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Old 2010-12-12, 00:02   Link #10581
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Stockholm suffers terrorist explosions.

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Old 2010-12-12, 00:03   Link #10582
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Sweden calls Stockholm blasts "terrorist attack"
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNew...6BA2GZ20101212
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Old 2010-12-12, 00:14   Link #10583
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Sweden calls Stockholm blasts "terrorist attack"
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNew...6BA2GZ20101212
Any link to Assange?
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Old 2010-12-12, 04:08   Link #10584
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Any link to Assange?
Got nothing than could confirm or dismiss this theory.

Vatican was 'offended' by Ireland's sex abuse probe
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1834264/
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Old 2010-12-12, 07:41   Link #10585
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Any link to Assange?
None, It appears to be a terror attack more or less like the ones of London and Madrid.

Stockholm News


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The Swedish news agency TT reports that both them and the Swedish Security Service received a video-film only ten minutes before the explosions.

In the film a man addresses to "Sweden and the Swedish people". He, among else, refers to the Swedish silence on artist Lars Vilks paintings of the muslim prophet Mohammed, the Swedish soldiers in Afghanistan, saying that "now shall your children, daughters and sisters die as our brothers and sisters and children are dying."
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Old 2010-12-12, 11:01   Link #10586
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German man has 2 meter high Cannabis plant as Christmastree

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A hippie was arrested after police found a lovingly decorated a two-metre cannabis plant, complete with with tinsel and twinkling lights.

The plan was to perform the same routine as any other Christmas Day: place presents under the tree and unwrap them as a group.

But when narcotics detectives in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany stumbled across his unusual Christmas tree in a drug bust, they were stunned and cuffed him.
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Old 2010-12-12, 14:26   Link #10587
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Jesus Christ.

They were below 16 -when- they crossed the border. To qualify for the requirements, they must have been in the US for at least 5 years. Does it compute?
Than this has nothing to do with minors. After they are 18 they can through the hoops just like anyone else. There is no need for a special clause law.

As for American culture. An evolved form from the various European and Native cultures much like European cultures are evloved from Norse, Greek, and Roman cultures which are evolved from Middle Eastern cutlures, which are evolved from, etc, etc, etc... It is different, just like Australian culture is different from European cultures, or Argentina is different from Spain. The old colonies make their own way in 200+ years from the motherlands and become cultures of their own with their own literature, their own instututions, their own history, and their own weirdnesses.
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Old 2010-12-12, 15:30   Link #10588
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http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNew...6BA1CY20101211
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Old 2010-12-12, 16:11   Link #10589
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looks like democrats secured enough votes to ban 'unhealthy anime/manga and games
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/1...cks-manga-ban/
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Old 2010-12-12, 16:19   Link #10590
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looks like democrats secured enough votes to ban 'unhealthy anime/manga and games
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/1...cks-manga-ban/
Oh lord
Here comes the shitstorm.
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Old 2010-12-12, 16:55   Link #10591
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You know... if people are going to quote a news source they might also use fucking nouns in their sentences "democrats" is a meaningless word unless you provide the country and party in question. The DPJ has no connection at all to any party using "democrat" in other countries.

Or did you intend that to be inflammatory? Just to be clear, it is elements of the Ishihara faction who happen to be members of the DPJ who are pushing this little witchburning exercise in Japan.

As the article says, " there is no objective standard for what is “prudent application” of a restriction on the sale of “harmful literature,” and no legal process or independent assessment of what should be banned." So its quite typical that the Japanese politicians involved in this will pass this law and it will never be enforced (much like the increase in the age-of-consent laws is rarely enforced).

Again, as the article notes - I find it quite illuminating that a politician who pens rape novels is the key motivator in this little feel-good assault on the pop publishing industry.

Other article quotes Ishihara has been noted for:

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Tokyo’s 78-year-old governor Shintarō Ishihara is already notorious for making xenophobic remarks and for being a key backer of Tokyo’s ongoing efforts to destroy the anime, manga and game industries, but his latest remarks add a healthy dose of homophobia to the mix:
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There are even homosexuals on TV now, as if there is nothing wrong with it. Japan is too unregulated. I come with a sense of duty.
Rich talk coming from a man whose own novels lovingly describe schoolgirl gang-rape and murder, and a definite sign that fujoshi can expect their favourite works to be banned along with everything else.
These people are no different than the anti-D&D witchburners of the 1980s, McCarthyism, or any other manifestation of this kind of irrational lunacy. The most effective counterstrike is a big spotlight on them and I hope the industry figures this out pretty quickly. Don't "get along with them" - destroy them by pointing the lights at them.
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Old 2010-12-12, 17:20   Link #10592
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As the article says, " there is no objective standard for what is “prudent application” of a restriction on the sale of “harmful literature,” and no legal process or independent assessment of what should be banned." So its quite typical that the Japanese politicians involved in this will pass this law and it will never be enforced (much like the increase in the age-of-consent laws is rarely enforced).
How often does the Japanese government pass vague and unenforceable laws like this? It does nothing but make the government look ineffective and build contempt for laws. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure Agnes Chan's faction will use this law to point out specific titles for censorship, hence some sort of enforcement will occur.

