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You decided to school me as if I was trying to make a blanket statement (I didn't) that the US is No. 1 (it isn't) on a list of countries. You may not know me, but I think you could have presumed I know there are other free countries or have the same understanding as you do what their general opinions of Americans are (that may or may not be correct). I think I write pretty well. I'm also on SR dot com which, IMO, attracts a fairly higher literate poster base than do a lot of fan sites. So that should give you some a posteriori indication that I probably knew there were other free countries.

And yet you still wrote something that states the opposite.
Saying the same thing twice doesn't mean you've proven it, counselor.

Works better than making contradictory statements. You basically said America is better than other countries because we have options then freaked out when confronted saying you know other countries have options!?!
 
And yet you still wrote something that states the opposite.
But, as usual, this thread has evolved into stating basically nothing new from anyone and far away from a cartoon penis. We only want to spout what we believe we know that the other person doesn't only looking for the divergence so we can "cancel" that person. You've stated that apparently I said something was black when it is indeed white. Now, I don't know if I did or not because you haven't told me what this opposite thing is. This clearly, as many, many, many things are, is a gray issue.
 
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But, as usual, this thread has evolved into stating basically nothing new from anyone and far away from a cartoon penis. We only want to spout what we believe we know that the other person doesn't only looking for the divergence so we can "cancel" that person. You've stated that apparently I said something was black when it is indeed white. Now, I don't know if I did or not because you haven't told me what this opposite thing is. This clearly, as many, many, many things are, is a gray issue.

You did. Here.

I guess we're not seen as a very progressive country, but we certainly have a lot more options and choices open to us. For instance, I'm free to say, Keep your progressive ideas away from me. I'm also free to say, Keep your repressive ideas away from me.

We don't have "More options and choices open to us" than other countries. Perhaps to your surprise, people in other countries are also free to say "Keep your progressive ideas away from me. I'm also free to say, Keep your repressive ideas away from me."

Then Shortly later, you said...
...You may not know me, but I think you could have presumed I know there are other free countries

And why should anyone assume that when your previous statement about freedom in other countries was so inaccurate? St. Widge made a logical conclusion based off your own words.
 
You did. Here.

We don't have "More options and choices open to us" than other countries. Perhaps to your surprise, people in other countries are also free to say "Keep your progressive ideas away from me. I'm also free to say, Keep your repressive ideas away from me."

Then Shortly later, you said...

And why should anyone assume that when your previous statement about freedom in other countries was so inaccurate? St. Widge made a logical conclusion based off your own words.
I don't think she ever said every other country or even that women in the US have more freedoms than any other country and I don't think that's what she meant either. Still, views and attitudes towards women in general and the freedoms that they possess are far more advanced than a great majority of the world and those that would be considered on par with the US it's really subjective. So the point you're trying to refute, that the US holds some exclusivity to women's rights, isn't even the one she was trying to make. But you've successfully taken the topic down a rabbit hole that was never intended.

As for Marsha's point, "I guess we're not seen as a very progressive country..." I disagree, though I don't really believe she thinks that either based on the rest of her post. I think the US is right up there with most other progressive nations. Other nations may be a bit more free-wheeling when it comes to sexuality and open nudity as a culture, but that really has little to no bearing on how women are actually treated & viewed in those other cultures. Just because a woman can walk around shirtless in some other country doesn't mean that people don't see them and treat them as sex objects. They're just more open about it. I think our problem in this country isn't that we're not progressive, it's that we're all so damn easily offended by everything & think that everyone must agree with us. On the flip side, anytime someone voices a displeasure with something there's a knee jerk reaction to dismiss that person as well. It makes it nearly impossible to have a civil discussion without accusations, chides and ridicule.

I read Marsha's posts & see a lot of my thoughts in what she's saying. I can't speak for her, but I feel she has the same struggle with this as I do. Between wanting a more free culture where we don't have the hang-ups about our bodies that we do, both sexually & non-sexually or more openness and less shame to both our physique and our sexuality and then also a realization of the dangers that openness can pose to children. Children can be easily conditioned, we all know this to be true. If you take the same principles that are being used against violent games and cartoons for children and apply that to sexual objects then what you get is the normalization of sexual organs. They no longer become sexual objects meant to be kept private & children see them the same as every other body part and as I stated, it won't be long before predators begin to take advantage of that normalization. It's the same reason why you have a rating system for movies. You wouldn't plop your kid down in front of a porn flick in order to teach them about sex, so why would you subject them to a guy with a huge penis to teach them about bodily differences?

@guidomerkinsrules posted earlier about predators typically using shame in order to get children to do what they want, but I don't believe that it always starts like that. I think it starts at a level of trust between the child and the predator and the predator convincing the child that what they are doing is ok. The shame, secrecy and fear is what they use to ensure they are not caught and can continue unimpeded. My opinion is that cartoons depicting "heroes" using their sexual organs as their superpower promotes the idea that a penis isn't something to be kept private just as much as it might teach children not to be ashamed of the differences in their bodies. What disturbs me is what Marsha eluded to with her NAMBLA post earlier, that there are SO many ways that we can teach the same lessons to children using whatever body part you want. Why the penis?
 
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Also good job guys. You some how made a thread about a cartoon dude with a giant life saving wang boring. That's impressive.

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