It’s strange how they’re trying to protect drawings with no feelings or consciousness of their own. What’s next? Giving them the right to vote? I know we’re all meme-ing about this, but the fact that this was even a proposal is seriously concerning.

The whole point of making child pornography illegal, is because real life children are getting hurt in the process of filming them. They’re incapable of giving consent, and are both physically and mentally venerable. But anime characters aren’t real (you fucking weebs), nobody got hurt if there is a drawing of a lewd loli.

They’re also judging this based on their AGE (reddit statement, UN statement) May I remind you that 90% of anime characters are under 18. Which includes this or this or this and this. But why the fuck does age even matter to anime characters anyways? Are you telling me I can’t look at a lewd drawing until it’s been stored in the closet for 18 years? And what are they going to do about a 2000 years old loli?

Now, you can argue that these drawings may promote pedo activities, but that’s the same as saying video games make people violent. Violent people exit regardless of video games. I’m pretty sure people were a lot more violent back in the days before video games were even a thing. The same can be said with child abuse, there were defiantly a lot more child abuse in the past before anime even existed. Taking away creative freedom doesn’t solve anything, from what I can tell UN is just trying to pretend they’re doing something productive, while actively avoiding actual difficult issues to resolve.

The point is, there is no logic in trying to ban fictional characters who have arbitrary ages. If anything, I think these lewds actually help keep pedos in check by relieving their “needs” a bit.

And I hope I die before our world turns into Shimoneta.

We aren’t going to stop child porn from being made anytime soon, so if pedos are attracted to lolis, by the UN’s logic it would be the humanitarian choice to promote loli hentai. Make it the more profitable option. Human trafficking would go down, child abuse and molestation would decrease… All we risk is some hentai artists getting carpal tunnel.

I don’t think pedophiles are attracted to lolis and shotas, tbh. They’d have to cross two barriers: 1) being into hentai, which I’d say most normies aren’t, and 2) being fine with the fact that none of the loli/shota characters act like children. At all. They’re more like adults role playing as children. Which, if the pedos are into, really disturbing age play stuff exists. DDLG is fine, that’s about caregiving and sub/dom more than age.

Also, why the fuck would they pick loli hentai over swimsuit pics of little kids? The average (non-weeb) male would pic a playboy mag or swimsuit edition over hentai, why wouldn’t a pedo?

One last note that I’m probably gonna get flack for: I honestly feel bad for pedophiles. Not child molesters, those people are monsters. But this whole debacle has really made me appreciate that distinction. There are countless pedophiles who know how wrong it is and don’t act on it, but just like any fetish can’t control what their brain identities as sexual. My point is, most pedos don’t want kids to get hurt, and they live disgusted with themselves for this characteristic that they can’t control. There are apparently pretty intense therapy courses meant to rewire the brain that pedophiles can attend. Not sure how easily accessible those are, though, given the taboo subject. Maybe if they want to discourage pedophelia the UN could promote therapy options?