That’s interesting. So the attitudes people have in Canada do not match what the government actually is. To me Canadian government is relatively more authoritarian than US. I wonder how the Canadian government got so authoritarian if people have these attitudes. Maybe they developed these views because they realized the government isn’t good. I don’t know. I am thinking out loud.
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I still find it bizarre that people claim this will cause people to become child molesters, but the exact same people will scoff at the idea of violent video games causing people to become school shooters, or whatever.
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Yeah, people are taking notice of it:
Don’t forget Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described former Cuban President (and dictator) Fidel Castro in a positive light after his death in 2016: https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2016/11/26/statement-prime-minister-canada-death-former-cuban-president-fidel
Not to mention Castro attended the funeral of Justin’s father Pierre Trudeau in 2000: Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau - Wikipedia
Last but not least, Justin Trudeau praised China’s dictatorship in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8wQrM5jTWc
Here’s what he said in the video:
There’s a level of admiration I actually have for China, because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime.
Sometime after, Trudeau went on Twitter to explain himself. Here are the Twitter posts shown in the video:
I pointed out that globally Canada is up against big countries (China, for one) that can address some major issues quickly.
It’s ridiculous for anyone to suggest that I of all people would trade our rights and freedoms for any other system of government.
I’ll let you decide whether that’s still the case:
Also, for anyone wondering, I found study in 2016 that analyzed Canada’s law regarding child pornography:
The author concludes:
Based on the current state of social scientific research on child pornography and paedophilia, which suggests that only a highly attenuated risk of harm to children is posed by paedophiles using child pornography, s. 163.1 needs reconsideration. In particular, accepting “fantasy” pornography that does not use any real children might strike the appropriate balance between children’s rights and paedophiles’ rights. I have proposed that Charter protection for paedophiles under s. 7 and s. 15 offers a means of mitigating social, political, and legal vilification of paedophiles, but will likely be hindered by that same vilification. As such, a return to the fundamental tenets of deliberative democracy is necessary to facilitate the iterative development of Charter protections. Careful attention to deliberative democracy and Charter-protections for paedophiles are required to achieve the conditions necessary to conscientiously evaluate the appropriate balance between protecting children and protecting paedophiles.
TL;DR: Legalizing lolicon/shotacon in Canada would protect both the rights of children and the rights of pedophiles.
I have met people in person who think like that. I was told that it was different, and then after asking how, they gave really vague answers. Such as: “well, the sex drive is more innate than violence”. What does that mean?! I have no clue. But that is false. Violence is also innate to us. Just open a history book and see it for yourself. I think our attitude to sex is what influences these judgments, and it’s a matter of time before we become more educated about it.
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Because apparently, they claim, that people don’t “enjoy” killing even when they do it… And that’s exactly why I love the Dark Brotherhood from the Elder Scrolls series. An assassins guild, but unlike lesser ones from Assassin’s Creed or Hitman. Their only “creed” is to kill people and get paid for it. Good, evil, right, wrong. Irrelevant. Naturally, along with profit, they do it for pleasure.
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I doubt they will legalize it in our lifetimes. More than likely, other forms of speech will be prohibited in Canada. Then, lolicon consumers will get a break, as that new prohibited speech will be in vogue and will be the focus of the media and the government. By then, that part of Canadian CP law will fall into desuetude and become dead letters by virtue of unenforcement.
Let’s see what happens.
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Not gonna lie. I often respond with AR-15 “jokes” by saying this: Nine familial exterminations - Wikipedia to the “joker”. Kill me? Not if I get you first… And I’m also paranoid about revenge. Gotta stop that cycle of vengeance before it starts, am I right?
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Not a fan of Canada (sorry AgentColeBowl). I know a lot of people that want to move there and internally I am like “nooo…”
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I feel the same way. And about Australia too.
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I get people like the healthcare and social security system those places have. But there is a huge cost, and that cost is jeopardized civil liberties. I would rather be free and struggle to make my country (the USA) a better place, than flee somewhere else because “Murica is racist’!”
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Health and SS actually cost money. Meanwhile, it would cost more money to bother enforcing censorship.
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Those comments were savage but true. I am glad Japan is sticking to their guns as a people. I hope it stays that way.
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I must agree. Recently Canada banned all handguns. Now, whether you are for or against gun ownership, the fact that Prime Minister Trudeau could do that unilaterally, says that they are living in a dictatorship, not a democracy.
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People celebrate Canada’s government as if it was vanguard, but it’s pretty regressive. As I said, I would rather stay in my country and improve it than flee (unless of course things get really really bad, like Canada or China level of bad).
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