Times Of War
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- Posted: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:03:55 +0000
http://www.tomonews.net/148584696889344
The manga comic book images in question were of young girls dressed in Japanese school uniforms engaging in sexual acts. Police seized Hoque’s computer back in 2012 and found nearly 400 such images. Even though none were of real people, apparently the judges deemed it close enough.
TL;DR: A man in britain got caught with schoolgirl hentai ( This is literally so vague considering hentai that it could mean the girls in the images were anywhere from 6 to 18 ) and got in trouble. His punishment was suspended on the condition he didn't break the law again.
Now I have mixed feelings. On one hand, he was let go, which was a good call. On the other hand, wasting tax payer money and resources charging people for crimes with no real victims, which are basically thought crimes, is kind of stupid.
LD, what do you think?
Is it right to consider 2d depictions of fictional people with unrealistic proportions that act nothing like real people as actual, legit CP?
Considering that the stated age of the character doesn't matter ( If I draw a 6 year old and say she's a 2000 year old goddess, it doesn't change what she looks like) where do you draw the line? If a character is drawn that is supposed to be 18, but someone thinks it looks like a 14 year old, who is the authority on whether or not the artist was within their bounds or not?
Does this extend to actual people too? Should some people be banned from working in pornography, or modeling, because they look "too young" ? There are plenty of men and women in their 20s who look like they are in their early teens.
Does this mean pornography featuring age play should be banned? Should teacher-student, parent-child, babysitter, or other related fetishes, where all actors are over 18, pretending to be different ages, be banned?
Related discussion.
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The Crown Court handed down a nine-month suspended sentence to Robul Hoque, who police found to have 400 images of sexualized Japanese schoolgirl cartoon characters on his computer.
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The Crown Court of England and Wales set a precedent a few days ago when it sentenced 39-year-old Robul Hoque to nine months imprisonment for possession of lolicon images, albeit suspended so long as he doesn’t break the law again.
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"Lolicon manga,” which literally means “comics for those with lolita complexes", are animations and comic books that involve drawings of children or child-like creatures in adult situations and relationships.
Usually they are drawn by Japanese artists and published in Japan, where it is perfectly legal to do so.
Usually they are drawn by Japanese artists and published in Japan, where it is perfectly legal to do so.
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The manga comic book images in question were of young girls dressed in Japanese school uniforms engaging in sexual acts. Police seized Hoque’s computer back in 2012 and found nearly 400 such images. Even though none were of real people, apparently the judges deemed it close enough.
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In 2009 an American comic book collector named Christopher Handley pled guilty to violating a similar law that outlaws any art that depicts minors engaging in sex acts and lacks a serious literary, artistic or scientific value.
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However, the flaw with this sort of law is just like beauty itself, it’s all in the eyes of the beholder and can be open to whatever interpretation of the law that will vary with the presiding judge or jury.
TL;DR: A man in britain got caught with schoolgirl hentai ( This is literally so vague considering hentai that it could mean the girls in the images were anywhere from 6 to 18 ) and got in trouble. His punishment was suspended on the condition he didn't break the law again.
Now I have mixed feelings. On one hand, he was let go, which was a good call. On the other hand, wasting tax payer money and resources charging people for crimes with no real victims, which are basically thought crimes, is kind of stupid.
LD, what do you think?
Is it right to consider 2d depictions of fictional people with unrealistic proportions that act nothing like real people as actual, legit CP?
Considering that the stated age of the character doesn't matter ( If I draw a 6 year old and say she's a 2000 year old goddess, it doesn't change what she looks like) where do you draw the line? If a character is drawn that is supposed to be 18, but someone thinks it looks like a 14 year old, who is the authority on whether or not the artist was within their bounds or not?
Does this extend to actual people too? Should some people be banned from working in pornography, or modeling, because they look "too young" ? There are plenty of men and women in their 20s who look like they are in their early teens.
Does this mean pornography featuring age play should be banned? Should teacher-student, parent-child, babysitter, or other related fetishes, where all actors are over 18, pretending to be different ages, be banned?
Related discussion.