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These people are no different than the anti-D&D witchburners of the 1980s, McCarthyism, or any other manifestation of this kind of irrational lunacy. The most effective counterstrike is a big spotlight on them and I hope the industry figures this out pretty quickly. Don't "get along with them" - destroy them by pointing the lights at them.
The problem is that there are still some people who believe in that crap and think government action is justified.
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Old 2010-12-12, 17:24   Link #10593
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So its quite typical that the Japanese politicians involved in this will pass this law and it will never be enforced (much like the increase in the age-of-consent laws is rarely enforced).
but this one's serious
talk about chillin effect

proof
http://twitter.com/shoko_takaku/stat...27585075052544
http://twitter.com/nekowakame/status/13873116128215041

SC just posted an entry that publishers are now refusing to publish works set in schools or featuring school uniforms
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Old 2010-12-12, 17:52   Link #10594
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Yes, it doesn't matter if the law is enforced or not. Publishers in Japan already engage in self-censorship not explicitly required by law. The new Tokyo law will push publishers even further to veto controversial works, much like Hollywood used to.
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Old 2010-12-12, 18:03   Link #10595
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The new Tokyo law will push publishers even further to veto controversial works, much like Hollywood used to.
they're just missing the finishing touch... the seal of approval

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Old 2010-12-12, 18:13   Link #10596
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I hear there's going to be a boycott. From some of the big publishers, at the next anime fair.
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Old 2010-12-12, 18:31   Link #10597
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I hear there's going to be a boycott. From some of the big publishers, at the next anime fair.
NEWS: 10 Manga Publishers to Boycott Tokyo Anime Fair:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...kyo-anime-fair


Tokyo Anime Fair Before & After:

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/1...-before-after/


Also:

Mangaka: “My Publisher Has Banned School Uniforms”:

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/1...hool-uniforms/
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Old 2010-12-12, 19:07   Link #10598
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It's funny how Ishihara doesn't read manga, yet he judges it, blames it for children's behavior problems.

When it has been proven here in the US that it doesn't really affect kids. And if Japan kids have such problems, it only means that parent's don't know how to discipline their kids well.

Besides that, every country has the same problem, they always blame television when its normally their lack of teaching discipline and manners to their kids.


He's a homophobe. He says homosexual have some genetic problem, which is why they act the way they do. Oh, lol.
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I definitely get the impression they’re lacking something. It’s probably genetic. It’s a pity they are considered a minority.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/1...heyre-pitiful/


This man is a hypocrite, how can he say that they should ban all 18+ material, when he himself wrote novels that included things such as those?
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Old 2010-12-12, 19:22   Link #10599
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Than this has nothing to do with minors. After they are 18 they can through the hoops just like anyone else. There is no need for a special clause law.
... What are you talking about.

A minor cannot apply for a greencard or a citizenship. They are their parent's responsibility. If the parents passed the border illegally, the child, whether he likes it or not, whether he knows it or not, will be UNABLE to apply for greencard or citizenship later on when he becomes an ADULT.

Yeah, like everyone, they grow up. Time doesn't magically freeze when they cross the border. It doesn't change that it is morally questionable to punish the children for their parents' mistakes at the border.

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As for American culture. An evolved form from the various European and Native cultures much like European cultures are evloved from Norse, Greek, and Roman cultures which are evolved from Middle Eastern cutlures, which are evolved from, etc, etc, etc... It is different, just like Australian culture is different from European cultures, or Argentina is different from Spain. The old colonies make their own way in 200+ years from the motherlands and become cultures of their own with their own literature, their own instututions, their own history, and their own weirdnesses.
I'm not asking you to explain what it is, I'm asking you to tell me what it consists of because sometimes I don't even know if Americans like their own culture, seeing how conflicted and self-destructive they are with it.
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Old 2010-12-12, 19:41   Link #10600
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I'm not asking you to explain what it is, I'm asking you to tell me what it consists of because sometimes I don't even know if Americans like their own culture, seeing how conflicted and self-destructive they are with it.
why don't you ask your L.A./NY relatives

oh wait...

they don't know what the other 'america' is outside those coastal states, cities

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