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NEWS: Japan Cartoonists Association, Others Oppose New Child Pornography Revision Bill

If I understand this correctly, in the worst of cases artists will be subjected to be fined and jailed for portraying underage characters in sexual situations in anime, manga and other media.

Personally, I will not be upset if we see less 15 years old characters in anime/manga. I rather see older characters in the media I consume. I will be especially glad to not see stuff like Strike Witches, which mostly exists to provide mastusbation material to otakus.

Tenbyakugon wrote:

The more popular this becomes on the surface, the grander the reason it should be put up for popular vote becomes. Who cares about these associations and their biases, honestly. How about we go to the average "Yamada" walking down the street and ask them how they feel about it?

That's also bad on principle, even if it turns out to work in your favor in some cases, as it allows for tyranny of the majority

angelmcazares wrote:

If I understand this correctly, in the worst of cases artists will be subjected to be fined and jailed for portraying underage characters in sexual situations in anime, manga and other media. Personally, I will not be upset if we see less 15 years old characters in anime/manga. I rather see older characters in the media I consume. I will be especially glad to not see stuff like Strike Witches, which mostly exists to provide mastusbation material to otakus.

Perhaps that's your view on it but most, if not all the girls aside from yoshika and lucchini are over the age of 15. Mio being the oldest at 20 and bark-horn being 19.

Should the people choose the will of the majority of those representing them, then that doesn't necessarily become something that's tyrannical.

As much as I support the LDP's actions here, what I don't support is their tactful power-grabbing. Just a bit reminiscent of the use of the caucus in the U.S. Senate by way of independent Senators, and the NKP and JRP are falling for it... Not good.

That's tyranny. So the minority are always enslaved by the majority? Do people own themselves or not? Voting provides no ethical justification whatsoever.

How about this: vote all you want on whatever you want. But make it voluntary so only people who agree to the terms are subject to it. You know, like we do for various businesses and organizations. Enter voluntarily, disengage and leave any time if you don't like it, while still keeping control over your own person and property.

The only justification for force is against initiation of force. Unfortunately too many people love to use force.

I will be especially glad to not see stuff like Strike Witches, which mostly exists to provide mastusbation material to otakus.

Raise the age of all characters that look younger than 18 and make them all officially 18 years old. Problem solved.

The Japan Restoration Party is the newest of the bunch, a right wing party founded by Toru Hashimoto the mayor of Osaka who has been in the news lately for his comments on comfort women in WWII and suggesting US soldiers visit sex shops in Okinawa. The present party is a result of a merger between the old Japan Restoration Party and the Sunrise Party of Shintaro Ishihara.

The other spectrum of the fanbase would be teens, which is part of why many shows take place in high schools. But yeah, I'm sure you're right, teens will love to watch series with characters of the working class that have nothing to do with them and with whom they can't relate at all. And knowing how chaste teens are, I'm certain that if series do take place in high schools, they will love that new conservative "all teens are saints" attitude series will have.