The Democratic Party of Japan is moving to support freedom of expression, proposing an amendment to the anti-loli law of last year which would overlook “simple possession” of pornography featuring underage participants, but attach harsh punishment to the commercial sale of such material.
Lolicon have naturally switched their voting preferences accordingly.
The Democrats propose amendments which would prohibit the commercial production, sale and distribution of pornography featuring minors, attaching a maximum 3 year sentence to the offence.
Other changes sought include altering “child porn” to read “items depicting juvenile sexual acts and similar”, and the inclusion of hidden camera material in the law.
However, citing the potential for abuse of search powers by the state, they propose simply possessing the material be overlooked; previously it carried a slightly reduced sentence if the materials were for satisfying “sexual curiosity”.
No mention of 2D materials is being made, which observers unanimously interpret as an unwillingness to legislate on the issue.
The ruling LDP already put off deciding whether to extend its ban to 2D images, but it seems the Democratic proposal will not target 2D, although this is not beyond doubt.
The Democrats themselves harbour many moralists and extreme feminists, and as we have seen before are quite capable of proposing highly objectionable legislation.
However, they also harbour many civil libertarians; recently some have even made vociferous rebuttals to the calumnies heaped upon Japan by the likes of UNICEF, where they claim Japan to be a “major producer” of underage porn.
As a result, the actions of the Democrats are at times rather inconsistent, but they do have generally strong credentials where civil liberties are concerned.
Of course, whether the amendment passes is another matter…









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Lolwut
i thought it was the US Dems...
I was really really hoping it was too...
Nah, Obama isn't THAT cool
Me too
Unfortunately, no. They're too busy formatting the USA into the USSA. ;) Now, I forget which of the Japanese parties are the equivalent to our B.S. political parties, but this would make me love Japan even more now.
Well, I think that it was never banned in the US, due to the freedom of expression and shit like that.
God bless the Democratic Process!
+1
hell yeah
jajaja UNICEF was owned
+2
NOM NOM NOM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Where am I gonna gets my loli from now!?!?!?
get yours home made (> o <)
lol you are an idiot.
learn2read
Did you read anything other than the headline? :P
Most commercial works will be prohibited. Makes one wonder if suddenly law enforcement will come into, say, Comiket or something trying to find lolicon doujinshi and the like.
It's not clear whether this will be the case...
Move Zig, for great justice.
Thank you democrats! this is why democrats >republicans v.v
This is an example of a stupid post.
Currently there are five political parties in Japan:
* Liberal Democratic
* Democratic Party
* New Kōmeitō
* Communist
* Social Democratic
The Democratic Party in Japan is in fact most similar to the Republican party in America.
A retard is you kid
But there are only two which matter. And the LDP is effectively several parties unto itself, due to the clique system. Of course, none of this maps onto the American system well...
Thank you for spitting on this stupid person before I had to.
This is why (in west) Republicans > Democrats. Stupid brain-washed Obama worshippers.
Why are your comments always so stuck up...I guess your name explains it all.
Narcissist is Narcissist...pretty much a deal with it scenario...or ignore it...your choice...of course, figuring out how he thinks is always entertaining too...
He doesn't think, so there's no entertainment value. Like anyone with a shred of morality left in them would side with either parties in the US. Republicans > Democrats? Hitler > Satan? Pol Pot > Stalin? WTF? I'm from the deep South where it's filled with narcissists, probably explains why southerners are well-known for trying to "keep it in the family".
Why vote for the *lesser* evil?
Cthulhu for president!
So long as the whole bureaucratic process gets everything associated with banning anything even *remotely* considered lolicon so clusterfucked nine ways to Sunday, the better we'll all be for it.
This is why it takes so long for Bills and Laws to get passed in a Demockracy or Republic.
Viva La Filibuster!
Shut up, Americans. No one wants to hear your stupid "mommy taught me to be republican/democract" speech here. They're not the same party, any comparison is invalid. And then you can add the extreme cultural differences.
Anyway, STFU, GTFO.
I'm simply delineating how things run *here* in the US, anon.
You really need to grow up.
I don't think he was really talking to you, specifically, but rather to all persons discussing Democrats vs Republicans vs Japanese parties.
Politics, and Polichickens in particular, give me a migraine anywho. I rarely let it get me riled up.
