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What is lolicon? A theme of anime, manga, and eroge in which underage/child-like female anime characters are sexually depicted.

As many of my long time readers and most of my on and offline friends know, I am a fan of lolicon and shotacon. I have never ONCE denied that or tried to hide it. I’ve been interested in it since 2006 or 2007. In the years that I’ve been interested in it, I’ve heard a very common and ignorant statement. That statement? That ALL lolicon fans are pedophiles and lolicon is CHILD PORN. One of those are false and the other one varies by country. First I shall address the “pedophile” part. Pedophilia is a psychiatric diagnosis. A pedophile is an adult that has a PRIMARY attraction to children under the age of 13. Now, unless you are qualified to make medical diagnosis it is safe to say you don’t know shit. AND if you are dumb enough to say anime characters are children, then you REALLY don’t know shit.

Now if you really believe ALL lolicon fans are pedophiles, then you must also believe that people who love Grand Theft Auto and horror movies are psychopaths. That too is a medical diagnosis. The point is, not all lolicon fans are pedophiles and you have no proof or logic to support the claims that they all are. I’m not a pedophile. I am an anti-pedophile activist. I’ve met many lolicon fans that were not pedophiles. I have experience with these people and this controversial form of porn/erotica. I am fairly sure I know lolicon than you do. Not all lolicon fans are pedophiles. If you believe that, you are an idiot. Kill yourself.

NEXT, we shall address the “Lolicon is child porn” part. Child porn is banned in almost every country. Lolicon is legal in most countries or not yet address in the books. Japan, it is legal. America, it is legal but in a legal grey area according to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. They are the people who would know the legality of it more than you and I. It is legal in most of Australia. I could go on. Lolicon is not child porn for 2 reasons:

1) The United Nations and most countries define a child as a HUMAN below the age of majority. Anime characters aren’t humans.

2) Child Porn, as I said, is illegal. Lolicon is not. The law defines Child Porn, not you.

Finally I’d like to address the jackasses that want to ban lolicon. There is NO good reason to ban lolicon. Lolicon is fake. The most common defense I hear is “Lolicon is harmful to our children!” No it isn’t. There is countless research that shows more porn = lower sex crime. There is a very detailed study from Ayako Uchiyama and Milton Diamond, PH.D. that shows countries with more porn availability results in lower sexual crimes. Might I also add that the same studies that have been conducted on video games and violence can be used as reference too? Those too show no connection between games and crime. Sexologists Rik van Lunsen and Erik van Bee in the Netherlands concluded that it is best to legalize virtual child porn.

Look, I could go on. Even if a minority of lolicon fans do abuse children or are pedophiles, that doesn’t mean lolicon is to blame and it damn sure doesn’t mean you should punish the majority for the actions of a minority. I think I have made my point very clear. Don’t like loli? Shota? DON’T LOOK AT IT! Banning something because you don’t like it isn’t a reason to ban it. It is a reason for you not to look at it.

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 Link: List of Countries where Corporal Punishment is BANNED

As this blog title shows, I believe strongly that corporal punishment is torture. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child(2001) defines it as ”any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort.”  Webster’s Dictionary defines it as “the infliction of physical pain upon a person’s body as punishment for a crime or infraction.” No matter how one defines it, it all leads to one thing: PAIN! To intentionally inflict pain on a child to make them do or not do something OR say something or not say something is OR for whatever is, for all intents and purposes, torture.

Only the most uncivilized primitive of people would support corporal punishment of children. In many countries you will get away with hitting a child if you call it “punishment” but if you do the same to your wife or girlfriend, you are carried away for domestic abuse. Why is it ok to hit a child but not an adult? A child can’t defend themselves, an adult can. Is that what it is? If they can fight back, it is wrong but if they can’t it is ok? I’m not ok with either, by the way.

Point is, it is uncivilized. Only bad parents hit their children. You can make all the excuses you want and name all the celebrities you want that had bad parents but came out “ok but the will still statement stand. Did you know studies have shown corporal punishment can lead to later mental disorders? How about the fact it can have a long-term negative effect on a child’s intelligence? There are more studies and many experts that advice against the use of TORTURE against a child.

So, if you are still ok with torturing children, then you are beyond help. You are a primitive animal and I hope you lose your children or become physically unable to ever have children. If I see someone hitting a child, I’ll either hit them back or call the police. I care more about a child’s rights than a parents right. If you disagree with that, fuck you.