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Nezchan Moderator
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Regardless of what anyone thinks about this, the documentary is a non-issue. Not even Japanese law could ban actual lolicon content, so what chances a random western has?

The same way the west has recently ruined Japanese copyright doctrine while circumventing the constitutional charter and existing laws: Policy Laundering using international treaties like the TPP and the TPIP.

Wowee, BBC2 documentary directors have a lot more clout than I gave them credit for!

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joined Aug 10, 2011

Regardless of what anyone thinks about this, the documentary is a non-issue. Not even Japanese law could ban actual lolicon content, so what chances a random western has?

The same way the west has recently ruined Japanese copyright doctrine while circumventing the constitutional charter and existing laws: Policy Laundering using international treaties like the TPP and the TPIP.

Wowee, BBC2 documentary directors have a lot more clout than I gave them credit for!

Earth 2 is responsible for the behavior of sloths and orangutangs.

Nezchan Moderator
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joined Jun 28, 2012

Earth 2 is responsible for the behavior of sloths and orangutangs.

Since sloths are awesome, are you suggesting there was some sort of merit to Earth 2?

Kayo
joined Sep 9, 2016

Regardless of what anyone thinks about this, the documentary is a non-issue. Not even Japanese law could ban actual lolicon content, so what chances a random western has?

The same way the west has recently ruined Japanese copyright doctrine while circumventing the constitutional charter and existing laws: Policy Laundering using international treaties like the TPP and the TPIP.

Wowee, BBC2 documentary directors have a lot more clout than I gave them credit for!

The media has more power than we give them credit for. Let's not forget that the press (mostly those owned by William Randolph Hurst) caused the Spanish-American war, what with all the false information and biased articles.

All it takes is for the Parliament to take this seriously and pressure Japan through the UN (for example). Basically it would be like the whale-hunting issue.

Not saying that would happen, but it is a possibility. Do not underestimate the media and the stupidity of the human race.

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joined May 24, 2014

Not saying that would happen, but it is a possibility. Do not underestimate the media and the stupidity of the human race.

And speaking of idiocy, here's another shining example of political correctness gone mad (unrelated, but still)

https://heatst.com/culture-wars/game-of-thrones-actor-quits-twitter-after-getting-blasted-in-furious-diversity-debate/

Reimu-pet-cirno
joined May 17, 2013

Personally, pedophilia existed long before mass media and was arguably worse. The interviewer will want to bring some more evidence before proposing banning free speech.

The problem here is that "pedophilia" is casually used to mean "attraction to anyone under 18" and confuses the entire issue. Attraction to 12+ or so is biologically normal; allowing children extra time to grow before being "on the market"(metaphorically speaking) is a very recent thing(even in the western world). We can see just how well things work out in countries where young teenage marriage is still the norm.

Nogami's Twitter did break down the argument stating that it was just nurture versus nature when it comes to depravity and sexual thoughts and that both sides were not willing to back down.

My personal view's a bit more nuanced: at their core, all human beings are "evil". Guilt, empathy and the others exist within us to direct our inner villain to be productive and kind. This clearly leans towards Nogami's answer, but there are twinges of Dooley's claim, mainly in that guilt, empathy and the others can be attacked and whittled away. However, there's enough work on video games and violence that we know that media isn't likely to make someone take actions that ultimately they're not predisposed to(that takes a mob).

And, of course, there's the Rotherham sex ring and its distinct lack of connection to animu. When your police refuse to take action for years despite knowing about it, you lose the right to criticize others on their handling of child predation.

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