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I think this is all representative of a difference in culture. Globalization is bringing new ideas into regular contact with Americans, but it seems that only American greed and violence are disseminated into the world. In practice, it's all reflective of a sort of xenophobia, or at least cultures focusing only on the negatives of foreign ideas and information.
Relative to Ashcroft, etc.:
I'm not blaming the Christian Right for being against nudity, because it's a door that swings both ways. Some secularists revile anything religious, and want pornography, etc. allowed in public spaces like public libraries (where children, those who might be offended can easily view it "second-hand" [google "Loudoun County pornography" if you want to find out more]), while some religious conservatives want to stop any kind of nudity or expression of the "natural" (open to interpretation) physical form.
The governments are largely of the people, just as are the consumer markets. Vote in your elections, vote with your currency!
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