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   From: mr.zoolook@gmail.com   
      
   On 28/06/2010 12:44, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   > Zoolook wrote:   
   >> I am not commenting on any particular manga here, but sometimes the   
   >> subject matter can be... questionable at best! Incest, murder,   
   >> drug-use... these are not uncommon subjects! Perhaps the US government   
   >> (under the belief that these "comics" and "cartoons" are aimed at the   
   >> younger audience) have deemed the material illegal!   
   >>   
   >   
   > (A) The U.S. Government has a founding principle of Free Speech which   
   > pretty much forbids them to make anything illegal on such a basis. Local   
   > governments MAY do so, but they risk being overruled on constitutional   
   > grounds. There are VERY few exceptions to the Free Speech basis, and   
   > many of the APPARENT exceptions aren't; they're ones in which you're   
   > free to say whatever it is, but you must take the consequences for   
   > having said it.   
      
   I admit to not knowing the ins and outs of US law, since I don't live   
   there.  The free speech argument is only going to get you so far   
   anyway... its constantly being chipped away with legislation, on both   
   sides of The Pond!   
      
   > (B) If banning such material were legal, there are literally thousands   
   > if not tens of thousands of books, movies, etc. which should be banned.   
   > In general, we don't do such things, and local banning attempts usually   
   > end up collapsing under public pressure and mockery. I would not support   
   > any legislation that permitted such restrictive measures.   
      
   But censuring material IS commonplace... isn't there still a long   
   standing argument ensuing over Intelligent Design... specifically that   
   some states ban material that denies it?   And that's not really in the   
   least bit offensive to the majority of citizens (one would hope at least)!   
      
   But I do agree that, from what I have seen in Anime/Manga recently...   
   its very much school grade compared to alot of Hollywood releases!   
   Indeed, maybe THIS might go some way to explain the problem??   
      
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