Ian Dunt said:
Hypocrisy is our biggest export.
I stand-by this sentiment. Unfortunately, the parliament's decision on this matter points to a greater, growing opinion in society which supports the censorship of media (legal or de facto) on the bases of a core of ethics to which not all people may subscribe. Were the law passed in, say, Zimbabwe, I could fucking care less because I could retain faith that some asshole politician or political group in the U.S.A. would not use it to their advantage in arguing the same points. However, the similar social standards of the U.K. and the United States makes it so that isolationism is not possible. I'm alarmed because people DON'T agree with the statement you quoted, not the other way around...fucker.
I agree with what you're saying, but most of the opposition to this new law is based around the idea that, for who-knows-how-long, supporters of anti-child-pornography laws have used the argument that it is wrong because it involves the harming of a child. On this, I totally concur, and that's where the line of "right to expression" (of photographers, usually) needs to yield to human rights. But with drawings, that argument no longer has meaning and the only relevance is "well, somebody could take it the wrong way" and again, the same thing could go for any form of art--violent, political, religious, etc. It's just a step in the wrong direction, I feel, because it effectively restricts people from doing safe things based on the premise that, were it reality (and it's not), it wouldn't be safe.
Agreed.Everyone knows I'm The Horniest Man on Earth, but even I'm repulsed by Lolicon, I think it's awesome they banned that shit. It's not art it's sick. I see no value in it as a medium of artistic merit as it proliferates the exploitation of children. You have no idea how pissed I was the first time I clicked on a link that said: lolicon and had zero idea what it was. Yeah, I might personally want to look at beautiful women taking a crap on each other, maybe even alternate passions, but that particular genre of illustrations (I won't call it art) is some fucked up repugnant shit. With anything there has to be a limit. I'd personally like to set fire to those who proliferate that crap. I'm usually not for CENSORSHIP of any kind, but seriously, there is no merit for that shit.
