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Posted on 02-15-10 12:58 AM Link | Quote | ID: 127084


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Yeah... 

<blackhole89> > In response, the Protect Act narrows the prohibition to 
                cover only depictions that the defendant’s community would consider “obscene.”

<blackhole89> how is "the defendant's community" defined


I alos like how the article states what seven mangas are in question here...

...I'm gonna go download 'em


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Posted on 02-15-10 01:07 AM Link | Quote | ID: 127085


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I wonder if he will also have to register as a sexual offender. If that is the case, from what I heard, this might be the significantly more severe, compared to the 6 months of jail time, part of the sentence.

It seems like, in Western countries, you can pass pretty much everything nowadays if you successfully appeal to people's sense of public moral order, which is very effectively achieved if they perceive their notions of purity (i.e. children) as under attack. I'd contend the number of people who actually give two shits about the children is minuscule compared to the number of people who are appalled at the idea of someone getting off to them; if you consider that, regulations on "drawn child pornography" don't seem all that surprised anymore.

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Posted on 02-18-10 10:00 PM Link | Quote | ID: 127272


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<blackhole89> how is "the defendant's community" defined


They probably mean his literal community, that he lives in.

Also:
* Kono Man_ ga Sugoi! (This Man_ is Awesome!) by Makafusigi (Seraphim Comics)

I'm pretty sure that's not something you want to go to jail for...

blackhole89
Posted on 02-18-10 10:06 PM Link | Quote | ID: 127273


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I don't think "Man_" refers to the English word. It's more likely to be a reference to a Japanese colloquialism for female genitalia with the last syllable censored out, which would make it awwwright with the Christians again.

Also, would that imply that, if you founded a community with anything-goes people, you would be fine to wank at whatever you want again?

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GreyMaria
Posted on 02-18-10 10:20 PM Link | Quote | ID: 127274

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They probably broaden it to the city or even the state.

Our government is fucked up anyway and I plan on moving to Canadaland sometime.

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Posted on 02-18-10 10:51 PM Link | Quote | ID: 127279


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(insert obligatory comment about dying in real life here)

Seriously, though, I would be surprised if Canada's legislation is any more lenient in that regard (or most others). (Consider also that "banned in Canada" predates this by far.) It's just that negative news from there don't generally create nearly as much of an echo on the internet as ones from the US.

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Posted on 02-18-10 11:00 PM Link | Quote | ID: 127280

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At least Canada isn't the United States.

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Googie
Posted on 02-19-10 01:55 AM Link | Quote | ID: 127303


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Posted on 02-19-10 03:02 AM Link | Quote | ID: 127307


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Posted by GreyMario
They probably broaden it to the city or even the state.

Our government is fucked up anyway and I plan on moving to Canadaland sometime.


Yeah, you've been talking about that for years now.

Let us know when you're actually gone.

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