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Splitter
Posts: 1276 Location: Knockin' on Heaven's Door |
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God, I really don't feel like raising all this up, especially since I never come here anymore... but whatever. I'm sick and tired of all this.
First off, I grew into my sexuality in main part thanks to lolicon. It wasn't that I was a pedophile. It was that the first porn I ever saw was a hentai, and wanting to see more hentai, I soon found out that most of it; fanart, doujinshi, fanfiction, video clips, movies... were for the most part featuring girls under the age of 18. Some far under the age of 18. Confused and curious, I explored further, and eventually accepted that I was a lolicon. How did I feel about that? Guilty as hell. I thought I really was a pedophile. I felt disgusted with myself and my habit as I watched it grow and grow. I wondered where it would stop, afraid of where it would take me. I didn't want to be the creep on the 5 O'Clock News, and so I set out to change myself, and rid myself of my lolicon hentai habit. Through it, I discovered quite a few things about lolicons and the lolicon fetish in general. 1. The human body is a beautiful thing and anime heightens that beauty to unreachable peaks. A loli will always be a fantasy for as long as humanity exists. No one can have eyes that big, mouths that small, hair that's naturally pink, and a waist region that... "puffy". Especially not at the ages that are portrayed. We are simply embracing a fantasy. Anyone who has ever met a real little girl will know they are not the pink-cheeked, giggly, sexually curious creatures that inhabit the imageboards. As someone with a little sister who brought at least 3 friends home from school everday for many many years, I can attest that 99% of the female race are exactly the opposite. 2. Our brain interprets cuteness the same way it interprets arousal. It makes us feel happy. Naturally, there are probably times when these signals are misinterpreted for whatever reason, especially for teenagers and preteens just discovering this stuff. Personally, I believe this is what happened with me. We never grow up in the perfect way described in the textbooks. We all have different things happen to us at different times. For someone who has never been sexually attracted to anyone before, and is first looking at an animated naked 11-year-old, the feeling can be misconstrued for that reason, and the reason that they look like they are your age at that time. 3. We are not pedophiles. The many lolicons i have talked to over the internet have mostly been good decent people. Like all groups, there will always be a select few that ruin everything for everyone. I'm talking of course about the REAL pedophiles. The poor souls that let their desires escalate out of control without any restraint. Most normal people, even lolicons, never even contemplate the heinous acts that are fueled by the news. In fact, I'd deduce that there is some connection to the many chiid predator stories in the news, and the saturation of it all by the media, but that's a story for another time. Back on topic, we do not allow our internet desires to cross over into the real world. 4. Do you know what pictures are the most hated amongst the lolicon group? Straight lolicon, especially with older males. I'm not expecting any of you to have witnessed it before, but it's just plain vile. Most lolicons prefer to look at pictures of lolis by themselves or with older girls or other lolis. The innocence is what brings most to the taboo table, and it's one of the things that keeps me in check from letting my desires escalate out of the computer. So I am not a bad person. I was confused and raised by the media into believing things about myself that were not entirely true. Once I was able to look past that, I was able to see that I am not attracted to lolicon, I simply have a very strong platonic love for cuteness. Hence, I have begun to dub myself as a "kawaiiphile". Since then, I am nearing my complete and utter banishment of loli hentai in my life. Since I still watch hentai and view yuri imageboards, it's impossible to escape it altogether. But I can control myself, look past it, and view what really heightens my sexual drive. If any of this was already covered, sorry, but I had to say something. I was really tired of all the naysayers who are fueling the confusion of so many minds. And like all pieces of creativity, they are all interpreted by everyone in different ways. Example: Ichigo Mashimaro. Don't assume how one person thinks is how everyone thinks. Good day, all. Last edited by Splitter on Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:39 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Mohawk52
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omar235
Posts: 1572 Location: Florida, Jacksonvile |
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Thats what I wrote a few pages back of what I have heard loli to describe. blind_assassin put up a winkipedia definition about the lolita complex which basically stated its sextual context. I apparently am wrong in a few parts in there since lolicon has always been used to describe a sextual use of small girl characters. But it can also be used to describe anime about young girls or girls with small chests. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Any real study requires tons of data and information. You cannot make a very good study based on a few examples. Regardless of what they study is it takes countless amounts of data, observation, interviews, etc. That's simply how it works. If the study was on pornography/loli then yea it would take a lot of material to present any sort of factual study. The process is no different then the time it takes coke to figure out coke with lime is a good product. Countless hours of testing, study, and everything else. Otherwise you're just running your mouth off like an ignorant fool..........
There could photos of victims, other death camp items besides just bones. Many of them would socially taboo given the history behind them. Those collectors would and DO show this stuff off. They have get togethers and parties with their friends and other collectors. There are such things as "collector parties" (for lack of better term) where these people do exactly that. They're not doing it for pleasure or gratification, they're doing it to show case their collection and work. Many anime fanboys/girls do the same. They show off their figures, dvd collections, and other stuff to friends and other collectors. There's a damn thread here about "showing your dvd holders for your anime collection." |
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Mohawk52
Posts: 8204 Location: England, UK |
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Tony K.
