Philippines Bans Loli: “Hentai is Child Pornography”
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Apr 15, 2009 16:57 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Feminism, Law, Loli, Lolicon, Philippines, Politics, Religion
The Philippines has moved to ban all loli porn, or “hentai” in its wording; a Congressional statement then describes “hentai” as “the Japanese pornographic cartoon that depicts children in explicit sexual activity.”
Offenders face up to 12 years in prison for possession of such drawings.
The law is being promoted by both Catholics and feminists.
Congress explains the reasoning, such as it is, behind the bill in their awkwardly written official statement:
“Hentai, the Japanese pornographic cartoon that depicts children in explicit sexual activity, is considered child pornography material and one may be severely penalized by just mere possession of it.
A bill banning this pornographic cartoon was approved recently by the Joint House Committees on Justice and Welfare of Children chaired by Rep. Matias Defensor (3rd District, Quezon City) and Rep. Monica Prieto-Teodoro (1st District, Tarlac), respectively.
Prieto-Teodoro, one of the authors of the measure, said the bill penalizes the offenders who sell, offer, advertise, and promote child pornography; and have been found to possess, download, purchase, reproduce, or make available child pornography materials with the intent of selling or distributing them.
Prieto-Teodoro said child pornography material refers to the means and methods in which a child carries out pornography.
“It can be in forms of visual depiction, audio representation and written text or materials that advocate explicit sexual activity with a child,” Prieto-Teodoro said.
She explained that the said images of real and indistinguishable children in films, digital images or computer images, whether made or produced electronically or mechanically; drawings, cartoons, sculptures or paintings depicting children in an explicit sexual activity are just some of the visual depictions considered as child pornography materials.
Rep. Darlene R. Antonino-Custodio (1st District, South Cotabato) another author of the bill to be known as the “Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009″, said the Internet which is used for gaining knowledge is being used by some as a medium to gratify sexual desire.
“Once the picture of child victim is flashed either on the Internet or video clip, the picture is open for the entire world to see. The child loses his or her privacy and innocence which can never be restored,” Antonino-Custodio said.
“Adults indulging in child pornography either by purchasing, viewing or producing them, should be subjected to the most severe punishments,” Antonino-Custodio said.
Under the bill, child pornography refers to any representation of a child below 18 years of age, engaged in real or simulated explicit sexual activities or any representation of the sexual parts of a child primarily for sexual purposes.”
The confused wording of the report may reflect the probable ignorance of the bill’s sponsors regarding what exactly it is they are proposing to ban.
Penalties are draconian, with imprisonment of 6-12 years and a fine of up to 500,000 pesos for simple possession.
Sentences of 12-20 years are mandated for those involved with the production of such material, but it is not clear whether this includes material in which no actual children were involved.
Given the highly papist proclivities of the Philippines, and the less than perfect democratic process the country enjoys, the bill is thought unlikely to face difficulty becoming law.
The bill’s authors include the usual opponents of freedom of expression and individual liberty: members of BUHAY, a pro-life ultra-conservative religious party, and GABRIELA, a leftist feminist organisation, are key advocates of the ban.
The level of enforcement the law may receive seems unlikely to be too vigorous, as rule of law in the Philippines is not as entrenched as it is in most developed countries. This seems unlikely to console those who do eventually suffer prosecution under it, however.
It is also possible that the law may be unconstitutional, and so eventually be struck down, but this may prove a lengthy and fraught process, as even in nations with constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression such prosecutions continue.
Via Oneiros’ report on the forums.
