• Proposed Virtual Child Porn Law Trucking Along
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[release]Won't someone think of the children? The imaginary children? Don't worry, Japanese politicians are. The Tokyo Metropolitan government is moving forward on legislation that sets out to ban provocative "visual depictions" of characters who appear to be 18 years-old and younger. According to website Anime News Network, the proposal, submitted on February 24, would amend the Metropolitan Tokyo youth welfare law on child pornography and limit the manner in which [B]"nonexistent youths"[/B] are represented as well as clauses that call for the filtering of images of minors online and via mobile phone. The "visual depictions" are understood to encompass underage characters in manga, computer games and video games — i.e., virtual characters. If the legislation does pass, it would be law in Metropolitan Tokyo and not elsewhere in Japan. So that would seem to mean that companies based outside of Tokyo (like Osaka-based visual novel companies Leaf and Key) would be exempt. However, Tokyo legislation sets precedent for the entire country. The impact of this would not only drastically effect the Japanese game industry, but the anime and manga industry. How does one judge what is provocative and what isn't? One could argue that it is sexually provocative when Shin-chan from Crayon Shin-chan draws an elephant on his wennie. It's not — it's stupid and funny. But, how do you judge what is age appropriate for virtual characters? By whether or not they wear sailor suits? Who sets the moral standards? As CNNGo's David Marx has pointed out, [B][U]Japan should worry about actual child pornography in Japan.[/U] You know, pornography with real children being taken advantage of and not imagery ones. While the sale of children pornography is prohibited, it is apparently still legal to own pictures of children 12 years-old and up.[/B] And actual pornography aside, the cottage industry of DVDs and photobooks of little girls ([B]some as young as four years old![/B]) wearing swimsuits and thongs, eating bananas and licking ice cream are certainly more pressing issue than virtual characters. This is real people (real children, dammit!) getting taken advantage of. In recent years, the Japanese government has cracked down on child pornography and "junior idols" — necessary and much needed steps to prevent the exploitation of children. But certainly politicians can tell the difference between what is real and what isn't?[/release] [url=http://kotaku.com/5489823/proposed-virtual-child-porn-law-trucking-along]Source[/url] I insist... Won't someone think of the [highlight]REAL[/highlight] children? WTF, Japan!!
[quote]The impact of this would not only drastically effect the Japanese game industry, but the anime and manga industry. How does one judge what is provocative and what isn't? One could argue that it is sexually provocative when Shin-chan from Crayon Shin-chan draws an elephant on his wennie. It's not — it's stupid and funny.[/quote] Nothing of any particular value will be lost if this passes really
think of the children!! seriously
They can't take my loli away!
[QUOTE=pyrofiliac;20667845]think of the children!! seriously[/QUOTE] the children are all that matter
I never did understand laws against drawn child porn. Who gives a fuck what someone drew on paper? That's almost thought police level. I thought the point of legislature against child porn was to protect kids from getting exploited, not to catch thought criminals who think disgusting thoughts on their own time. The difference between owning child porn and owning manga child porn is that buying child porn supports people who exploit real kids, and buying anime child porn supports people who draw pictures. I tend to believe the former is far more serious than the latter...
I'm genuinely surprised that Australia didn't ban this first. [editline]x[/editline] Oh wait, it [B][I]is[/I][/B] banned in Australia. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon[/url] :saddowns:
[QUOTE=davidofmk771;20667871]the children are all that matter[/QUOTE] what matter?
They'll do what they did with this dumb anime that Reag watches Make 14-years old girl but call her 400 years old god
I'd still like to see lolicon go away. I don't care if it's real or fake, the principal remains the same. Both are equally wrong, and both should be banned.
[QUOTE=Nexosz;20668071]They'll do what they did with this dumb anime that Reag watches Make 14-years old girl but call her 400 years old god[/QUOTE] Yeah, probably do that. "Oh it's a child." "I AM NOT A CHILD, I AM A 9,000 DEMIGOD WHO HAS TRANSFORMED HERSELF INTO THE BODY OF A YOUNG PERSON FOR YOUTH." Hopefully they'll ban that too :v:
[QUOTE=MrRelys;20668079]I'd still like to see lolicon go away. I don't care if it's real or fake, the principal remains the same. Both are equally wrong, and both should be banned.[/QUOTE] I also think it's disgusting, but it isn't the government's place to ban certain forms of media. In my opinion, it's the same as banning Twilight movies or music by Miley Cyrus. I don't particularly care for either, but I also don't want the government telling me what kind of music I can listen to.
Just ban anime all together, the world would be a happy place
[QUOTE=Craptasket;20668217]Just ban anime all together, the world would be a happy place[/QUOTE] woah woah woah waoh owhahahfwohoj lets not get too drastic here
No....no more animes with 3 year olds in miniskirts? Well there goes the whole god damn anime scene, hope this passes.
[QUOTE=Craptasket;20668217]Just ban anime all together, the world would be a happy place[/QUOTE] What the fuck did anime ever do to you?
[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;20668348]What the fuck did anime ever do to you?[/QUOTE] create creeps and losers around me
[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;20668348]What the fuck did anime ever do to you?[/QUOTE] Don't start him off... [editline]09:23AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Craptasket;20668445]create creeps and losers around me[/QUOTE] Too late
so KAWAII :3
[QUOTE=Nexosz;20668071]They'll do what they did with this dumb anime that Reag watches Make 14-years old girl but call her 400 years old god[/QUOTE] Too late. They got a 4 year old who is 1,000.
This is simply ridiculous. "Nomexistant youths" are, guess what, motherfuckers... NONEXISTANT! No one is being harmed or exploited when someone draws/paints CP.
Fake CP is still just as disgusting as real CP. No excuses for that type of shit anyway, if you like it you should get help.
[QUOTE=Calx;20668588]This is simply ridiculous. "Nomexistant youths" are, guess what, motherfuckers... NONEXISTANT! No one is being harmed or exploited when someone draws/paints CP.[/QUOTE] And then they turn to real CP and masturbate to real children.
[QUOTE=Eli Vance;20668718]And then they turn to real CP and masturbate to real children.[/QUOTE] yes lets outlaw virtual murder because that inspires REAL murder OH WAIT
[QUOTE=Trogdon;20668728]yes lets outlaw virtual murder because that inspires REAL murder OH WAIT[/QUOTE] Who cares about fapping to murder?
No, out hottest illustrated girls threads will die
So much "I hate it, it should be banned" in this thread. I also hear a lot that our generation will be a better government than it currently is. Well it won't. We will be still banning in ignorance.
Is this the end of Rapelay???
Wonder how long Japan is going to last. Their replacement rate is like, holy shit.
At the end of the day, your fuelling depravity real or not real. Either it's all good, or it's all bad.
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