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NEWS: Tourist Jailed in New Zealand for Child Abuse 'Manga' Images

I love how everyone chimes in and ignores the fact that the material was of [a] "child being sexually abused, degraded, exploited and tortured".

No matter how you look at it, that type of material is just sick and disgusting... and hiding behind the "it's just art" banner just won't cut it.

I love how everyone chimes in and ignores the fact that the material was of [a] "child being sexually abused, degraded, exploited and tortured".

No matter how you look at it, that type of material is just sick and disgusting... and hiding behind the "it's just art" banner just won't cut it.

@Deacon Blues:

But you are ignoring the fact that it's not real and causes no actual harm. No real children were abused, and such Manga will not encourage any harm to come to real children.

Do I like such material? Hell no. But jailing a man for ten months for simply having drawings is absolutely outrageous. And if censors are allowed to get away with punishing people for having drawings, then they may start coming for material that isn't as offensive as Hentai. Edgy non-pornographic stuff like Dance in the Vampire Bund, for example.

TsunaReborn! wrote:

You wouldn't expect to enter Saudi Arabia with a bottle of Vodka and not have some kind of consequence.

According to courtnews.co.nz NZ Customs intends to permanently confiscate the guy's computer, so the Saudia Arabia comparison seems like a real ringer.

What the heck kind of country are you New Zealanders running down there?

Deacon Blues wrote:

I love how everyone chimes in and ignores the fact that the material was of [a] "child being sexually abused, degraded, exploited and tortured". No matter how you look at it, that type of material is just sick and disgusting... and hiding behind the "it's just art" banner just won't cut it.

Uh, yes, if it's just a drawing, that's all that really matters and cuts it just fine. It doesn't matter how disgusting you find it, it's still just a goddamned drawing.

Censorship is never about 'protecting the children', it's about protecting the moral norms in the society.

I love how everyone chimes in and ignores the fact that the material was of [a] "child being sexually abused, degraded, exploited and tortured".

No matter how you look at it, that type of material is just sick and disgusting... and hiding behind the "it's just art" banner just won't cut it.

The DVD is classified as objectionable because of the extent and degree to which, and the manner in which, it exploits the of nudity of young persons.
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By presenting these images, the viewer is encouraged to be entertained and titillated by these sexualised images of young teenage girls.

The Board considers, pursuant to section 3(1) of the Act that the publication passes through the “gateways” of sex crime and violence in that it “describes, depicts or expresses or otherwise deals with” matters of sex, crime and violence in such a manner that the unrestricted availability of the publication is likely to be “injurious to the public good”.
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There are numerous examples of sexualised material which include the scene in the hot-tub where the commentator states the characters are depicted nude, due to the animators’ own “perversion” and “sexual desperation”.

Balzer explained to customs that he is an author who receives images for making electronic books for retail sale.

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Anyway, with the notable exclusion of the USA in most western countries Lolicon manga are illegal.

It is Marcus Balzer's third jail term. He has served two sentences in Germany, including a six-year, six-month term imposed in 2006 for sexual abuse of youths coinciding with producing child pornography.