The theatre of moralism seems a popular political pastime of late. Loli bans have been proposed in Japan, and passed in the US, UK and Australia. Perhaps such histrionics prove a useful distraction from poor economic stewardship…
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be ashamed of the government and not the country,, what i don't like about us is we don't go out and make changes, we just let them do what they want. those in position are abusing their power for trivial things,
the intellectuals hiding in their homes, working for our daily needs should have the right to decide what's good for us and not the the politicians who's could sat in position for money.
if only we could just replace the trapos (meaning: traditional politicians, families who use political power for a living) in our government with those deserving ones (who loves to serve other people) then this might become a better place,
you are correct my friend it's not the countries fault for voting people who doesn't know anything
it's that hard when most people here are lack sufficient knowledge,,, it's harder when no one running for the position is suitable for what they run for.
dami talagang nagmamagaling sa bansa natin na wala namang alam...
tama ka!
Where is Zero/Lelouch when you need him?
If I were Zero I would definitely GEASS their Asses!!!
Someone should make a Law banning stupid people from taking a place in the government.
On a much mor important note, is it possible to just contact someone in power who have brains about how this Law is so it won't never be made into an actual law?
Here are the following names of the co-authors:
Matias Defensor (3rd District, Quezon City)
Monica Prieto-Teodoro (1st District, Tarlac)
Reps. Rene M. Velarde (Party-List, BUHAY)
Ignacio T. Arroyo (5th District, Negros Occidental)
Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro)
Narciso D. Santiago III (Party-List, Alliance for Rural Concerns)
Matias V. Defensor, Jr. (2nd District, Quezon City)
Lorenzo Tanada III (4th District, Quezon)
Edgardo M. Chatto (1st District, Bohol)
Luzviminda C. Ilagan (Party-List, Gabriela)
To contact them, here's the page for which to do so:
http://www.congress.gov.ph/contact/
As a Cebuano, I am pleased not to see any of our representatives responsible for this shit.
Then again, no surprise, since Cebu is one of the few places (like Davao) in the Philippines that are open to alternative cultures and their byproducts like Japan and anime.
(Never mind being the birthplace of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, the home of the Sto. Niño, the province itself the favorite vacation spot of terrorists, the mayor a fascist dictator, and the governor the real-life Yurika Misumaru.)
Rep. Matias Defensor and Rep. Monica Prieto-Teodoro did that since the election is nearing
actually they do this sh!t when election time is near
you two are just leeches of society FUK OFF
and to think they have more serious shit to work on
Well aren't there a lot of racists here...
According to Article 201 of the Philippine Revised Penal Code:
http://www.chanrobles.com/revisedpenalcodeofthephilippinesbook2.htm
Quote:
Art. 201. Immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions and indecent shows. — The penalty of prison mayor or a fine ranging from six thousand to twelve thousand pesos, or both such imprisonment and fine, shall be imposed upon:
(1) Those who shall publicly expound or proclaim doctrines openly contrary to public morals;
(2) (a) the authors of obscene literature, published with their knowledge in any form; the editors publishing such literature; and the owners/operators of the establishment selling the same;
(b) Those who, in theaters, fairs, cinematographs or any other place, exhibit, indecent or immoral plays, scenes, acts or shows, whether live or in film, which are prescribed by virtue hereof, shall include those which (1) glorify criminals or condone crimes; (2) serve no other purpose but to satisfy the market for violence, lust or pornography; (3) offend any race or religion; (4) tend to abet traffic in and use of prohibited drugs; and (5) are contrary to law, public order, morals, and good customs, established policies, lawful orders, decrees and edicts;
(3) Those who shall sell, give away or exhibit films, prints, engravings, sculpture or literature which are offensive to morals. (As amended by PD Nos. 960 and 969).
In other words, the (n00b) legislators didn't bother about doing some research, not realizing that a general and encompassing anti-porn law is already been in place. Of course the conservatives would love to vote for these n00bs once they read what they accomplished on their campaign flyers.
Although this will not be passed, owing to the continuing political strife and early campaigneering, this bill will still have an effect by scaring parents to stop their children from watching.
And I'm annoyed by this "think of the children" BS when all the troubles of the world will not go away.
This is a waste of paper and time, and they forgot to concentrate on the true problems of the populace: food, education, shelter, health, employment, land. After nearly a century of being independent, politicians have kept this country stuck where it began.
