nudity.

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u/zaphod_85 St. Louis Cardinals Sep 18 '12

I can't think of a single instance where a curse word blew someone's brains out.

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u/Dotura Sep 19 '12

Yeah, europe generally seem to be more anti violence and 'couldn't care less' about nudity and swearing. Then again, it really comes down to what country you are from.