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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Yet another land on my "will never visit" list.
haha so fucking true :D
I totally agree...
*Add into "Ban List"*
i wonder if evenualy the every country but 2 bans lolies would be funny to see that countrys econamy shoot threw the roof xD
as for this whole 2D ban crap wish people would lern its not the matrials fault its people heads,
We're talking about politicians..."learn" is a word they are unfamiliar with.
I'm a Filipino anime blogger, and I totally disagree with this shit.
Pornography has been invented so that people won't go about and start raping other people.
Politicians, they think they know it all. Join me my comrade Filipino ani-bloggers that oppose such tyranny!
Right on. I'm quite annoyed by this. They're just doing this since they can't solve a single thing in our God Forsaken country.
Pity to those of you from such a meh country. But there's always Arabia where you can buy the 3D version and no one can do a thing about it XD.
So true for Arabia...But ah well. *adds into ban list*
Oh god... Why was I born in the Philippines....? We couldn't even save our own country from foreign invaders and now this is happening....
Now where was that reasoning that has failed me...
“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.
You suck man.
Hmmm...
The congress has got so much shit to go through before they can even lend an ear to this proposition. I mean there's so much whistle blowing and scandal digging going on, not to mention the other forgotten controversial bills
Me thinks this is just one of the bills that they pass so that they look like they're doing their job rather than just napping in the senate..
These politicians are st*pid as sh*t. Why dont they read ALL about it first. Loli is not equals to Hentai. I'm not a fan of Loli things but this is just toooooooooooo st*pid. Bu**sh*t!
I'm beginning to hate my country even more. Jeez~ retards
most of all the aged pinoys are stupidly old fashioned... the imagine their children to be pure till they reach marriage... hell i even know filipino politicians who get arrested for rape and such... yet they get run for office as soon as they get out... these things really make my home country suck ass...
..........yay for being born here, it makes me wanna go to Japan way more than it did before >_>
This is bullshit!!! The Philippine's Government SUCKS!!! A weak government without the trust from its people. They can't even control their laws/bills and yet they're making one. That's totally bullshit. The bill's just for show.
I doubt the bill will be imposed here, I even doubt that many are aware of it.
Its just bluff, I'm sure of it
Man, I've always thought that my home country was fucked up but this goes beyond being regularly fucked up. Thank God I don't live in that unholy pile shit-stain of a country anymore *phew*
To Rakuen,
Read: TRAITOR!
by:DarkdaemonPK2
better add the philippines in your travel advisory
My deepest condolence to our Filipino hentai comrade.*salute*
WAaaaaa i live in the UK. Now i better be careful. So with Anonymous. *salute* may the net be with you.
this fact gives utter sadness into my heart. so, should i bury / burn all my mangas and figures depicting such images stated above?
That's basically all your manga/figures. I bet they can't see a difference between Yotsuba&! and hentai.
just say, "it not hentai. Prove it if its from Japan."
The way I see it, this ban only refer to Japanese porn (which is odd since hentai doesn't refer to loli by default). So all OTHER porn is A-OKAY! HAHAHAHAHA! Hence this ban is graded, EPIC FAIL
"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."
amen... not to mention if the church DOES agree, however i'm not too sure about this...
Yeah, the church could end up being the primary protesting entity :D
They had a nice episode in South Park about this... lol
yeah. The church likes to get in the way of many things. and because many people fallow them they have a big impact. its sad :(.
haha I loved that South Park episode! lol
and to think i'm filipino...
You're ashamed of your birthright just because of this?
I do
among other things, like the non-existent culture, to the shitty smog, and the ghetto-ness of the entire country, the malls which are just places to pretend like the outside isnt shit and ghetto, the absolute incapability to create any form of entertainment that isnt cheesy or watered down, and the horribly stupid fucking shit that they spout while on television, that same generic voice that goes over every filipino advertisement, etc.
it's not like they'll raze you comp just because you have a chiyo-chan pic for the wallpaper..
To anonymous: Sorry to hear that. Though I hope you're aware that this isn't the only country that has all of those things you've said
ill agree with you all but leave the malls alone. even though its kinna corporaty....that is the only escape filipinos have....
nah... it's just for show
no implementation / hard to implement
it' not like they're gonna bust in into everyone's house and check right?
thank god we have a sucky government!
No, they CAN go bust down ANYONE's house. Filipino Government enjoys a form of Dictatorship in the guise of Democracy. They call it Martial Law. And no, this isn't me harping non-sense. This is from studying Political Science and noticing the trends in Philippines.
And yes Genny, I am pretty disappointed with my country because they refuse to accept the extent of their retardation. And dont even try to defend it because anyone with even the slightest notion of how society function over there can't disagree with what I said.
Alas, the country's competence in relation to the world will only remain in the history books. So sad...
