It's begun!

[JudgeHolden]

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/13486.html
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14993.html

Nio should be glad he lives in Europe, or this might have been him.

[guy07]

I'm surprised this isn't happening quicker around the world. With all the attention anime is receiving it's only natural they figure out there's a huge pedo factor in it.

[BurningLeaves]

I've always found it disgusting how a drawing could be deemed child porn or illegal. People really need to grow up, it's a drawing, obviously no one was harmed in it's creation.. And who really cares if a pedophile looks at it? It's not going to turn someone into a pedophile and if anything it's going to give them something to hold them over other than raping yer kids.

[Otohiko]

Next they'll go after the midget porn lovers, eh?

It's all really, really strange. For me, what I don't like is the dubbing of this as 'manga' without qualification. Might make it awkward for people to explain their hobbies in the near future

[Phlu]

Personally I think the government should work harder trying to stop real child pornography rather then spend their time on this.

[The Origonal Head Hunter]

I pose a question.

Would you rather pedophiles take pictures of real children

or

Would you prefer saving the innocence of real children by allowing pedos their drawings?

[meleechampion]

Would you prefer saving the innocence of real children by allowing pedos their drawings?

That's like saying violent video games keep REAL crazed gunmen from actually going out and shooting people.

[The Origonal Head Hunter]

Would you prefer saving the innocence of real children by allowing pedos their drawings?

That's like saying violent video games keep REAL crazed gunmen from actually going out and shooting people.

Almost, but not quite. Crazed gunmen don't get the same thrill from blowing pixels into bloody pixels as they would from putting a bullet in a real person.

Contrawise, a pedophile just wants to see a naked kid, real or otherwise.

[BasharOfTheAges]

Would you prefer saving the innocence of real children by allowing pedos their drawings?

That's like saying violent video games keep REAL crazed gunmen from actually going out and shooting people.

Almost, but not quite. Crazed gunmen don't get the same thrill from blowing pixels into bloody pixels as they would from putting a bullet in a real person.

Contrawise, a pedophile just wants to see a naked kid, real or otherwise.

I'm pretty sure it's more than just wanting to see them... The real stuff also can be used for "training" purposes (through imitation) in ways drawn media falls short.

They're subhumans though, so they don't need rights or sane legislation - think of the rhetoric children!

[guy07]

I don't really care what form it comes in. Child porn is a big no-no in my books.