Let's look at the issue from another angle. Child porn is supposedly illegal in order to protect children, yet they are prosecuting children who are producing it, meaning that the intent is not to protect the depicted children but rather children IN GENERAL. This goes hand in hand with the fact that drawings have been criminalized in several countries. There are no real children depicted, thus there are no direct victims. This means the victims must be indirect... But what if it's not even about the actual victims?
I have seen several comments about non-nude drawings of young girls that have been called "disgusting". The question is how can a drawing of a GIRL be disgusting? If the image is sexual yet there is no actual porn or scatology or whatever going on, there is nothing there but a girl, and people are calling her DISGUSTING? As a concrete example, I have heard that very word used about the show Strike Witches. Sure, the show sucks and might possibly be called disgusting for that, but people are complaining about the young girls flashing their panties everywhere and none of the girls are ugly... They're designed to be the very opposite of that. They're drawn to be cute.
There's obviously something else going on here. It's not the picture itself that is the problem, but the idea that someone finds the picture arousing. This explains PERFECTLY why drawings of minors engaged in sexual activities are being made illegal almost everywhere... Because the concept of people getting turned on by that material IS disgusting. Thus, the picture is not important but rather the possibility that someone somewhere might be turned on by it.
The only connection I can make would be that prisons would benefit from more prisoners, but this is only valid in the US afaik. So I'm still not able to reach any kind of conclusion. Don't be so fucking vague.
The swedish king has no power whatsoever. He's a figurehead. Doesn't make the situation any better, here, though we have a FAR better voting system than the US and UK models. We don't have a first past the post system the same way the UK does, so we actually have a load of parties that atleast matter a bit...
"But every now and then the other person that I am talking to from India just looks at me and says that it is the will of the Gods that these people are in such a horrible condition. That they are this way because in previous lives they were horrible people and if they were to be helped, then the Gods themselves would be angry at us for meddling with their placement of people on the earth and that we could end up as lepers and beggars ourselves in our next lives if we were to help them."
That's a fabulous argument! Doesn't this basically justify ignoring anything that could hurt ANYONE just because god made it so? India is attacked by terrorists? No problem. It was god's will. Disease? Don't bother to cure them, it is the will of god that they are sick.
Ah. But surely Facebook and MySpace are not places for display of alcohol consumption either. Or are you insinuating that those sites are actually the right place for such content?
That's not sad. That's practical.
If i have a hammer, i want to use the hammer to hit nails with it. I don't want to begin every nail hammering session by inspecting it to see if someone has smeared super glue on the handle.
Their service was certainly a professional experience. They managed to figure out what my problem was on extremely simple basis.
Compare this with microsofts support forum, where i'm now on my third day waiting for a solution to a problem i'm experiencing when trying to install C# Express.
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Let's expand upon your statement.
Stop having homosexual relations and this "unfair legal system" won't be as unfair. (middle east)
Stop playing music on the radio and this "unfair legal system" won't be as unfair. (the shithole known as somalia)
Stop walking around without a burqa and this "unfair legal system" won't be as unfair. (middle east)
Stop buying your children teddy bears and this "unfair legal system" won't be as unfair. (afghanistan under the taliban)
Stop wearing glasses and this "unfair legal system" won't be as unfair (whatever place that was ruled by that fuckhead whose name escapes me)
That's true. The freedom to fuck other people over, though.
And for people writing "would of" and "should of" instead of "would have" and "should have"... It's spreading like a disease.
Let's look at the issue from another angle. Child porn is supposedly illegal in order to protect children, yet they are prosecuting children who are producing it, meaning that the intent is not to protect the depicted children but rather children IN GENERAL. This goes hand in hand with the fact that drawings have been criminalized in several countries. There are no real children depicted, thus there are no direct victims. This means the victims must be indirect... But what if it's not even about the actual victims?
I have seen several comments about non-nude drawings of young girls that have been called "disgusting". The question is how can a drawing of a GIRL be disgusting? If the image is sexual yet there is no actual porn or scatology or whatever going on, there is nothing there but a girl, and people are calling her DISGUSTING? As a concrete example, I have heard that very word used about the show Strike Witches. Sure, the show sucks and might possibly be called disgusting for that, but people are complaining about the young girls flashing their panties everywhere and none of the girls are ugly... They're designed to be the very opposite of that. They're drawn to be cute.
There's obviously something else going on here. It's not the picture itself that is the problem, but the idea that someone finds the picture arousing. This explains PERFECTLY why drawings of minors engaged in sexual activities are being made illegal almost everywhere... Because the concept of people getting turned on by that material IS disgusting. Thus, the picture is not important but rather the possibility that someone somewhere might be turned on by it.
The only connection I can make would be that prisons would benefit from more prisoners, but this is only valid in the US afaik. So I'm still not able to reach any kind of conclusion. Don't be so fucking vague.
That would really hurt long-term fiction. I'd say something between 10 and 20 years is optimal.
Depends. Some countries have logical restrictions on what can be covered by a contract.
>>I can't play these three games under Windows, so I run Wii. I can't play these other six games under Windows, so I run PlayStation 2.
Because RTS and FPS games work just GREAT on consoles.
I have a custom OWNAGE model.
"That is because my teachers were either clueless or leftist Palestinian lovers. It is still not, and has never been, true."
Are you saying there is some correlation between being leftist and a supporter of palestine? Why?
That was almost EXACTLY what I was going to say!
Did you steal my idea!?
The swedish king has no power whatsoever. He's a figurehead. Doesn't make the situation any better, here, though we have a FAR better voting system than the US and UK models. We don't have a first past the post system the same way the UK does, so we actually have a load of parties that atleast matter a bit...
Never heard anything about this in Sweden. I guess it's an american thing.
So "thulla" is the singular form? (just curious)
We need a "-? WHAT" moderation.
"But every now and then the other person that I am talking to from India just looks at me and says that it is the will of the Gods that these people are in such a horrible condition. That they are this way because in previous lives they were horrible people and if they were to be helped, then the Gods themselves would be angry at us for meddling with their placement of people on the earth and that we could end up as lepers and beggars ourselves in our next lives if we were to help them."
That's a fabulous argument! Doesn't this basically justify ignoring anything that could hurt ANYONE just because god made it so? India is attacked by terrorists? No problem. It was god's will. Disease? Don't bother to cure them, it is the will of god that they are sick.
Death penalty for tailgating!
Ah. But surely Facebook and MySpace are not places for display of alcohol consumption either. Or are you insinuating that those sites are actually the right place for such content?
Linux is more resistant to driveby installs, though.
It's security by obscurity!
That's not sad. That's practical. If i have a hammer, i want to use the hammer to hit nails with it. I don't want to begin every nail hammering session by inspecting it to see if someone has smeared super glue on the handle.
Like murder fantasies depicted on paper?
Their service was certainly a professional experience. They managed to figure out what my problem was on extremely simple basis. Compare this with microsofts support forum, where i'm now on my third day waiting for a solution to a problem i'm experiencing when trying to install C# Express.
Reminds me of this article i just read a couple of days ago: Some australian nutters want to use the filter to block hardcore pornography.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/233/1009233/australia-wants-ban-internet
Most kids manga is very controlled. I don't know any manga for kids with sex scenes.
I don't see why sex scenes should be a problem in manga for adults.