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Analogous to that, in Germany don't beep out any swearwords on television, which is why American celebrities appearing on TV here swear vedammt oft. For example this eminem interview

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98y4u_eminem-interview-on-...

It's at 2:30 where he talks about it. And swears a "little".



That brightened my day considerably.

When I watch Misfits (UK show) they say some things that I never hear on American shows. It only happens on shows that are after the watershed[1] though. Before then I don't know which parts are censored.

It always amuses me a little how Americans seem to be more strict than the Europeans for media censoring.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watershed_(television)


Yes. And nobody flinched much when this happened in France, and a few decades ago at that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uxAofXJCh8




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