Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:55:24 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 16 Message-ID: <20260316085524.0000550e@gmail.com> References: <10oeeru$kih0$1@dont-email.me> <10oeiea$lo5g$2@dont-email.me> <6our7mxi9i.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10oh35t$1g6or$1@dont-email.me> <10oj5ii$259sl$2@dont-email.me> <10ojna8$2ashr$3@dont-email.me> <1772999514-12588@newsgrouper.org> <0nlrqkhnvbaefd3t4en5qclp0g9696ss0b@4ax.com> <10okn6p$2nl86$4@dont-email.me> <87jyvlsf25.fsf@parhasard.net> <10olp2o$3205d$2@dont-email.me> <10p7bo2$1fpqo$4@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:55:30 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b96d210bb9b7e4f52c9bdf68dfef7d27"; logging-data="2088422"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/sJRVtwct81cCHl6Z1K7gB0eAnNjsDK6s=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:FGG2nZI3YvtuFfoXiwbIAdLFvU0= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83114 alt.usage.english:1139673 On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:41:32 -0000 Janet wrote: > > One of those odd elements is their attitude to sex and violence. > > They think nothing of portraying horrific violence on movies and > > TV, yet they get squeamish over the least little sexually-related > > thing -- witness the furore over the infamous Janet Jackson > > ?wardrobe malfunction? incident. > > An American furore? > > Nobody in the rest of the world was interested. Frankly, plenty of *us* weren't; just another random non-issue that the media machine took as grist for the mill in the Great Culture War :/