This is a world not made for children, and the PC types should know that.
people... welcome to the philippines where everything practically sucks!
Welcome to the Philippines where the only thing lower than the cost of living are the wages.
Dude, I bet they wont even bother prioritize this. They just doing this because the election is near. Also why are they adding this law when they can't even solve the piracy here in Philippines? -.-
Fail....
Ugh this is what I really hate with SOME of my fellow country, stupid immature posters. Come on guys, you make it look like we had nothing to offer. Well we all know that our government sucks but to be honest you also must think that not all is bad here. There are lots of good things here, such beautiful places and good people.
To add to that, awesome artists
I don't really give a shit about their government. What I really like in the Philippines is the people there are really friendly. :)
there is an unwritten law in the philippines.
what you see is what you almost get. and what you are getting isn't really what it is.
ITT: Self-hating Pinoys
Welcome to Failipines
I'm from Philippines and I say "AMEN"
Amen!
high speed internet?! seriously our internet is underpowered uhh like 100kbps (most commonly found)-300kbps(i dont know <_<) xompared to developing nations look at malaysia <_< and as for this being law... its argurable I mean we have the connotation that crime does pay here (just pay it and your free) and more of it I tell you this is more of a conspiracy issue I mean they might have done this in order to evade more politically troubling scandals here plus including the law enforcement rate is also connected with the crime does pay thing
Oh, shut up. You're lucky to have internet... unlike those unlucky PNP bastards.
(that's a good thing)
"Perhaps such histrionics prove a useful distraction from poor economic stewardship…"
I agree. They can't think of better things to debate upon, so, in their desperate effort to be cute, they pick on harmless 2D images... Dumbass congressmen.
I fear the day this law goes global. That'd be a shitstorm of chaos.
tbh my friend mass-suicide of otaku
Ang OA nyo naman.
English, motherfucker. Do you speak it?
Sure I do.
Ano naman ngayon?
sure I do.
Ano naman ngayon?
Sure I do.
Ano naman ngayon?
lol, i wish japan had hentai money bills.
well. religious people, figures.
like they will ever accuse someone with this lol.
This is really easy to thwart. Just point the catholics how most of the feminists are staunch atheist, lesbians and probably pro-abortion, while pointing the feminists that the catholics represent the oppressive patriarchal order, that using religion as a excuse, kept women in ignorance, abuse and demonization for centuries. Once they are too busy fighting each other, they will forget about this silly thing.
this bill is crap..... if this bill gets passed all loli lovers will cease to exist! what next, banning of cartoons which goes against the government?
Don't forget the last Government Official to Ban something related to Anime got thrown out of Power by the People of the Philippines. Namely Ferdinand Marcos.
Next thing You'll know they're going to ban pencils and pens because people can stab others with those.
They should also make a Law banning Water, since people can drown in it.
While at it Ban hands and fingers because a girl can use it fo masturbate and a guy can use it to fap and that is Immoral!
Is there some colored worldmap somewhere that shows dangerzones for hentai/loli?
I'd consider that pretty useful/lifesaving.
im a filipino but i disagree with the law.....
but you think this law will affect here in the philippines? well the senate sucks coz there's plenty pirated hentai Dvd's seller here. and they can't stop it coz it's hidden.
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This Shit Is just being so much revealing of their hypocrite side of these people they never saw the good side of this which is to divert the attention of the rapist to something non-physical sexual desires i just hate this fucking country bunch of hypocrites and corrupted politicians they just want to make a bill for them to be effective as a public servant
ALL OF THESE ARE JUST BULLSHIT
WTF?GAbriela..these bunch of feminist are just Stupid moralists....they spend their "pork barrel" in rally paraphernalias....they waste P20,000,000 in their irritating rallies and supporting insurgency groups such as NPA.... instead of using them in proper way such as livelihood projects and medical care...screw their system....they are corrupt organization
Damn... I guess this means I have to burn my HDD ;_;
I hate my country even more now.
