Once again, I'm reminded as to why I cannot accept most anime and manga. I realize that this form of graphic art has millions of readers but I've been appalled again and again at the sexism and blatant child and teen *advertiser censored* depicted in so many seemingly "harmless" graphic novels. Totally my own opinion, but I don't like the message it sends. I realize that we have many aficionados on board but I think it's really a gateway for some less than stable young people. I watched as one of my sons moved from edgy manga to an addiction to adult *advertiser censored*.
Sad that the sentencing was so lenient for Canada, that even the judge mentioned it.
http://www.nsnews.com/news/Sailor+jailed+child+*advertiser censored*/5655930/story.html?id=5655930
Sailor jailed for child *advertiser censored*
"A U.S. sailor caught with hundreds of images of child *advertiser censored* while his ship was docked in North Vancouver has been sent to jail for 18 months. Henry Carlton Sheppard, 25, of Seattle, was arrested Sept. 6 after Canadian Border Services officers boarded the vessel Global Sentinel and found the child *advertiser censored* on a laptop in Sheppard's cabin. Officers examined an external hard drive and found 500 still photos and 50 videos, all containing explicit images of girls between five and 10 having sex with adult men....." [NOTE: Not having sex--being raped!!]
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"...He said he first became interested in depictions of child *advertiser censored* though Asian comic books. Those depictions got him interested in 'looking for the real stuff,' he told psychologists..."
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"...Sheppard was sentenced Oct. 27 in North Vancouver provincial court after pleading guilty to possessing child *advertiser censored*. In handing down her sentence, Judge Carol Baird Ellan said she was concerned that Sheppard's interest in child *advertiser censored* was apparently a "long-standing habit" and about his lack in insight into the harm associated with it.
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Sad that the sentencing was so lenient for Canada, that even the judge mentioned it.
http://www.nsnews.com/news/Sailor+jailed+child+*advertiser censored*/5655930/story.html?id=5655930
Sailor jailed for child *advertiser censored*
"A U.S. sailor caught with hundreds of images of child *advertiser censored* while his ship was docked in North Vancouver has been sent to jail for 18 months. Henry Carlton Sheppard, 25, of Seattle, was arrested Sept. 6 after Canadian Border Services officers boarded the vessel Global Sentinel and found the child *advertiser censored* on a laptop in Sheppard's cabin. Officers examined an external hard drive and found 500 still photos and 50 videos, all containing explicit images of girls between five and 10 having sex with adult men....." [NOTE: Not having sex--being raped!!]
and
"...He said he first became interested in depictions of child *advertiser censored* though Asian comic books. Those depictions got him interested in 'looking for the real stuff,' he told psychologists..."
and
"...Sheppard was sentenced Oct. 27 in North Vancouver provincial court after pleading guilty to possessing child *advertiser censored*. In handing down her sentence, Judge Carol Baird Ellan said she was concerned that Sheppard's interest in child *advertiser censored* was apparently a "long-standing habit" and about his lack in insight into the harm associated with it.
More at link