Dirty Greek - German TV's Nipplegate

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Dirty Greek - German TV's Nipplegate

Culture Critique : German TV's Nipplegate

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Deutsche-nipplegate:

^"BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- Live television footage of a young woman having her nipple pierced on German reality TV show Big Brother has outraged politicians and child protection agencies.

Contestant Daniela Peter, 23, was shown on morning television on Thursday lying topless on a table, her face contorted with pain. Scenes of the nipple piercing will be repeated on Friday.

I started reading this and was confused, because when I was in Germany, they showed hard-core porn at 3 pm on regular cable! However, here's the interesting part:

^"Child protection expert Bruno Nikles of Essen University told the newspaper, "such self-mutilation shouldn't be shown on television because children could be watching."

They aren't upset about the nipple; they're upset about self-mutilation! It's funny how different we are, yet so much the same, isn't it? We show piercings on tv all the time, just not nipple piercings. We freak out about an accidental nippple, and the Germans, who don't mind showing nudity on a shampoo commercial during Sesame Street, are upset about the piercings.