When the lying media talks about “free speech”, they’re just talking about their own lies, especially the CCP-backed BBC.
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Wait a minute, CNN did the exact same thing in 2014: https://www.cnn.com/2014/06/18/world/asia/japan-manga-anime-pornography/index.html
From the article:
To see what’s being openly sold on Japanese shelves, CNN took a hidden camera to one of the many manga stores in the Akihabara district of Tokyo.
The district is a known hub for “otakus,” obsessive members of anime and manga fandom, a worldwide group of avid followers of the genre.
Down a set of stairs, there are rows and rows of manga, many containing popular themes and images. But five feet away, in an area marked “adults only,” the content took a sharp turn into shocking sex scenes, apparently involving minors.
Some of the predominantly female characters wore school uniforms, hair clips and innocent expressions as they engaged in sometimes violent sex acts with dominant characters.
Are they, deep down, all the same?
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They always have been.
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Journalists? Yeah, they’re all scum of the Earth.
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I am not surprised about CNN. Mainstream news media is the same shit. They are all shills.
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The only news source that I trust is The Onion:
My New Years Resolution for 2022 was to stop reading the news. I failed on that front horificially after about 15d into the year.
Maybe I’ll have better luck with 2023!
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At this point might as well read The Onion. They are at least more humorous than CNN.
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Those normie articles are honestly cringe. They are cringy in a bad way. I feel embarrassed for the people who thinks BBC and CNN really cares about Lolicon drawings. It’s all a show. It’s entertainment to cater to the masses.
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VICE article from 2015 that compares how lolicon is dealt with in Canada versus how it’s treated in Japan:
From the article (note: it says that Craig Botterill is a retired crown attorney in Halifax):
Botterill explained that just because the children depicted in animated kiddie porn aren’t real humans, doesn’t make accessing such material a victimless crime. He thinks cartoon child porn poses a “very real social harm.”
“[It could] cause pedophiles to act on the same impulses and triggers as actual images of children,” said Botterill."
“These types of images are used to satiate the lusts of pedophiles and they encourage them to go out and commit hands-on offences against children. If you want to protect children, you need to take these images out of the hands of people. It really doesn’t matter if it’s a cartoon rendering or a picture of an actual child—the use of these images harms children.”
There, is unfortunately, little or no hard scientific or medical evidence to wholly support—or dispute—this.
Ah yes, how “unfortunate” there is no scientific evidence that lolicon is linked to child abuse.
At the end of the article:
Botterill sardonically agreed that ascertaining the age of animated children who appear in pornographic cartoons is impossible.
“How old is Pokémon, right?”
So, you’re saying that it can be hard to tell the age of some animated children? That would make it difficult to prosecute lolicon. Maybe that’s part of why it’s not a good idea to criminalize it.
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That reminds me of one article saying that the US constitution should be updated to be more like Canada’s, as the latter was “more hip”.
Here is an article extolling how awesome the Canadian constitution is: Canada is the World's Constitutional Superpower - Slaw
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I don’t understand why they criminalize images of every not photorealistic individual that seem under 18 years old, when the age of consent in canada is 16 years old.
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If they want criminalize the thinking at least they should do it in a precise way! In italy the age of consent is 14 ,without people that have control over them otherwise is 16, but the law criminalize every fictional
not photorealistic material that seems to visualize teen under 18.
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If any country’s Constitution was easily “updated”, then it’s not a Constitution. It’s like the PRC’s Constitution being “updated” to give Xi more terms. Of course, Canada is trying to learn from the CCP Dominion.
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You know, maybe if he had done a bit more research, he would’ve learned that Canada is more lenient on piracy and file sharing than in the USA: File sharing in Canada - Wikipedia
Here’s an article that explains it: https://privacycanada.net/is-torrenting-illegal-canada/
From the article:
Canada is generally considered to have a very lenient policy when it comes to dealing with internet piracy. Current legislation only requires that an ISP notifies the customer that an illegal download has been detected from their IP address. No fine or jail time can be associated with the notice.
But don’t assume that you have free reign to go and torrent every piece of media you can find. Copyright owners still have the ability to pursue legal action in Canada and other countries if they have proof that you obtained the files in an unlawful manner. The result can be a civil suit, where you are sued for monetary damages, but not a criminal case.
So, you can be sued for it, but you can’t be arrested for it, like in the USA.
Well, Mandarin (Chinese language) is the “largest” non-official language in Canada: https://truenorthfareast.com/news/chinese-language-growth-in-canada
From the article:
In fact, critics of the Chinese government ought to applaud the spread of Chinese, for as a greater diversity of speakers emerges, the harder it is for Beijing to dominate the conversation. Daniel Fried, who we met earlier, makes an excellent point to this effect. Fried explains that “what [China] fails to understand is that by making Chinese a world language, it will lose control over it, as it becomes the vehicle for the expression of all kinds of ideas, not just those the Party allows in print. If Canadians really wish to be able to engage with China while holding on to our values, the best way to do so is by learning how to explain those values in Chinese.”
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I am not surprised by the similarities between the constitutions of Canada and PRC. Both countries are authoritarian as fuck. The only good thing I can think of that is good in Canada is the healthcare system, and that’s it.
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What about maple syrup?
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They are basically telling on themselves. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the age, sometimes it isn’t. But that’s irrelevant, because no fiction should be illegal, regardless of how disgusting it is. It’s fiction, imagination. He is basically spouting the same old nonsense of “it causes people to go out and do the deed with kids!” and then proceeds to say there is no evidence. So what is he basing his claims on? Not evidence, but feelings.
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That too, and maybe Canadian bacon.
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People are noticing that the government isn’t doing enough to counteract China: Canada needs to take a harder line on 'evil authoritarian regimes' like China: senator | CBC News
Also, here’s an interesting article about democracy and authoritarianism in Canada and the USA: Democracy in North America: Significant segments in Canada, U.S. open to authoritarian leadership - Angus Reid Institute
From the article:
A majority of Canadians (56%) say they don’t trust government in general to act in their best interests. This proportion has increased from 47 per cent when asked in 2016. In the United States, distrust rises to seven-in-ten (72%).
Two-thirds of Canadians (64%) say they don’t believe they can influence political decisions that influence their life. This sentiment is much more common among men aged 18 to 34 (77%) than other demographics.
In Canada, 18- to 34-year-old men are three times as likely as any other demographic to say, “some countries are better off with authoritarian rule”.
Belief in the superiority of democracy over authoritarianism is consistent across political lines: at least nine-in-ten past CPC, Liberal, NDP and BQ voters say democracy is always better than authoritarianism.
Socially isolated Canadians show less faith in the government and more disenchantment with the system. More than three-in-five (63%) of the most socially isolated Canadians say they do not trust in the government to act in their best interest. Half (49%) of the most socially connected Canadians say the same.
Unsurprisingly, I don’t trust the government either.