SubscriberModerator Posts: 12095 Location: Frisco, TX |
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Ugh, took me almost 2 hours to clean this thread up. Just as an update, naruto fan 09812 has PMed psycho 101 and myself with apologies, and he has also stated that he will refrain from further posting in this thread. I will PM him with some advice and hopefully he'll learn something for future use.
So..., enjoy the rest of the discussion (until something else pops up again -_-...) |
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Richard J.
Posts: 3367 Location: Sic Semper Tyrannis. |
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I think many defended my points well while I was unable to reply, but I'll address everything myself too.
Here's an interesting thought: there are numerous studies which show that children in two parent homes are less likely to do drugs, drink before being of legal age, smoke, commit crimes, etc. Should we have a ban on single mothers or father's raising children? The studies only showed that some children might be affected, not that the material in question actually caused anything. Anything might affect anyone and convince them to do anything. Unless there is a clear causation, I don't think the government has any right to make something illegal. I don't recall claiming that lolicon hentai or general lolicon material was "harmless," simply that the degree of "harm" was minimal as there is no real victim. The slight chance that this material might encourage a predator is no more of less than other other pornographic or violent media.
Also, how do you enforce a law based on emotional impact? The level of realism is actually quite important as it is possible to create artificially imagery that is indistinguishable to the untrained eye from the real thing. A loli hentai is clearly not a depiction or real girls but there are programs which can create images that appear real. (Don't ask me what they are, I'm only familiar with non-pronographic uses of such technology and then only the actual resulting imagery.)
My intent wasn't to suggest that watching loli hentai or collecting dolls necessarily prevented crime. Rather I was saying that if a person who would otherwise commit a crime could be satisfied by the hentai and dolls, then that would strike me as a good trade off.
Clearly, someone screwed up with Vioxx, but do you really like the idea of potentially life-saving medical breakthroughs being suppressed by the government? How much study and debate should there be before we give someone who's dying or in pain a medicine that might cure them? Far more people die from the illnesses these medicines treat than from the medicines. Should we stop getting inoculated against illnesses because a statistically small number of people die every year from them? No, I think not.
While I believe that the country as a whole would benefit from a revival of religion in people's lives, I would call for open rebellion if the government tried to tell me I had to go to church and start praying. We live in a democratic republic and we have the First Amendment, ergo the government should not be deciding laws based on the morals of one religion. The government should neither support nor suppress any church (unless it breaks the law) and it should not write laws without being able to show a clear reason for why they are necessary. I do not believe that anti-lolicon laws can be shown to have a legitimate effect on the crime rate, thus I can not support them. Morally, I find the debate silly. They're drawings. They aren't real. To equate drawings to real child pornography is ridiculous and I feel demeaning to the real-life victims. To argue such a thing is to invite the complete sanitization of all fiction, because no law ever remains in a vacuum. I apologize for the LONG post. *Edit: My spellchecker turned daxomni into a a mild curse. Sorry! |
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PantsGoblin
SubscriberEncyclopedia Editor Posts: 2969 Location: L.A. |
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This thread was seriously going down the drain for sometime (which is why I decided to stop posting here). But it looks like it's getting better now... some of the more recent, more intelligent posts have influenced me to post in this thread again. So, going back a bit where I left off...
While I seriously love Mii to bits, pretty much all of them were based solely upon cuteness. I'll say that I'm a serious fan of cute characters (who are often children), but other than Mii (who is purposely portrayed in such a way and was orginally created for the purpose), I generally don't look at pornographic images of them. I like them for their cuteness and character rather than their sexual appeal.
Which is why I have made all posts regarding loli on my LJ private from now on. Really wasn't in good taste to make something like that public either... While I was mainly saying that thing about Mii in a joking manner, you weren't the only one who was upset with that post...
I am sorry to say that otaku already have a pretty negative image even without loli.
Actually, daxomni is correct. Loli is illegal in the US. I don't have the official law saying so, but I'm sure these sources would suffice: animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-03-27/man-faces-life-in-prison-over-anime-child-porn http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?s=3123260 The thing about this is, he was already a convicted child sex offender, and that's mainly why the pressed charges. So, the law exists, but it's not really ever put into effect... They mainly just use it to press additional charges upon already convicted criminals (like this guy). There has yet to be (and I hope never will be) anybody arrested solely for being in the possession of loli. Although, there are already other unconstitutional laws in existance so it wouldn't surprise me...
Good point, and something I completely forgot to bring up. There are even separate boards for it on many lolicon sites... |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Ok PG not trying to be rude but you're wrong plain and simple. This does NOT mean there is an anti-loli law. Let me point some things out from those links.
Key word being CAN be applied. No where does it say this law is for "cartoons" specifically. It says it can be applied. Which means legally it can be added on to a pre-existing charge or conviction/parole violation. Plus this doesn't mention loli or anime specifically. It says cartoons. Read my previous post again and pay close attention to the part where I mention that the cartoon has to be a reasonable facsimile to a person. If loli/hentai were illegal they could not be sold PG end of discussion. Nor could a con be held in a public center for this material.
