XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: millerkb@vt.edu   
      
   Galen Musbach wrote:   
   > On 24 Feb 2007 12:17:32 -0800, "bobbie sellers"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>    Because manga and anime are full of stories of folly and crime   
   >> like veritable history should we try to prevent children from reading   
   >> either?   
   >>   
   >>    later   
   >>    bliss -- C  O C O A  Powered... (at california dot com)   
   >   
   > These labels do not alter the content of the books   
   > in the slightest, and Tokyopop has been opposed   
   > to censoring manga since they took a bath on it years   
   > ago. The labels help *parents* to decide what their   
   > children are allowed to read, which is who should   
   > make the decision. And in practice, most parents   
   > are going to throw money at the kid and never even   
   > glance at the book he buys with it.   
   > So what does the standard accomplish? Stu isn't   
   > protecting children, he's protecting retailers. He's   
      
   And, in my view, that's a service to society, in its own right.  If we keep   
   raising the risk for entrepreneuers, soon we won't have any left.   
      
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