My condolences.
its all bs. if ur lookin @ cp shame on u, but if its drawn its the same as lookin @ an actual human being? get da fuk otta here
whew... somehow my country sucks...
and people who think so
strange. Strange. I'm Filipino, I've heard nothing of this. This is such a failure. -_-;
I remember the 1st time I went to a certain part of a place in the Philippines called Quiapo. Lots of people approaching me saying, "Boss... hentai?" They were actually selling it on the street, wide open. Thought it was funny. Even with that law, it probably won't scare the vendors away.
The law is actually almost non-existent here. Just know how to pay someone off and you're set. Also don't go bragging about how big your H folder is and you'll probably be fine.
The law is existent, the people enforcing it are not. C'mon, the Police forces use dial-up(when they have computers, that is) Most don't even know their Miranda rights.
I couldn't agree more. I bet some of those peddling the so-called "Hentai" materials are being protected by the police themselves. The same can be said with other countries police forces. Corruption and Incompetence is universal.
honestly, why would the police track down animated porn when they can track down the scumbags going after REAL kids
+ 1 more reason to give up on the country
nice comment perv
Word up.
does it make a difference? i'd never be caught dead in the philipines. its a shit country anyway.
seriously?
before you say that at least go to the country
the only people that have the right to bash that country are people like us who lived there for half our lives and were born filipino
dood Philippines is just like Cuba or Hawaii
the only difference is there are no black people in the philippines and as for comparing it to hawaii, its just not a state of amerikkka
Dood, the Philippines is way better than Cuba or Hawaii..the country's filthy rich with resources which isn't used by our own people.
oh sure, before I hear another "rich with corruption" bit..Give me a country with no corruption problem..Even with the economic crisis a non-corrupted country would rise to the occasion easily..But no country did, now didn't they?
Genny, I am a Filipino - and I think this REALLY is a shit country.
this is only a shit country because of the shit people running it.
no. its just a shit country. Genny, in an economic crisis, EVERY country is affected. Even if the non-corrupted country WANTED to help, they CAN'T. I'm not saying that corruption doesn't exist in other countries because it does. But the deal is that the Filipino gov't takes corruption to a new level. The country does indeed have lots of resources and the gov't is filthy rich, but that shit remains in the gov't pockets and not to the people. It's a sign of poor management and warped morality. Then they enact this shit-ass law that serve no purpose and think that they know what they're doing. This move is exactly like the Prohibition Law in Canada during the early 1900s. Did THAT work? No, ofcourse not.
hahaha. I'm filipino but i love you for that comment. I've been stuck in this hell hole for 19 years which is ironic because it's mostly christian......
are you planning to turn up as a traitor as well?!
-DarkdaemonPK2
fuck you.
Go kill yourself racist freak.
Fuck that Philippines is awesome.
They better get the "wording" right. General Hentai is fine. Lolicon, can be banned in the Philippines for all I care.
so true! they regret being born in a country that is God-forsaken and has good education! besides, if they love loli so much, why don't they just use the internet?! absolutely NOTHING is banned here.
God-forsaken isn't a good thing.
And less than half the country graduates elementary school, much less gets a college education.
Hypocrite Anon you are, yes. Trying to save your own butt at the expense of your comrades, bloody traitor? If general hentai is fine, so is loli. They're both fictional, and as long as you can understand that, your fine. Trying to condemn loli in order to try give yourself some fake semblance of "respectability" only makes you look like a moron.
naw dood the police there is so crappy you think police academy is a serious thing
really its shit
learn it from somebody who lived there
just hand out something like 100 pesos and you are free to go
they should deal with their corruption first
Amen to that. They should enact laws regarding THAT bit of shit thats been plaguing the country for DECADES now instead of banning pornographic drawings. Wow, I can't believe how stupid I sound for pointing this out.
Alluding to AVGN, its like picking on a retarded kid.
Me speaking to Philippines Government: "What the hell? Are you retarded?!.......oh, I'm sorry"
Well lolicon-hentai is a topic one can argue about. I can understand the government. Sex with children shouldn't be promoted by visual media, as long as the psychological impact is unknown.
frickin perverted asshole. so you only go to places, not to enjoy it's beautiful sceneries and features, but to view porn?!
and whoever regrets being born in the philippines, fine! go to america, or japan, the sexually corrupt countries where perversion is promoted, and whose citizens are on the direct pathway to HELL!
problem is, most of us can't afford to leave this shithole.
Fun fact: most Filipinos who claim to love their country live abroad. those who live here are struggling to get out.
funny, I'm Filipino, but I've never wanted to go abroad.
-DarkdaemonPK2
my country's ran by idiots... damn...
Good action on the part of the politicians, now "Equality now" won't be bothering us Filipinos. :)
yes! please do include the Philippines to your "I will not visit list" We do not want you visiting our country either.
-DarkdaemonPK2