@jerv – that wouldn’t be televisable (is that even a word? it should be) as many Scots don’t wear underwear with a kilt. Not sure where the practice started (you’re supposed to wear underpants of the same base colour as your kilt on formal occasions at least, but few seem to know that), but yeah, flipping a Scot would likely result in quite a lot of bollocks being broadcast… ;)
Japanese TV is almost unremittingly shit.
@Hypocrisy_Central – yes, although I prefer the terminology I used in my previous post; the categories inform the perceptions, or, rather, the judgements one makes based on those perceptions. There is no true ‘deviance’ by what I suggest.
The judgement call should at least attempt to base itself in something other than the perceptions of a group – some kind of broad-based and justifiable assumption should be made upon which we might all agree. That’s harder to do than it is to suggest, though.
With regards to Judo-throw-upskirt-guy, it’s not deviant because the participants are volunteers. One might argue that the society is deviant because women will volunteer for the show. On the flipside, one might argue that the US is a deviant society because people volunteer for reality TV shows there. From my experience, there is no line to draw unless we all sit down and draw it ourselves.
I don’t believe in moral absolutes, categorical imperatives or anything else. In that way, I am a nihilist. I do, however, believe that there is inherent dignity (in the original sense of ‘worth’ or ‘value’) in every human – potential. What that implies for the species as a whole is a very sticky problem.