Tag: anti-hentai bill
Soapbox: A Matter of Culture
by otaking on Feb.16, 2010, under Soapbox
So... if the story says I'm a senior, but I LOOK like I'm 10, and my story was written yesterday, am I 17 years, 10 years, or 1 day old? What about, I'm a CARTOON you morons!
So many of you are aware of the Christopher Handley decision by now, where apparently customs officials opened up a package from Japan addressed to Mr. Handley which contained manga depicting minors ‘engaged in sexually explicit acts and bestiality’. Last week our intrepid manga fan was handed down a six-month sentence for violating the US Protect Act, which which outlaws cartoons, drawings, sculptures or paintings depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, and which lack “serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.”