Fail!
Hi Madam President!
you FAIL!!!
I wouldn't blame the Philippines for this. This is all down to ignorant politicians and Christians who don't really get the concept of "freedom"
freedom is to do anything whether its right or wrong. its wrong if people get offended or hurt or annoyed. it's right if it pleases, promotes, is productive or makes people happy. the catholic church sees loli as very immoral and evil. naturally, they will oppose this kind of thing and will put an end to it because it is evil. and of course, two sides will be formed on this matter: one part who sides and agrees to the church, an the other side who disagrees w/ the church and disagrees w/ the party who sides w/ the church. so basically, this what "freedom" does.
-DarkdaemonPK2
"the catholic church sees loli as very immoral and evil"
Well that's what they want you to think.....
Well, the people who are trying to pass this law couldn't even be bothered to define "hentai" correctly.
Not all hentai is loli-hentai.
And yes, I am Filipino, and yes again, I do think this whole situation is just plain stupid.
FUCK THAT!!!! THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON WHY I HATE POLITICS!!!
SCREW THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
Kahit pinoy ako galit parin ako sa politica nng pilipinas!!
Tama yun napaka corrupt dito sa bansang ito!!
Tang inang siyet!!
pati ba naman ito idadamay nila dahil sa nalalapit na campaigning period wala na ba silang maisip na ibang magawa fuck ang dami pang ibang bagay d2 na pwedeng gawin asides this unang unang hindi naman sila inaano nito eh...
If this bill does become law, I doubt if it will be enforced. The last time I went to a "live show" bar (a place where you can watch people having sex and orgies on a stage) I saw a bunch of police inside. They look like they are "protecting" the place.
Oh and even though prostitution is also banned here, several upscale KTV bars in my area (Parañaque) have government officials as regular patrons.
To those who don't know:
KTV bar = posh brothel
Well, I don't want to say anything about the ban right now... it's impossible to tell what they meant by it from the horrible translation, but from what I can tell this is yet another country that's going off my list.
Yes, it's impossible to tell what they meant by it, but correction: It's not a translation. Our laws are all in English. The legislators who drafted that bill are just that retarded.
soo...... wait, i don't care, i'm still planning on expanding my hentai distributions into philips.
lol..whatevr. i can smuggle out 3d loli out of that country without problem
i think they'd rather do this to the wide spread scandals... -.-#
It's pretty funny this whole thing, since the Philippines enjoy one of the largest mecca of Child Sex Tourism in the world. You'd think they would look at the real problem, and not at dirty pictures to fix it. BTW isn't it funny, they are not even talking about Loli, but Hentai, which simply means perverted. And dealing with all types of sex, not just children.
This is nothing more then a cover up for the ultra conservative who are used to blaming other people for the problems they face, and are know for ignoring the true issues
I only read the first paragraph and-
12 years in prison?!
OMG!! They're putting Tax payer's money to some good use there!
On a more serious note, what happened to good ol' "Freedom of speech"? Is just drawings/animations for crying out loud!
Yea, I'm never setting a foot there(country), at least not willingly that is...
Ugh! Why Philippines, now im ashamed to be related to you T___T
What will I say to the other lolicons D:
you can dis-own your nationality and start looking for a new one, I suppose.
-DarkdaemonPK2
Sure, loli is to blame. It can't be that Muslims (of which there is a SIZABLE group in the Philippines) marry 8-year olds. No, that can't possibly contribute to seeing children as sexual objects.
Well, you see, marrying an 8 year old, including arranged marriage, that she might not even know about, and not be able to even say no not that she'd have the maturity at the point to make a weighty decision like marriage, then then get raped by her suitor, is much more okay and respectful of Muslim tradition and Asian tradition of arranged, non consensual marriage(see, RAPE), than see nasty, awful depictions of evil sex like it's okay. Or even just the nude body, like it's not supposed to be saved for your husband.
