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Pariah wrote:

Chickenhawk wrote:

Thats smurfed up.

A curious conclusion considering your screen name

I use the other conotation. The political one.

AAPL Shareholder wrote:

I think it all boils down to whether or not this serves as an outlet or catalyst for would be pedophiles.

Someone would need to do an academic sociological and or psychological study to test this. Otherwise we're all just talking out of our asses.

As if those sorts of studies have ever really yielded practical results. Look at the mish mash of conflicting and ideologically motivated studies on porn in general.
Personally I find the whole thing pretty distasteful but as far as the law goes there is no actual harm being done so Id leave it be.

As long as they don't infringe on my basic rights, I really don't need to know what my neighbours are up to in the privacy of their own homes.

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What is the name of this documentary?

Alien wrote:

As long as they don't infringe on my basic rights, I really don't need to know what my neighbours are up to in the privacy of their own homes.

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The "think of the children" excuse for privacy invasion is really really lame.

From what I understand, desires that are considered pedophilia in other countries are considered normal in Japan. I don't know if the actual act is tolerated, but fantasy about it is accepted in the male population.

Perhaps some of the MAFers living in Japan could confirm/elaborate/tellmeimfullofsmurf.....

Child porn is illegal. I believe the Department of Homeland Security sees prosecuting it as a priority.

If pictures of naked kids are illegal, inflatable sex kids to hump ...

I dunno, legally it's kind of strange. Actually it's strange in every way. Personally I wouldn't trust a guy who gets his rocks off that way (and I definitely do NOT buy the "it vents their urges" idea, I think it's much more likely to spur fanticization). Should he be prosecuted? Tough call.

midgetcop wrote:

Child porn is illegal because it involves an actual child being exploited. Tis not the case when it's a doll.

I guess it depends on what the actual crime stats say about child abuse/sex crimes in Japan.

You raise an excellent point.

Personally if I feel myself sexually attracted to kids, I'll decide I'm seriously SICK and need intense treatment (or death if necessary). But that's just me.

Better to hump an anatomically correct Cabbage Patch Kid than an actual child.  Should we ban animal sex dolls for the folks into bestiality?

midgetcop wrote:

Having some interest/experience with Japanese pop culture, one thing I will say is that absolutely NOTHING is too sacred. NOTHING is too explicit, even when it comes to paedophilia, incest, bestiality, *robots*, etc. Anyone who watches lots of anime will recognize a common trend of sexualizing pre-pubescent teenagers, and sometimes even younger. And that's not even talking about the hardcore hentai out there.

How does this effect/reflect on the rest of Japanese society? Not sure. I'm wagering a guess that their sex-crime stats are a heckuva lot lower than in North America, but someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

First I guess we would have to know what they consider a crime.

Farmerkev wrote:

midgetcop wrote:

Having some interest/experience with Japanese pop culture, one thing I will say is that absolutely NOTHING is too sacred. NOTHING is too explicit, even when it comes to paedophilia, incest, bestiality, *robots*, etc. Anyone who watches lots of anime will recognize a common trend of sexualizing pre-pubescent teenagers, and sometimes even younger. And that's not even talking about the hardcore hentai out there.

How does this effect/reflect on the rest of Japanese society? Not sure. I'm wagering a guess that their sex-crime stats are a heckuva lot lower than in North America, but someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

First I guess we would have to know what they consider a crime.

Good point.