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Originally Posted by ecchi
I Wasn't inferring that you are "all dumb Americans" (well not all of you anyway  ).
Sorry if I cause offence. I posted the reply because you keep referring to whatever it is you heard as being the situation in "Europe" when it will probably be totally different in each country, there is no "Europe wide" law/rule on the matter. |
<insert dripping sarcasm>Oh, wow! I feel.. so totally enlightened now. I never knew that Europe was made of unique countries.</end dripping sarcasm - tag inserted for those who need it> There are policies the lump all of the European countries into one basket - EU and non-EU - and some of those same policies go so far as to lump everything outside of the US and Canada together. Fair? Not really. Because of the relative rarity and higher cost of exchanging currencies, US credit card processors may back off of the $1 charge because it costs them more to charge a non-North American bank a US dollar.
IF the country involved uses Euros, it might be easier and therefore more cost effective, but we do know that not all of Europe uses that currency. Your "English-speaking countries" are actually parts of the United Kingdom, which is ONE government and which will have one set of laws. The Republic of Ireland is not included in the UK. (And UK folks, please do correct me if I am wrong!) I do believe the porn laws are not as liberal as in some other areas, like Scandinavia and The Netherlands. How many nude beaches do you guys have in the UK?