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[gusl]

I don't watch much TV, so I take for granted that the TV here is a lot more liberated (and unconcerned about political correctness) than in America.

For example, the AT5 Weather is presented by normal people on the street (sounds like they might save money this way), and yesterday the weather was given by a black immigrant kid aged ~17, smoking a joint (which AFAIK is not legal, but merely "gedoogd" (tolerated) ).

Also in the *news* program (and this not MTV, folks), in covering some sort of festival, they showed an actress asking the interviewed to squeeze her breast. He did so. When she asked him, he did not report feeling the "randje" (which I infer is something like "boner"), so she called him a "homo".

I can't imagine this with American TV.

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[dkmnow.livejournal.com]

Quite right.

The political rhetoric and "journalism" thrown around here is just short of hatemongering - hardly "PC". And there are innumerable subtle and not-so-subtle expressions of mindless cultural bias everywhere you look - but most of it is still within the dubious boundaries of status quo political correctnes. But, despite the fact of that PC "spirit" being pathetically shallow, events such as you mentioned would be considered as downright scandalous.

Just an example of how, the more militant people get about their alleged "values", the more likely those values are really just a flimsy front for rationalization and hypocrisy.

Oh, well.

:-\

[spritedreams.livejournal.com]

yup. america sucks!

[peamasii.livejournal.com]

Then again, the Dutch cannot possibly reach the level of fame achieved by Janet showing just one glimpse of a breast. Now that's entertainment! ROFL

One of the first talk shows I ever saw on evening Dutch TV involved a group of street hookers from Rotterdam loudly arguing with a politician about their retirement benefits (or lack thereof). But a show I really dig is De Klokhuis, meant for kids and early afternoon, but often much more trippy and far-out than anything MTV would show.