This, all the way. The US can't gripe at the Japanese over something like this when we're already pretty fucked up (not that they can gripe at the Japanese in the first place...). And is it really that hard to understand that you can prevent kids from seeing content like this by, oh, I dunno, BEING RESPONSIBLE PARENTS AND NOT LETTING THEM GET THEIR HANDS ON IT?Austin MacKenzie said:
What?Mackheath said:
Yes, I'd really like that clarified as well. Also, I didn't know the US was the only country "where a child can blow an adult's head off with a legal gun".Credge said:
SomeGuyNamedKy said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
Um, am I the only one that read both Nogami's letter and the CNN article? While Nogami had a few good zingers (most of which were quoted in the Escapist article), the rest of the letter wasn't all that great. Yes, he's right when he says "Japanese enjoy one of the most safe and peaceful societies on Earth", but then he makes the mistake of using Akihabara and Ikebukuro as examples. If you don't fear for your safety in those places you are either looking at them through otaku-colored glasses or beer goggles (scary drunks are pretty common-place there, after all). True, it would be nice if "appropriate age restrictions are put in place in stores" in the US, and he's right when he says that hentai is made for adults, not children. However, it kind of defeats his argument when this material sits less than a foot away from shonen jump (a comic for kids) in most convenience stores (it's at children's eye level too, I might add). Nogami even makes the mistake of assuming everyone at CNN is Christian, and tries to use a quote from the Bible to show that "we" (dunno if he's referring to CNN or all Americans here) are only against hentai because the Bible tells us to be...Abriael said:
Actually i've lived in tokyo for a while, and no, Akihabara and Ikebukuro are most definitely NOT scary places. I don't know where you got this kind of information from, but I rarely felt as safe going around alone at basically every hour as when I was in Tokyo.boholikeu said:
SomeGuyNamedKy said:
My thoughts exactly. I don't know whether to say ouch, or owned. I'll go with owned.Onyx Oblivion said:
I lived there for a while. The fact that you think Kabukicho is apparently more dangerous than Ikebukuro shows that you haven't quite been around Tokyo long enough to see the real dangers (I'll give you a hint: it's not the yakuza or "criminals" in Kabukicho).Abriael said:
That's why I used the word "described"? I lived and worked in Tokyo one to two weeks a month for several years. Quite enough to see the (few) real dangers. Thank you.boholikeu said:
You may want to look at the problems in your own society before looking at those of another. As for having chosen an avatar over the other, that's such a laughable argument. It doesn't make me "biased" towards Japan in the least. I just lived there, know the place, know the culture (as much as a westerner having lived there for a while can), and know just how idiotic the CNN reports and articles were.xmetatr0nx said:
