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Japanese politician seek a total ban on sex games

Category: Japan Game: Default Posted on Jun 10, 2009 2:33 am


Again, the latest updates of Japan's sex gaming industry, seems some real action will be taken to deal with porn games now. However that's what I'm not willing to see.

Emboldened by their success in turning over the craven eroge industry, Japan’s own spineless politicians are once again obediently heeding international demands for a complete ban on artistic depictions of minors engaged in sexual activity.

The latest assault on the artistic freedoms guaranteed by the Japanese Constitution comes from the Komeito (”Clean Government Party”), which exclusively represents the interests of a Buddhist cult, the Sokka Gakkai, and consequently is a great fan of censorship and attempting to legislate public morality. UNICEF Japan honcho Agnes Chan herself is a member of the cult.

Responding to the usual outrageous international claims that Japan is causing child abuse and encouraging lolicon in other countries with its liberal laws on pornography, the Komeito obediently proclaimed that Japan should obey these demands:

“Being called ‘a child porn power’ is shameful and we must act to rectify this by an immediate revision of the law. The Diet must immediately consider such a revision.”

Domestic politicians often like to claim Japan “is out of step” or “lagging” compared to other countries when they wish to push through a policy, and in this case they have also been claiming it is “a national disgrace” to be defamed by feminists and their ilk.

They go on to make a lengthy screed against the evils of child pornography, as usual failing to register the fact that Japan is vastly more safe for children than any of the nations so concerned with banning the material.

Then they reveal the latest direction in their thought:

“Further, last month we conducted an investigation at Akihabara, looking at those games and similar depicting sexual violence which fall outside the scope of current laws, and how their sale might be restricted. We as a party are absolutely determined to pursue a revised law which lead to a complete elimination of child pornography.”

2ch wryly remarks that it is the Komeito who should be eliminated from Japanese politics.

In 2008, the laws against such pornography were stiffened, but the LDP dodged the messy issue of whether to ban 2D artistic depictions of sex involving minors by deferring judgement to a later date. The Komeito is clearly aiming to obtain immediate additional restrictions.

The Komeito is a minor party, but has long held disproportionate influence due to its willingness to ally with the ruling LDP. It remains to be seen whether the LDP will side with them in making further assaults on freedom of expression.

The recent self imposed ban on “rape” in adult games was imposed by an industry short-sightedly opting to secure the sales of the majority of companies by sacrificing the minority to appease the moralists.

The industry seems set to repeat this dismal calculus with loli and any other politically objectionable genres, and it is possible that manga, anime and who knows what else will fall prey to censors next, especially with politicians encouraged by the postiviely supine response seen so far.

As expected, the lack of any enthusiastic or organised opposition to creeping censorship has only emboldened those who would force their moralistic views onto society. It is a slippery slope and a long way down…

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comments ( 25 )

chengsta
Post Time : Jun 14,2009 11:56 pm

Oh yeah, I also mean that using loli games gets rid of your urge to use REAL lolis.  I've never touched a real life loli cuz I obey the law, no matter how stupid it may seem.

chengsta
Post Time : Jun 14,2009 11:54 pm

Even here in america, people once used to marry and have kids as young as 13.  It was their instinct, just like their instinct to breathe, eat, drink, and shit.  You can't cover up instincts by claiming to be "modernized"  I mean you still eat, drink, breathe, and shit just like over thousands of years ago, Why does wanting to screw a 13 year old seem so wrong all of a sudden?  All guys that I have ever worked/socalized with always talk about screwing young girls.  Police, navy, marines, factory workers, even lawyers dream about screwing young girls.  How do I know this?  because I've worked as all of the above.  When you get buddy-buddy with them, they reveal their true natures, nobody really wants to get rid of loli, not even the politicians.  The truth is that banning lolis is a horrible attempt to look good, but it doesn't bother them because with their money and power, they can get it any time.

AkatsukiSwordmaster
Post Time : Jun 14,2009 11:45 am

not gooood...

Splices
Post Time : Jun 14,2009 2:58 am

No matter how you try to approach this subject, it's going to cause some type of frustration to people who aren't keen on understanding how the human mind works. There are plenty of people who play "lolicon-style" hentai games and are quite sane. It doesn't enforce said 'players' to go out and sexually assault a minor. While Japan does have a lower age of 'concern' (ergo: there are plenty of underage girls who will, at times, partake in certain activities that they should not), this doesn't entirely mean that it doesn't happen in other countries. And none of the other countries' 'balance' isn't based on hentai loli-con games either.

