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space clam



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:35 am Reply with quote
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Apparently, he doesn't go to jail because none of the material depicted "the actual exploitation of real children." And since when was anime illegal in Canada?
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CorneredAngel
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:21 pm Reply with quote
space clam wrote:

And since when was anime illegal in Canada?


...'anime' isn't - that article is just one of the worst-researched pieces of newswriting I've seen in a good two or three years. But it appears that Canadian law does differ from that of the US in this case, and buying or selling *any* pornography depicting underage subjects, regardless of whether it's photographs or drawings, is illegal in Canada.
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marie-antoinette



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:53 pm Reply with quote
Wow...that article is horrible. I just sent off a letter to the editor of the Edmonton Journal about how horrid that last part is, saying that anime is illegal in Canada when it most definitely is not.

The case itself is likewise horrible, though in a completely different way.
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jsevakis
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:55 pm Reply with quote
Stupid journalist wrote:
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"Anime is illegal in Canada but not illegal in Japan and the United States."


Wonderful.
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v1cious



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:08 pm Reply with quote
so now hold on a minute... reading Lolicon makes you a sex offender?
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Proman



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:10 pm Reply with quote
Poor guy. I don't support what he did in any way but to be placed on a "Sex Offenders" list just because he bought a bunch of drawings of young looking characters is ridiculous. What he reads in his spare time shouldn't be anyone's business.

And thanks to idiotic journalists, like the one who wrote the article, anime and manga will continue to be equaled with pornography and pedophilia. Thanks a bunch, morons.

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shattercone



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:10 pm Reply with quote
Edmonton Journal wrote:

"Anime is illegal in Canada but not illegal in Japan and the United States."


I haven't done it yet, but anybody who has the time should write to the editor and set this straight. Maybe we could even draft one in this forum? This is just blatantly bad journalism, clearly the author did not even research the subject matter. Rolling Eyes

Here's the address for letters to the editor for the Edmonton Journal:
http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/letters.html
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Skycat



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:11 pm Reply with quote
I live in canada and child porn is illegal in Canada anything doing with sex and small childern is illegal, but anime no, but I think it was harsh though.

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Proman



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:14 pm Reply with quote
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I live in Child Porn is illegal in Canada Anime no. If Anime was illegal un- cut Inuyasha would not be showing on tv.


Skycat, I suggest you correct your message quickly before people start making endless "I live in Child Porn" jokes Laughing .
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Skycat



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:23 pm Reply with quote
Plus Canada.com has the wrost news and lies in Canada. Its like fox news in the states always getting things wrong.
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belisarius
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:24 pm Reply with quote
Proman wrote:
Skycat wrote:
I live in Child Porn is illegal in Canada Anime no. If Anime was illegal un- cut Inuyasha would not be showing on tv.


Skycat, I suggest you correct your message quickly before people start making endless "I live in Child Porn" jokes Laughing .


I wonder if living in child porn means you attend a lot of mass naked child events.
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Skycat



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:31 pm Reply with quote
Hahaha not!!So I had a error when writing I'm only human.
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tempest
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:37 pm Reply with quote
Skycat wrote:
Plus Canada.com has the wrost news and lies in Canada. Its like fox news in the states always getting things wrong.


All Canada.com does is re-print news from various Canadian news sources. Some of their sources are mong the best newspapers in Canada. Others aren't so good. The gazette, their Montreal partner is a very respectable paper.

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child porn is illegal in Canada anything doing with sex and small childern is illegal


Actually, under certain circumstances, Child Porn is legal in Canada.

-t
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Bahamut God



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:39 pm Reply with quote
Skycat wrote:
I live in Child Porn is illegal in Canada Anime no. If Anime was illegal un- cut Inuyasha would not be showing on tv.


Too late!

I once drove though Kiddy Fiddler, Ohio.

ALSO!

I wonder how much longer it will be untill serious organizations pop up to try and stop the sale of anime here in america. (Think Jack Thompson only for anime.)
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Boonmaster



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:48 pm Reply with quote
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I live in Child Porn is illegal in Canada Anime no.
Dude, this would be so great on a t-shirt. Laughing
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