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Shiroi Hane
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Ah, but Tsuchiya seems to think it leads to murder (the case he cites doesn't seem to involve rape, at least not according to the linked article). |
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revolutionotaku
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A friend of my girlfriend told me that "anime & manga doesn't cause crimes, people do". |
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ANN_Lynzee
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[quote="revolutionotaku"]
I haven't seen any outright claims of rape, however the suspect confessed he took her back to his apartment and then killed her when she started making noise. Source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/04/national/abducted-girl-7-slain-noise/#.U6XV8_ldWgU |
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configspace
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Yes, and CNN's hitpiece not only blurred out a manga that was NOT porn, it also tried to make the case that Love Hina is child porn, which as you say, would definitely be the case if the law was applied to manga/anime: http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/LatestNews/News1/CNN-Vilifies-Manga-as-Child-Porn-5747.aspx
I've mentioned before that all the titles with buxom high schoolers like Ikkitousen would also be considered child porn (and actually is in NZ). |
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revolutionotaku
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On the Tokyo episode of the CNN series "Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown", there is an unbiased report on yaoi & testicle hentai manga.
"Urotsukidoji" creator Toshio Maeda explains how he uses testicles as a loophole to get around Japan's censorship laws. |
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Rahxephon91
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He also explains that these things exist because he thinks people feel repressed and need some sort of out.
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revolutionotaku
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That's because the Japanese cannot be rude in public. So they use the manga as a way to "let off steam". |
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jr240483
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like it or not but that report is an epic fail. its no better than those other BS reports stating that violent video games are the main culprit in some teens getting aggressive in school and had a part in the columbine massacre. definitely glad their not going after lolicon and shotacon cause putting them as the same level as CP is beyond stupid and closed minded that its not even funny. cause you better believe that if they had done it a crapload of those manga authors would quit in protest and a major of otakus would probably boycott japan and considering that their economy stinks as bad as the US they need the tourism income, which goes to show that the old saying is still true. sex sells and until the otaku community lose interest in lolicon and shotacon (which is highly unlikely in this or the next generation) and all the beliefs and opinions those politicans & govt jackasses have, will fall to the might of the all powerful dollar. as well as in the voting booth too.
I remembered watching that episode. hell its the only time i was willing to watch any political news channel. it definitely explains why he is know as a revolutionist cause if he had tried that loophole in this age, i doubt it would go well. though the real shock was he was showing that to Bourdain in a public restaurant and the waitress have like a blank stare like if its was the norm. which makes me wonder what the hell the govt have such a beef about content like that as well as lolicon and shotacon when the public and especially public places like that restaurant have no problem with content like this? |
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Zalis116
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But Jon Stewart also compared the situation in this bill to the NRA's anti-gun-safety lobbying, while ignoring that the misuse of the products protected by the NRA has harmed actual living children, whereas the anime/manga industry's products do not involve real children in their production. I do wonder what other NRA tactics we could adopt. Open-carrying lolicon manga into preschools? |
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Timeenforceranubis
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The fact that we have people actively advocating for censorship of art tells me a lot about about what kind of people inhabit segments of this fandom. We have a bunch of people who want to ban something for no other reason than the fact that they don't like it. Whatever happened to just not consuming media you don't like?
The fact that this is even a discussion bothers me deeply. |
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Sariachan
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Same here. 
And what bothers me even more is people who put fiction and reality on the same level.  I find it not only stupid, but plain offensive for actual victims... how can actual people be compared to fictional characters?!
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revolutionotaku
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After watching the video on CNN, I want to ask a question.
Were the parents even aware of the CNN camera crew filming 5-second clips their children to use in this report & did CNN get their permission first? |
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NGK
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[quote="Zalis116"]
It's all perfectly laid out here... http://www.forbes.com/sites/amyshowalter/2013/05/16/five-reasons-the-nra-won-the-recent-gun-control-debate-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-politics/print/ ... where NRA won epically considering the backdrop over the incident at that time |
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