These people might learn that it's okay for a woman not to have her hymen intact before marriage!
And plus, worse than regular pornography, lolicon hentai shows FLAT CHESTED women. Either showing their bodies off instead of saving it for their master, I mean husband, and even taking part in carnal knowledge. These people resemble MEN with their disgusting lack of mammary glands! Making attractions to such things GAY. And we all know nasty homosexuality and pedophilia go hand in hand! The church told me so, we must stop the gays to shelter our kids! So flat chests being androgynous is no excuse, pedophilia and homosexuality is the same darn thing!
Destroy the intersex, destroy the androgyny!, return to men being like men and women being like women!
In the meantime, while flat chested, uncurvy non-wide hiped short women in drawn pornography goes prosecuted, anti-pedophilia activists will turn a blind eye to women's shaving. Despite the fact a hairy body is an adult thing and not a child thing. Because hairy women are just manly and that makes it gay, and by nature, pedophillic.
We wouldn't want pedos to try to make it through the loophole of saying they're 300 or some realistic age they're not! The hips aren't wide, the chest ain't big, and she's short too! Nope your pornography is child pornography because she looks young, we're not gonna have you explain this away you dirty pedo. Your Touhou and Moetan is pedo shit, and you're goin' to the slammer.
Hilarious, bigoted hatred of misogyny that may come about. A blow against loli rights is not all about pedophilia, it's a blow against transgender rights. Because all of these so called things loli speaks of, is already present in culture through things like shaving, or things that also overlap with androgyny. Because one of the things that makes these people childlike, is in physical features, showing a lack of development which hormones cause.
Children, boy and girl look a lot more like each other than their adult counterparts. Again, the reason loli/shota stuff and androgynous features overlap, is because of hormones. And it's pretty messed up to say a person has to look sufficiently manly or girly in hormones due to having a penis or vagina to be looked at sexually. It's degrading of people who do not fit gender extremes.
And this sort of thing, even though it's being claimed in the name of feminism, doesn't seem to be very feministic to me. I violated almost every form of feminism. BUHAY claims to be a pro-life organization, something that almost all feminists are against and pro-choice. And this violates the androgynous, genderbending of tomboyism, of the Amazon feminists, the anti-law of the anarchist feminists, and the other gender destroying of the transfeminists and the gender feminists.
It's like they're basically the same as that right wing Catholic group, but pretending to be feminists. Right wingers really need to stop invading feminism and pretending they're it. They're a cancerous tumor that the feminist community is rejecting and lamenting over. Because they've ruined the feminists good name.
And not to say anyone in their right mind would come out against the anti-pedophilia witch hunt, this is NOT feminism. This is a right-wing wolf in sheep's clothing.
I myself don't believe in these "papansin" (guys with attention deficit disorder) groups like BUHAY and GABRIELA. Believe me, they're more of pains in the ass than cause-oriented groups.
I hope BUHAY and GABRIELA gets a slap in the face with your comments, man.
Um.. Not being a translation nazi or something here but: papansin = "attention whores"
Someone's been trolling today..
what a law..and what's worse it's being practiced here in the philippines where I live. they have no right to ban hentai, they should first eliminate corruption here then they can speak up and ban hentai..so in short, they should never ever EVER ban hentai!
Well, it's easier to ban this where our politicians can't tax the lolis. Besides, corruption is their cash cow! They can't eliminate that!
They just probably feel that they should do something so that people would feel that they are doing something.
“Hentai is Child Pornography” - just fucking stupid i cant believe my country will do this thing.. hentai is 2d not CP!! Fcuks sake they have to fix the economy first.. ! have they even heard las pinas yet?
ahw, come on guys, are you really gonna leave our wonderful country because of some shitty legislation?!
i'd rather stay behind and wait for all those moralfagtards-making-retarded-laws species to die-off, and when our generation takes over, surely philippines will be a lot better!
