> Lolicon is one of those odd moral black holes for westerners. Not just for westerners. Despite the author of this post's protestations to the contrary, Lolic

> Lolicon is one of those odd moral black holes for westerners. Not just for westerners. Despite the author of this post's protestations to the contrary, Lolicon is quite controversial in Japan. While it's certainly more mainstream there than in the west, the idea of it "inciting abuse" is a common argument in Japan, with the fact that criminals on trial happen to be Lolicons often being reported. In this way it has something of a parallel to linking violent video games to violent crime, which western media often does. There may be good arguments against this idea of "inciting abuse", but the author's supposition that there's this stark divide between Japan and the West and that Japanese simply can't comprehend Western perspectives on Lolicon is just nonsense. "Inciting" in general is the usual argument against otherwise "harmless" activities you mention like incest and necrophilia: the idea that the act of performing such will normalise other more harmful acts.