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NEWS: 'Hentai' Anime Episodes Banned in Russia as Child Pornography


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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:38 pm Reply with quote
Welp here we go again, let the ongoing debate continue that fictional characters need rights to.
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kipia90



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:39 pm Reply with quote
This is so dumb...
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jet_



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:47 pm Reply with quote
I wonder when this is going to stop.
2D is not 3D, leaders of the world. 2D is not 3D.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:52 pm Reply with quote
Omg you guys, I just killed approximately 450 totally innocent civilians in Saint's Row 3. SOMEONE PUT ME AWAY, I'M A MONSTER!!!
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Blanchimont



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:55 pm Reply with quote
This is so... This is so... gaah
From the linked article;
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Also according to experts "all characters are presented as minors, who participate in pornographic scenes".

Oh really.Rolling Eyes Talk about throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Ever heard of styles? Next, ban small breasts? Wait, that's done...

By the way, is that an illustration by Poyoyon in the TVoR article? Smile
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buger98346



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:05 pm Reply with quote
I just don't understand, the point of bans on child pornography are cause they involve actual children! Last time I checked in japan the law states you must be the age of an adult to legally work for company's creating pornographic content. so There were no children involved. this makes me so mad I just want to drowned these so called experts.

By the way does anyone know what show/shows were actually banned? I wanna see If its actually got anything remotely close to child porn
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partysmores



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:09 pm Reply with quote
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Furthermore, they found no "storyline and any cultural or historical value."


Uhh...what? So this would be okay to them if they threw Abraham Lincoln into one of the orgies?

Anyways, blah blah blah, this is ridiculous, they should be more focused on taking down the real child porn sites on the Deep Web then things like this.
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aeris2001x2



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:10 pm Reply with quote
Article is un clear. Has it banned just those 13 episodes or ALL hentai or something else?

Further more most Hentai involving young characters I have seen the characters are in the last year of high school... i.e 18 years old and legal.
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X-Blader



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:14 pm Reply with quote
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Furthermore, they found no "storyline and any cultural or historical value."

lol it's porn, that's its value.

Anyway most hentai (at least that I've seen) has women with exaggerated "features." I think that is what people are after, not the fact you still think they look like children. I think its more likely hentai watchers will look for those "features" in real life (i.e. adults) over children.

I got no argument for overly developed children (jail-bait) or subtle "featured" hentai.
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Blanchimont



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:17 pm Reply with quote
buger98346 wrote:
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By the way does anyone know what show/shows were actually banned? I wanna see If its actually got anything remotely close to child porn

Unfortunately, rather than just LDP levels of insanity, seems they're taking a swipe at everything at once, from the TVoR article;
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...outside experts made an expertize and rendered a verdict: hentai is a child pornography.

An expertize indeed Rolling Eyes
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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:18 pm Reply with quote
aeris2001x2 wrote:
Article is un clear. Has it banned just those 13 episodes or ALL hentai or something else?

Further more most Hentai involving young characters I have seen the characters are in the last year of high school... i.e 18 years old and legal.


Well most characters in anime are under the age of 18 but look much older than they appear to be. Now as on what series it is who knows??
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Melanchthon



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:22 pm Reply with quote
Glorious news comrade! Finally, our children will be safe from the vile nature of these pornographic images! To replace them, I recommend an All-Putin channel, where the children can view safe images of our illustrious leader. Like this! And this!

Srsly though, one of the biggest struggles in anthropology is to overcome the idea that our cultural norms are universally correct. Personally, I am a strong defender of the right to freedom of speech and am glad that I live in a country where those rights are respected. But I also acknowledge the Russian people have the right to make their own laws, even if I find these laws odious. These episodes were judged by Russian law and found to be in violation. If that's what the Russian government wants to do, then so be it. I have full faith that in the long run* free speech will win out. Or to quote Robert Frost, I believe everyone has the right to go to hell in their own way.




*in this case, 'long run' might be 200-400 years. Blink of an eye, really.
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:29 pm Reply with quote
This is just as ridiculous as New Zealand banning "Puni Puni Poemi".
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Kurohei



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:30 pm Reply with quote
I don't care if it's illegal or not, Looking at nude animated children is just discussing.
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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:34 pm Reply with quote
Man Russia have gone crazy make me wonder if there starting anther cold war they seem to be banning a lot lately
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