Totally agree to you, man!
We shouldn't talked so generally bad to our country and personally, their's nothing to be ashamed of being a filipino!
What's really evil here, IMO, is the system, our God-damn government! I mean, seriously WTF!? They have time to mind this things "what they think" is bad yet they couldn't do anything to stop corruption in our country!? That's BS! And I mean BULLSHIT!
Oh I bet they won't die off. Bakla nga dumadami eh, sila pa kaya?
It would be so nice to just kill them off.
Can't be there a more peaceful solution?
haha i knew this was coming after all we filipinos are american wannabees which has been nearly a stereotypical gag but what the heck
"- hey dude, why you got jailed anyway?
- I did just raped about 78 jpeg images someone drew.
- wow..."
i fucking love to burn my fucking country!!
just this once and i mean once could they come up with BETTER and USEFUL things to do rather than this?
i mean you dont even have to use 000000000.1% of your logical intellect to figure out that this is BULL---CRAP!
whats the point on banning this? saves us from hunger? reduce corruption? cuts the cost of water and electricity? giving more benefits to the needy? the assassination of our president? anything of use for the citizens? you know the ones that this law is being made in the first place????
this is the least of our fuckin problems here hell this could be the last thing that they could think of when all the ice caps in the world melts and brings this country in its final resting place...
I will assure YOU that if you are to die any way possible, I will bury you together w/ your hentai loli collection, free of charge. Waddya say?!
-DarkdaemonPK2
I always find it funny when child prostitution is so high...they go and ban fictional child porn...
Mind control for combating disgusting fetishes is more important than saving stupid, disgusting children.
You child lover!
I like fictional people and children(12-29) the real ones are scarier than the fictional ones ever can be.
=^^=
Pedophiles are the scum of the universe, and lolicon is awful. Why would you want to look at little girls? There is nothing attractive aboout them.
18+ or GTFO.
0/10
stfu pedofag.
False analogy+ post hoc ad propter hoc, thus fallacious
This doesn't go directly against children.
2d lolicon must be accepted different,since they are not humans,not even in a drawing are they human but a different species.Becouse it's impossible for humans to really look like that :P
Well said Terry, lolicons, those nasty, flat chest fiends, a bunch of guys who are pedophiles, as well as nasty homosexual sodomites. Little sissy, inferior girls of faggot non-men who don't like voluminous, big breasted women who stay in the kitchen and raise children. We should kill those pedo, nasty sick fucks like the nasty little pussies of men like they are. It's not murder because pedophiles and homosexuals aren't people. Anyone who says a woman with a flat chest could be attractive, should have their throat slit on sight.
Yes! We should kill all the homos and pedos and hurry up! So that we may live in a world where our children will finally be safe! And don't forget the Jews. We should kill the Jews too. Did you know pedophilia has a higher correlation with those filthy kikes? We should also kill the violent niggers. Let no black person left living!
"This is where your taxes go."
It's about time. Fucking pedophiles. Loli is bad.
Hell yeah. Women with flat chests need to cut their chests and stuff them. Fucking disgusting pedophillic homo shit.
And short people just need to be killed.
How does the ban in the UK work? Say i was browing in image board like danbooru/gelbooru and i came across a loli image (lets say for example a megami scan of loli nanoha/fate that has been nude filter'd) in amoungst acceptable images is it possible for me to get done for that?
I dont think id ever be caught. if that would get me in trouble but itsslightly unnerving but awhile ago a read a report the police had been given the go ahead to hack anybodys computer and browse through everything if they felt something was up without any warrernt.
The ban is not set in place yet in UK, it is still being discussed in the House of Lords.
But to answer your question if the ban is passed (it may be a tl;dr comment to explain) from what I've read, then yes just going on to those sites could land you in the docks and put you on the sex offenders register. Even if you didn't click on the thumbnails, even if said imaginary characters are not engaged in some form of sex, loli or not.