While I disagree with showing underaged girls naked, I don't take those who are 'drawn' (unless drawn from a real photograph/photographic memory) as child pornography. I haven't any desire to look at any of it, but I feel that everyone should have the right to feel or think as they believe (as long as it doesn't endanger another).  

sidfu
Post Time : Jun 13,2009 11:31 am

nailzz have u ever been to japan? probally not since your comment is the usual idiotic comment from someone who has never traveled the world.  so u people know this whole article is total bs. for 1. rape games arent baned.  2. hentai games wont be messed with and even if they do their will be loop holes for the companies.

people making articles on this subject realy need to go out and get the correct info. the one about rape games being banned was wrong. this one says rape games are self banned but thats wrong also. the rating company hasnt put any ban on rape eroge. the info from that is by a overactive tbs news sending out false info to the public. 

most of people posting comments have never been to japan or even bother to look a bit about this subject. these moral wannabe police parties have been doing stuff like this for years. but like gamblilng in japan is illegal yet u can still gamble there are always loopholes. and with econimes down like they are the politicans better focus on something else other than interfering with eroge manga/games etc with is a major buisness.

Nailzzz
Post Time : Jun 12,2009 1:34 am

 The japanese population could use some declining. They have way too many people on those little islands out there. I mean its pretty ingenious how they come up with ways to efficiently use what little space they have, but its gotten pretty rediculous the lengths they have to go. When you live in a place that has to offer multi generational deals on a small little apartment (as in, im going to put the down payment on this little studio apartment, but my grandkids are going to have to pay it off so that we can own a home, by which time ill likly be dead after working my @ss off for it) there is a problem.

 The only reason the government is concerned is because they need all the tax money to pay for all the social services the older generation will need as they are retiring, but there isnt enough young people to tax to cover the cost. In the US, the government has similar concerns in reguards to the baby boomers.

DejaVuBoy
Post Time : Jun 11,2009 8:37 pm

I think that in light of the fact that the Japanese population is now declining, the government actually wants to embolden the lives of Japanese men and get more of them to go out and F.U.C.K , instead of shamefully holding their ****s in their hands...

Alimit
Post Time : Jun 11,2009 6:25 pm

goverments never change they always get in the way n make things complicated. and i posted somthing awhile back about how first they will ban rape games and then porn and anything with any nudity at all in games and once they r done with that they will move on to voilent games and blah blah blah bye bye halo so yea domino effect will happen  no, but this is y they put age rating on games SO TO KEEP KIDS FROM BUYING RATED R GAMES!!!!!!!! when a idiot cant even stop a kid from buy a game we no that there is somthing wrong with our parents its not the goverments job to stop kids from buying games ITS THE PARENTS!

Folder
Post Time : Jun 11,2009 12:32 pm

if a human  know whats wrong and right and still commit it. Yes that would be a problem but seriously how often do you have those sort of people? I would say its the parent and government fault for being such an idiot to allow a mass majority of people to even do that. So in the end its all those over sensitive douche bag that think its the end of the world.

BUSHIDO!!! MUAHAHAH

momocowwy
Post Time : Jun 11,2009 10:59 am

meh leave ppl alone x.X they should worry about their own countries sides from wat ive seen on mmosite this ban wont work when otakus start jumping off buildings and raping real lil kids sides they can just smuggle it , they should be worrying about stuff other than child porno like drugs,murder ect.  its hilarious how they seem so interested in  this 1 topic  hmm wonder how they found out about rapelay too...

 

 

MeroMix
Post Time : Jun 11,2009 3:51 am

Oh oh, and yeah, we can't bash these games just because we think it's wrong, people in general should stop forcing their beliefs on others. I mean, I don't think politicians learn. Take the greates dictators in history and then think of the people who took them down as the pissed of gaming fans worldwide. Yeah, not exactly a Betty Crocker sight.