Did you even read this before saying there is a law? It clearly says "not a new child porn law." If you're on parole for sex offense you can't view A N Y T H I N G that even remotely can be construed as porn. No playboy, no penthouse, no adult fantasy drawings (Luis Royo for instance), no hentai, no nothing with boobs and ass of any kind. I challenge you to find a real law that says specifically hentai/loli/cartoon "porn" is illegal. Not some add on charge to pre-existing charges and convictions. An actual full blown law. If you can the site the state the law is from, and the law itself, I can find out without a shadow of a doubt if it's real or not. All I have to do is back to my college and use the criminal justice computer lab and log on to a nice nifty site that looks up laws and regulations. The other key point to remember is there is a difference between State Law, and Federal Law. Just cause a few states ban/or allow something, example being gay marriage, does not mean there is a federal law on the subject. |
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PantsGoblin
SubscriberEncyclopedia Editor Posts: 2969 Location: L.A. |
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Thinking back on what actually triggered my interest in loli, I'll have to say it probably started back when Cardcaptors first airred... At the time (6 or 7 years ago) I was about 14 or 15. Did having an attraction for a character who's 10 really seem that odd at this time? It really didn't to me... Due to the laws of the world, I grew older while she stayed the same age. Now being 21 with an attraction for a 10 year old seems odd, doesn't it? (If you just look at those facts) But if you look at the whole thing it's actually just the same attraction I've kept with me. Is there anything really odd about it looking at it like this? I honestly don't think so... I'd be willing to bet the same thing has happened to many lolicon. Having an attraction when they were younger but still keeping the same attraction to the chracters when they get older... Just something I wanted to bring up.
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I don't particularly think this is a good point. Bootlegs are illegal and are easy to find and purchase. I can think of other things too... Last edited by PantsGoblin on Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:00 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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For a change of pace from responding to other posts I have a question of my own. Why are you silly little "loli haters" not bashing shoto? Why have none of you complainers made a shoto thread and bash that as well? You're only flamming one side of the equation here. If you're gonna be rude you might as well go the whole way and not do it half assed, or is it because a woman looking at little boys is ok?
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Kiba17
Posts: 20 Location: Paradise... |
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To psycho-
I'm pretty sure it's because nobody really cares about the turnout of little boys in anime or hentai or at all, because they'll probably grow up to be sick and/or twisted anyway, due to the world being the way it is. Declining in morals, Declining in standards and Inclining in laziness, both physically and mentally. Last edited by Kiba17 on Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:42 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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KyuuA4
Posts: 1371 Location: America, where anime and manga can be made |
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Y'know - when I see a news story about a Hot Female teacher shagging one of her students... I think... "Why didn't that happen to me?" or "That kid was a lucky little bastard." That brings about a nice point on the double-standard. Many issues, especially gender, have double-standards. While it looks hypocritical (which it is), that's basically how it is. If I say, Sexual Predator, what type of person first comes to mind? |
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blind_assassin
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Kyuu, I've made arguments against that sort of thing plenty of times. I remember there was a thread here a good while back where a bunch of people were congratulating someone on the fact that there was a 20 something year old woman trying to have sex with him (or so it was implied) when he was around 12 or so. In contrast, my instant response was "What the hell is wrong with you people? We're talking about a ****ing pedophile here." No one even seemed to consider that what the person was describing was both illegal and disgusting, not to mention that it was extremely dangerous because he never actually found out her intentions with him (she could've wanted to rape him or maybe she could've wanted to just cut his throat and dump him in a lake).
And Daxomni, Lolicon is illegal in the states but not in Canada. I've posted the actual Canadian Criminal code as it stands at this moment regarding the legal definition of Child Pornography. Lolicon was found to not be actual Child porn but could suffice if the content posed a significant risk of harm to any minors (such as the case with Sharpe and the man arrested in Edmonton). I don't really understand how people consider loli to be unsexual in any of its forms. A lolita complex might not qualify as a paraphelia in the same sense that pedophilia does but it specifies a special feeling towards an illegal age group or a member of said age group in a sexual sense. If you meant it in an unsexual way then you would say "young girl" or "kid". If you honestly aren't trying to link it to lolicon hentai then why would you say lolita or loli? That would be like drawing a swastika to symbolize peace. Yes, the original swastika/manji meant that but the link to the Nazis is not only unbelievably easy to make, it isn't wrong most of the time. I'm not comparing loli to Nazis but the way they both trigger a reaction is pretty much the same. |
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omar235
Posts: 1572 Location: Florida, Jacksonvile |
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I don't know where or when it was started but I heard people on here use loli to mean alot of things, same for any word, after all gay didn't always mean you were homosextual. I use it to describe types of characters, girls with small breast in anime, or young looking characters. This was before I knew the word moe. So for me I never really thought about loli being a negative word, I had heard the word used a few years back but I didn't know what it meant til I came on to ANN. Maybe I should change over to moe or maybe people should ask before jumping to conclusions on here since it is used alot here to describe alot of characters.
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