For e.g. If said character showed clear indication of looking 18+ and even the artist states they are 18+, but is wearing a school uniform. During prosecution, if the police, judge or jury believe the character is under 18...you're boned. But even then with the new DPA they can arrest and find you guilty regardless whether there is no evidence to say you'll become a child molestor/rapist. Because it can be prosecuted under an Obscenity Act, another words if it is found distasteful or disgusting in these bias uncultured moral zealot's eyes...you're still boned. Another reason that can land you a cell next to Big Bubba is if these retards find such images are used for arousal...You see where this is going? Just Anime/Manga/JP Games in general are littered with fanservice. Hence why if this law passes, you can say goodbye to a large chunk of Japanese entertainment (and many US Comic Books too) and say hello to thousands of overnight criminals who has done no harm to anyone whatsoever. That's why New Labour have been popular among ignorant moralists, because they do not blame the 'family' nor 'individuals', but instead put the blame on media and the like. Therefore relieving any sense of blame or responsibilities on lazy ass parents who can't or don't bother actually raise their kids.
The clauses specifically say 'possession' which include internet cache being storage, but as you can see how broad the clauses cover, almost anything you pick up from Japan or look at could get you arrested. But as you said, recently the police have forced ISP's to hand over every detail about their users (tapping calls, what sites you go on, when and how long you're on, what you've downloaded etc...). Therefore making the whole entire nation a freaking criminal suspect for anything and even minor charges (not even that) can be put forth. Again spending millions of taxpayers money on wothless stunts like these. All they'll be doing is putting a plaster on a crack in a dam or cutting the heads of weeds. Leaving the dam to to build pressure and surge out with more and leaving the roots intact so that the weeds carry on growing elsewhere. Another analogy 'Big hole in wall, use a Poster to cover it'.
In short, you would be backhanded a 3 years sentence and stapled labeled a sex offender. Because these asshats can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality, and personally dislike it therefore associating anyone with this stuff is instantly a criminal in their eyes. There was an ammendment put forth to change 'possession' to 'publishing', however it got withdrawn...If it was publishing, then it would mean having it in itself is fine, however uploading and showing it to others could get you bending over to pick up a soap in front of Bubba.
Haha, poor Ichiro. Wish him luck surviving without loli now....
Muahahahahahahahahaha.....
Mexicans on an island.
It is highly probable that this will be forgotten quickly. Nothing but certain people and parties politicking for the sake of getting the people's attention since it is only a little over a year until the next national elections. There are so few laws that actually get enforced here in the Philippines that the general populace couldn't care less. Even simple laws such as "No Jaywalking" and "No loading/unloading" zones aren't enforced, what more if it is something as big as a ban on hentai.
To other Filipinos posting here:
I understand the "my country sucks, I want to leave!" reaction plenty of you guys have. But just think about it. It is the knee-jerk response to whenever we perceive that the government screws up. But I believe that instead of leaving, we should opt to do something more constructive. At the risk of sounding like an optimistic idiot, we should do our part and see to it that our country improves. It may not happen in our lifetime, but at least our descendants could benefit from our actions.
Marami talagang gago dito. Kapag umalis na ang mga matitino, dadami lalo mga gago sa gobyerno.
I love my country, but I'm not exactly proud of most of the people living here, let alone the ones running it.
Hey. No jaywalking and No loading/unloading zones are enforced! Especially during around 10am to 12 pm when the officers are looking for lunch money.
Anyways, I agree with you with what you're saying. Dapat baguhin ang sistema ng gobyerno natin na kung saan mayaman lang lagi ang nananalo sa eleksyon at hindi yung mga marunong talagang mamahala.
And you assume those "Mexicans on an island" speak fluent Spanish, eat burritos and drink tequila all along and cross the US border illegally?
That's some very accurate description on Filipinos by you, faggot.