I read somewhere that no matter what the movies subject or genre, there are only 6 basic plots and all movies, books and drama are variations or combinations of those 6. In the case of this stuff, there is only one = kid gets raped, viewer gets off. Sorry, I sound biased in this case but the more I think about what it actually is, the more angry I feel about it and the fact that this has been ignored for so long.
That may be so, depends greatly on what one considers a "plot", in fact as Bill Moyers interview with Joseph Campbell pointed there is really only "one Plot" that works for all things; The Hero(in) incounters a Major Problem, Descends into the depths, and the Dies (physically and/or Mentally) and is Reborn to come back and overcome the Problem. And for any genre that is the one that is timeless and resonates, but when you break it down, that is how it plays out for pretty much any story that sells.

It is intersting to note that in Japan, one of the Larger growing Genres is "Boy/Boy" fantasies with major Graphical Violence and it is causing quite a stir because it is most popular amongst young females (to write and read). So in that respect, Anime and Manga both serve the outlet of social needs of revenge and the young boys are becoming concerned, since they are unable to control it. It is being used to slap back at the boys and their 'sexualizing' of all the women in a negative manner.

However, I do wish to make it clear that I am not saying "if we ban that, then all else will be banned", I am saying that if we ban it, then we need to make sure there is a clear reason, and show that this in fact is causing the abuse, rather than merely reflecting a rather poor ideal of a society. If we ban it simply because "we don't like it" then we set the stage for what happened and in some case still happen today, where an over-zealous prosecutor "Finds" someone, somewhere, that is "Offended" by the movie or book, then plots the courses of it travels via commercial transportation to show that it passes by this person, and then has the book or movie banned due to it being "pornography". In essence the Uber-right continuously attemps to have anything they "don't like" banned because "they don't like it, so GOD says nobody can see it".

In fact, as Mac Pointed out, in japan it is not illegal to have sex with a minor down to the age of 13, which around the time of puberty. The reason that this became prominent was because american citizen would head to japan to have sex with minors, not realizing that if go that country to circumvent our law, your still held accountable and can be Jailed for breaking the law here. Sad but true.

But I don't see that we can 'ban it' just on the notion that it might allow someone to think it is ok. See the rules above, because that is exactly what they used to make those "laws" above.

Theft, robbery, safe-cracking, and dynamiting of trains, mines, buildings, etc. (having in mind the effect which a too-detailed description of these may have upon the moron);



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