Heh. Who knew the half-breed would be the voice of reason this time around? XD
There are not just five political parties in Japan. However, like in many other countries, only the opinions of two the parties matter: the Liberal Democrats and the Democrats. The other parties might as well just rot away.
QFT.
And it is in this sense that you can make the "comparisons" to US politics. Anyone who thinks that there are only two parties in that system has no idea of the ridiculously large (in comparison) amount of parties lumped under the "3rd" or "independent" category. Except none of those count... only the voices of the Dems and Reps.
Also, the anon who called the Democratic Party of Japan most like the Republican party of the US is the truly clueless one. While both Japan's DP and LDP have their own share of fruitcakes and feminazis, it's the LDP in general that advances things like censorship, with the Democratic Party having a more solid civil liberties record.
What Artefact said is generally true, but this means it's the LDP (right wing) that behaves most like the Republicans, and not the DP (more left in general than the LDP). The DP acts more like a political entity suffering from multiple personality disorder (as in ICD-10 F44.8 kind), but otherwise is the party to go to if you advocate civil liberties.
Quick primer:
Ruling rightwing coalition:
Liberal Democrats-in charge for most of the last 50 years
New Komeito-small Buddhist party
Opposition leftwing coalition:
Democrats-most likely to win next election
Communists-surprisingly moderate, willing to keep monarchy
Social Democrats-more radical than communists, on verge of extinction
Narcissist is entirely full of crap when equating the Eastern Democratic party with the Western Republican party.
And you are entirely empty of IQ when mixing another persons comment with my name.
Did you not notice me spitting on the person thinking that Democrats JP = Democrats US?
I clearly wrote "(in west)" regarding my comment on stupid Democrats, and the "This is why" refered to the stupid Democrat who thought the policital parties are the same in Japan and USA.
See? I never made a comment on Japans policital system, which I probably know better than most people here considering I have written an thesis on it during my study years. Not to mention all the stupid americans hugging the comment button.
And just for the record, I am not an American. Which most people should know if they have read my comments before.
God bless the parliamentary representative democratic monarchy and it's multi-party system.
ALTHOUGH, The Democratic Party of Japan claims to be a social liberal party and the Liberal Democratic Party is considered centre-right conservative.
But I can see how it's easy to mix up since they're ALL FUCKING DEMOCRATIC.
and... etc.
American system is still better.
But the system in Japan is kinda like a mix between America and the UK.
Not sure what voting system they use, but I know it consists of three branches. The Executive and the Legislative branch overlap like in the UK, but like America, the Legislative branch is made up of two houses, Representatives and Councillors.
Then you have an independant judiciary.
And I think, but I'm not certain that the Electoral system is STV+, or something similar, by which a mixture of FPTP and proportional representation are used.
And I also think that the Leg is sovereign, as long as it doesn't break the constitution, which the Jud' has the pleasure of checking.
So really, from what I can see, it's the ideal government, as looking at election results, their is never a strong dominant party, either.
There are disadvantages, but it's a very stable model of government.
screw monarchies. republics FTW!!
You guys know how some countries and territories in the world love to call themselves "The Democratic Republic of this" or "The People's Democratic Republic of that" are the ones that are actually socialist, communist, or fascist dictatorships?
Same deal here. The party that styles itself as the "Liberal*cough* Democratic*cough* Party" is doing pretty horrible on both, though I suppose "liberal" kinda has a different meaning over here than it does in the US... kinda like how feminist in Japanese slang means something completely different than it does in colloquial English usage.
You suck
this is a joyous day indeed. this is the first time i actually know who i'd vote for.
I wonder what is interesting in loli you sick bastards
And I wonder why you read this articles since you're not interested in loli. Lol.
I just came here to write that. I like the site because of oppai galleries, not beacause of loli articles. X3 I love young, but mature women.
Lolis whit big tits? EWWW... You're sicker than us.
-_-; ...How did you manage to get that stupid conclusion? Where did you find something about lolis with big tits?
Sure is taking the internet too seriously in here...
I MUST HAVE THE LINK TO THE GALLERY OF LOLIS WITH BIG TITS FORTHWITH! WHERE IS IT?
HEY GUIS... SRS BSNS ONLY OKAY? LIEK, THIS IS THE INTERNET. LOLIS ARE SRS BSNS, OKAY?