MeroMix
Post Time : Jun 11,2009 3:48 am

Jeez, people need to get lives. I mean come on, no one is that stupid. I mean and no person in their right mind would actually go out and rape someone just because a silly game says so. I mean I don't like rape games as much as the next person, but that won't solve things. It's pathetic that parents try to justify their actions, by using lame excuses, then the politicians, using parents as an excuse to move against the gaming industry. Why not the gas industry? Why not every other thing that's actually killing us and the world. Why go after a form of entertainment? I mean all impoliteness included, but we don't want to be stuffy, boring, old fools like you loser politicians. The only good thing they ever done was give us a good scandal. Obama is excluded from this oh so passionate opinion.

adzfrz
Post Time : Jun 11,2009 1:09 am

Well this is what i think, Sex games which include children is good and why this is why. If you think many adults who want to engage in child sex are really afraid and fear that they want this, however with games like this they can release their inner feelings, but maybe as they progress through the game they can start to realise that doing this is wrong .

flipgigzz
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 7:31 pm

whats next? nudity games?.. har har

NarogGod
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 2:48 pm

 the problem is in peoples minds not in sex in self

Multirole
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 2:12 pm

Well maybe ban games with kids but not "normal" games. They are talking about games with little kids, iv'e seen them as well. But after that enough already, before they ban all games, even normal ones. Politicians, useless... only exist to annoy people.

Blazerguy
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 1:35 pm

His name is Chris Crocker and yeah, that was well said. Props to you my friend, but here's the thing, we evolved from Cavemen, which evolved from apes, if there's anything humanity likes more, it's violence, ever since rock and bone was discovered to have violent benefits. But yeah, I do think it's quite ironic how violence is ok, but sex? Yeah.....I think I'm just gonna go out on a limb here and say that apes must love killing better than pleasure...yeah...

Mewanna
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 12:37 pm

Oh come on.  That is part of their culture.  Maybe we don't understand it that well here, but it's just video games.  We are fine with the most violent, murderous, gory crap in our games, but we wag our fingers and say "Shame shame!" when it comes to sex.  And we try to push our values on other countries.  Are these really "values"?  Is sex so bad?  No, not at all, but violence and killing is.  Why do we accept one but not the other?  Not that I want ANY games banned, it's just we have this stupid double standard in this country, and we try to push our "values" *cough* onto others, and unfortunately succeed sometimes.  There's nothing wrong with sex in games.  Sex is a wonderful, beautiful thing, it's not shameful and dirty.  Where's that Britney Spears guy to say "Leave the sex games alone!"

Drager00
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 11:07 am

Why does the world blame games...blame the people that do the actual act I mean come on use some common sense

nolian
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 7:57 am

Japan stand up for your right we pedo-legion's need this game or we will apply our .... desire in real life<----in other words,those pedo-bear's might do something worse if they ban these kinda game & japan is gonna get hit hard with this trouble.

 

that doesnt make sense,i hope some of u understand wht i'm sayin,cuz i sure hell dont o.o

shadowzx
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 7:35 am

I don't play Hentai games but I got a feeling if they ban all of them then something real bad will happen and other games that are not Hentai will have something happening ...

Cyferlaw
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 6:54 am

It seems that another country is putting blame on games. I learn the word 'hentai' 'lolicon' and many other 'kind' word and also I watch many japanese av from this country so I might say that pron in this country is kinda epic and I love it. No more pron in this country now? Its like bombing a nuke! OMFG!

 

I know that its important to keep the pron away from kids, but those politician are also a bunch of hypocrites, they do this only to show the public for the advantage of the next election. Well since that everywhere now is banning games, I feel that sooner all the games around the world will be rated 18. Such a shame.

Zanpakutou
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 6:03 am

this ban won't work. the japanese might accept it at first, but expect it to be the launching platform for bans on other video games. video games have been a source of truancy in japan for many people and they will use it as an excuse to establish strict laws on when video games can be released or sold even. the reason japan seems to be "lagging" behind on this is because of the way their government is run. politicians refuse to change until they actually lose an election. i remember the same political party was in control of japan for like what? 50 years? and they never changed and always expected to win the election regardless and it took them a huge political loss before they changed any thing. their plan to "eliminate" child pornography won't work. i believe the age of consent in japan was something like 13 at some point which is why child pornography even makes its way around. just change it to 16 or 18 and you're set. it also doesn't help that the game developers can get around this by just changing the age of all the characters to 16 or 18 and have them look like they're 13 or just put N/A (i'm looking at you tecmo).

AurasShadow
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 4:11 am

Damned politicians. Get off my loli -.-

KuramaShuichi
Post Time : Jun 10,2009 4:07 am

Well I hate these games, so I wouldn't be really sad if they were banned but, I think this is simply wrong. I really do not believe games could make someone harm another. If the person is mentally sane, and have knowledge of what is right and whats wrong, he/she would never do something wrong just because of a game. So banning is useless, and unfair with those who like the genre, and will never do anything like rape.
So sad people fail to see those things =/