Dont' bring manga into Canada

[Viking]

Possessing or accessing hentai material, even online, is indeed practically illegal in Canada, thanks to R. vs. Sharpe.

Ridiculous I know, that someone could be put on the sex offender registry for watching naughty purple tentacles, but it's considered child pornography.

WTF? While Hentai is not my cup of cha, banning cartoons whether of Mohammed or of Schoolgirls being raped by cephalapods is just unacceptable.

I used to like Canada, what with their bacon, beer, violent sports, universal health care and all round accepting attitude towards Icelandic immigrants (WTF, K.D. Lang?)

[Barrister]

Possessing or accessing hentai material, even online, is indeed practically illegal in Canada, thanks to R. vs. Sharpe.

Ridiculous I know, that someone could be put on the sex offender registry for watching naughty purple tentacles, but it's considered child pornography.

WTF? While Hentai is not my cup of cha, banning cartoons whether of Mohammed or of Schoolgirls being raped by cephalapods is just unacceptable.

I used to like Canada, what with their bacon, beer, violent sports, universal health care and all round accepting attitude towards Icelandic immigrants (WTF, K.D. Lang?)

I've spent a lot of time in the largest icelandic town outside of Iceland - Gimli, Manitoba.   

But such issues are hardly a "no-brainer".  If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

[Iormlund]

But such issues are hardly a "no-brainer".  If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

I don't know. Maybe because there's no actual victim?

[Viking]

I've spent a lot of time in the largest icelandic town outside of Iceland - Gimli, Manitoba.  

But such issues are hardly a "no-brainer".  If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

What's next, the banning of text depicting child rape?

To be honest I would have thought there were more than 6 thousand icelanders in copenhagen... There are about 1000 of us here in Trondheim.

[Josquius]

I've spent a lot of time in the largest icelandic town outside of Iceland - Gimli, Manitoba.   

But such issues are hardly a "no-brainer".  If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

Paedos can't help what they're attracted to anymore than people with more acceptable desires. The only problem is them acting on their desires involves harming innocent kids
With cartoon porn no kids get hurt and it gives them some way to indulge their passion without needing porn that involves real kids or even hunting out kids themselves.

I suppose there is the train of thought that this will simply lead them on, make them crave ever stronger stuff as they become immune to the cartoon porn, perhaps even lead otherwise decent people down the road of child porn. But....nah. Not if someone just has a few dirty pictures. Maybe if they're a depraved child rape hentai addict.

[Razgovory]

Anything that involves banning anime is okay with me.

[The Brain]

If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

Or text. We should burn all Game of Thrones books.

[Valmy]

If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

I thought we were trying to protect children from being used in the sex trade...I am less convinced we need to protect fictional characters from abuse.

[Josephus]

If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

Or text. We should burn all Game of Thrones books.

Well, technically, depictions of underage sex in text is illegal, in Canada at least. I remember there was a fairly well publicized case many years ago, in B.C. I think, of some old guy who got charged with having drawings and text of kids in sexual activities, much of which he drew/wrote himself.

I think GoT and other things can get away with it because they are classified as "artistic or somesuch". My memory is vague about the whole thing, but I remember there were lots of editorials and commentary about it because it gave the courts a fair bit of power in deciding what is art and what is smut.

[Valmy]

Well, technically, depictions of underage sex in text is illegal, in Canada at least. I remember there was a fairly well publicized case many years ago, in B.C. I think, of some old guy who got charged with having drawings and text of kids in sexual activities, much of which he drew/wrote himself.

It is illegal to fantasize about illegal activity in Canada?

I think GoT and other things can get away with it because they are classified as "artistic or somesuch". My memory is vague about the whole thing, but I remember there were lots of editorials and commentary about it because it gave the courts a fair bit of power in deciding what is art and what is smut.

What a bunch of shit.  So it is ok so long as it gets published in another country and imported where a publishing company makes money.  But if you make it on your own you are a criminal.  How arbitrary is that?  If Canada really feels that fantasy people under 18 fantasy years having fantasy sex is a a travesty that must be stamped out they should at least enforce it fairly.

[Neil]

But it isn't about fairness.  It's about persecuting a folk devil.

[Barrister]

I've spent a lot of time in the largest icelandic town outside of Iceland - Gimli, Manitoba.   

But such issues are hardly a "no-brainer".  If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

Paedos can't help what they're attracted to anymore than people with more acceptable desires.

Bullshit.

[jimmy olsen]

I've spent a lot of time in the largest icelandic town outside of Iceland - Gimli, Manitoba.   

But such issues are hardly a "no-brainer".  If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

Paedos can't help what they're attracted to anymore than people with more acceptable desires.

Bullshit.

You think it's a conscious choice rather than some sort of biological or psychological defect?

[Ideologue]

Possessing or accessing hentai material, even online, is indeed practically illegal in Canada, thanks to R. vs. Sharpe.

Ridiculous I know, that someone could be put on the sex offender registry for watching naughty purple tentacles, but it's considered child pornography.

WTF? While Hentai is not my cup of cha, banning cartoons whether of Mohammed or of Schoolgirls being raped by cephalapods is just unacceptable.

I used to like Canada, what with their bacon, beer, violent sports, universal health care and all round accepting attitude towards Icelandic immigrants (WTF, K.D. Lang?)

I've spent a lot of time in the largest icelandic town outside of Iceland - Gimli, Manitoba.   

But such issues are hardly a "no-brainer".  If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

No, sir.  That there's a no-brainer.

[Martinus]

If we feel that depictions of explicit child sex are forbidden when shown live, why should they be okay in cartoon format?

I thought we were trying to protect children from being used in the sex trade...I am less convinced we need to protect fictional characters from abuse.

I just find it funny that an answer to what seems like a huge criminal law controversy (and is resolved in a variety of ways in different jurisdictions) seems to be so one-sided to a criminal law professional.

I guess hundreds of thousands of sexuology experts, legislators, judges etc. are not as smart as a crown prosecutor in Yukon.