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Rafe Rackstraw
@ralph_rs@kinkycats.org
mastodon 4.7.3Moved here from kinky business, where I was mostly an observer.
Total innocent; here to see more of the world around us.
48 Followers
111 Following
7 Posts
Joined January 02, 2025
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Location:
Canada
Replying to
@yogthos There is a youtuber who shows everyday life in Vietnam.
In a recent video he told us that people there call it The American War.
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@scy@chaos.social You can read more from the FCC.
https://www.fcc.gov/enforcement/areas/broadcast-obscenity-indecency-profanity
I've seen the same favourite movie run on American TV stations and Canadian and seen different pieces cut out for both.
The American version of Bon Cop Bad Cop was almost incomprehensible after the complete removal of the fire scene in a grow op.
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@rubyjones The poll said to guess the word that never appears, so only 25% got it *right* by picking Pinocchio.
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@scy@chaos.social One major reason for swearing in U.S. media coming as such a shock is that it has been a criminal offence and fiercely prosecuted by the FCC since (at least) the 1940s.
Songs on music radio have words silenced out, live TV shows are prominently beeped, and an American football halftime show had a big to-do for a "wardrobe malfunction".
Only recently has there been some relaxation of the persecution for things that can be called Art, or that would lose meaning if parts are edited out.