Battles B.C.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

I didn't want to bash America, sorry.

I was so amazed about Aemilius Paulus' reaction on the sex depicted in Rome. I thought it somehow "typically American again." I reduced it to what seems to be a typically American habit from a European point of view: being so hypocritical and prudish etc. "I don't want to have sex before I marry, I think it's better to wait..." seems totally awkward to us, like e. g. the case of Sarah Palin's daughter and what a scandal it was that she was pregnant; and the Jackson woman (intentionally) letting slip her tits out and the reaction it provoked among the US media (few seconds delay in live shows); etc. For us it is part of the really, really weird American folklore.

Of course I figure that Americans want to have sex like every one else wants. I'd want to know why they have so much problems with it. Why is it such an issue? Does it have something to do with the pilgrims?

It a (rather sad) fact that much of this prudishness has arrived here in Europe as well. Some ten years ago, it was absolutely normal to have high-quality nudity in most movies as well as in commercials. For example a deodorant was a long time advertised with a big-busted (natural! all natural over here) woman having a shower on some tropical island. The epitome was a prime time commercial for wood varnish that featured a totally naked couple doing the "rider" (dunno what it's called in English). The man looked at the wooden ceiling and could not concentrate on the woman because all he could think of was the varnish of the ceiling... Was rather awkward as well I must admit. ;) Nowadays sexuality in German tv has moved to the night hours and has degenerated greatly. It is reduced to telephone-sex advertisement with really low end women featuring moaning and fake masturbation. Other sex contents are naked girls supposedly doing sports or faked home videos.

Oh, and back on topic, I'd sacrifice every second of ahistorical 300-style combat for ahistorical porn-depiction if either one of these is necessary to attract viewers.

P.S. Another interesting thing might be the treatment of prostitution. In the US, you can get incarcerated for visiting a prostitute, whereas in Germany you can get incarcerated sued for not paying her. :D