American media are wimps. Rarely do they show bodies domestically. But then they think if they utter a word like "shit' on air without bleeping it out the entire fabric of the damn country will tear apart.
I was at a friend's house in Holland once and we were surfing channels and came upon an episode of Jerry Springer - he found it hilarious and ludicrous that Americans are so prudish and fragile that they have to be protected from profanities - like these words have some supernatural power over people. Utterly absurd!