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Well that lasted what...36 hours?
THIS bit of news has the manga loving world reeling, as it should for reasons of thought policing among other things ~ but I'm not going to get into a discussion here or anywhere else about it because it can and will become an wankfest pitting the shota/lolicon casual admirers (because there is a whole lot that can fall under this catagory, like PoT djs) against the morality bristles of those who equate any kind of depiction of shota with hardcore, throw away the key, anti-pedophilia, hang-em til their feet stop kicking, rants.
It's already started in one small doll forum for chrisakes and it is annoying the piss out of me.
High horses have been mounted and there aren't enough brooms in the stable to deal with the opinions that are splatting to the floor.
On the flip side: THIS blog entry makes note of the fact that Rape games are to be banned in Japan.
Unlike the former article that is downright scary, THIS I found interesting because, here is a genre that makes me cringe...probaby as much as the shota-allergic people do. Having said that, I recognize it as something that rubs my aesthetic fur the wrong way, but I won't judge those who find the concepts in the games/manga to be entertaining on some level.
Of course it's just the games that are going to be affected, but when you start banning things generally it's hard to know where draw the line and stop.
It should be noted that a lot of yaoi games will fall under this banning...although I'm sure it will be just a bit of creative writing to make it more *consentual*.....on all sides of the genre divide, but the fact remains that No Will mean No even if it's only a computer program. ;)
Mind you...if it ever extends into the realm of manga you can kiss half the adult industry buh-bye overnight. Eromanga as a genre will be well and truly f**ked. I can't even imagine what will happen to the brilliance that is Ero guro! :(
THIS bit of news has the manga loving world reeling, as it should for reasons of thought policing among other things ~ but I'm not going to get into a discussion here or anywhere else about it because it can and will become an wankfest pitting the shota/lolicon casual admirers (because there is a whole lot that can fall under this catagory, like PoT djs) against the morality bristles of those who equate any kind of depiction of shota with hardcore, throw away the key, anti-pedophilia, hang-em til their feet stop kicking, rants.
It's already started in one small doll forum for chrisakes and it is annoying the piss out of me.
High horses have been mounted and there aren't enough brooms in the stable to deal with the opinions that are splatting to the floor.
On the flip side: THIS blog entry makes note of the fact that Rape games are to be banned in Japan.
Unlike the former article that is downright scary, THIS I found interesting because, here is a genre that makes me cringe...probaby as much as the shota-allergic people do. Having said that, I recognize it as something that rubs my aesthetic fur the wrong way, but I won't judge those who find the concepts in the games/manga to be entertaining on some level.
Of course it's just the games that are going to be affected, but when you start banning things generally it's hard to know where draw the line and stop.
It should be noted that a lot of yaoi games will fall under this banning...although I'm sure it will be just a bit of creative writing to make it more *consentual*.....on all sides of the genre divide, but the fact remains that No Will mean No even if it's only a computer program. ;)
Mind you...if it ever extends into the realm of manga you can kiss half the adult industry buh-bye overnight. Eromanga as a genre will be well and truly f**ked. I can't even imagine what will happen to the brilliance that is Ero guro! :(
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