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Iranian censorship...

That's fascinating. Iran is such a complicated place, both dangerous and open, repressive and expressive, democratic and autocratic. There really is no place like it on Earth.
 
marksman said:
That's fascinating. Iran is such a complicated place, both dangerous and open, repressive and expressive, democratic and autocratic. There really is no place like it on Earth.
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Agreed. From a purely sociological/anthropological perspective, it really is fascinating.

I mean, they don't censor the Economist articles talking about how dangerous Ahmadinejad is, but they ink over pictures of women in swimsuits in advertisements and a few editorial cartoons.

There's so much about Iran we really just don't--and possibly can't--understand.
 
Cleon said:
Agreed. From a purely sociological/anthropological perspective, it really is fascinating.

I mean, they don't censor the Economist articles talking about how dangerous Ahmadinejad is, but they ink over pictures of women in swimsuits in advertisements and a few editorial cartoons.

There's so much about Iran we really just don't--and possibly can't--understand.
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Their bomb is god's weapon. Women in swimsuits are the work of the devil....
 
They mention also the "colonial" censorship of National Geographic, where they'd never show the breasts of a 19 year old California girl, but would have no problem showing same of an African girl.

Saturday Night Live made wonderful fun of this about 15 years ago on the "news". "You can show these..." and they show a film of an African woman dancing with boobs flopping all around in an amazing manner, "...but you can't show these..." and they show a white girl posed in a Playboy style shot, with black bars across her breasts, static, not even a film.
 
Beerina said:
They mention also the "colonial" censorship of National Geographic, where they'd never show the breasts of a 19 year old California girl, but would have no problem showing same of an African girl.
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Not quite true anymore, I believe they showed a scandinavian woman topless in a hot tub a few years ago. At least that is what I heard once when that issue was discussed
 
ponderingturtle said:
Not quite true anymore, I believe they showed a scandinavian woman topless in a hot tub a few years ago. At least that is what I heard once when that issue was discussed
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This is an important issue, I think it requires more detailed study.

How many men were first 'exposed' to the naked female form in NG and how has this affected attitudes towards interracial relationships?
 
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