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edit: Meh, don't feel like having this in my comment history, since I don't really have anything to add anyway. I'm sad tumblr is doing this, but I understand

edit: Meh, don't feel like having this in my comment history, since I don't really have anything to add anyway. I'm sad tumblr is doing this, but I understand why they are making the decision to remove it.

nailer 8y ago
The main thing is that some Tumblr users consider depictions of childlike characters having sex as OK, whereas that's considered illegal on most of the west. The exact same issue happened to LiveJournal a decade ago, but LiveJournal decided they'd rather keep the new users, creating an exodus of mainstream users as the site became an underage HP fanfic site.
- happytoexplain 8y ago
  Are illustrations depicting underage sex really illegal in most of the West? Possession/distribution/both? That's shocking/scary to me if true.
  - berbec 8y ago
    "Are illustrations depicting underage sex really illegal in most of the West?" If you are talking about the USA, the answer is a definate Maybe. And even if you get convicted, it may get overturned. See [1] because there are conflicting court cases, partially overturned laws. It's a mess. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_drawn_pornography_depicting_minors#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_drawn_pornogra...
    - happytoexplain 8y ago
      I was vaguely aware of some grey area in the US, but not of clear cut illegality in "most of the West". Still, even in my vague awareness, I thought this was less muddled in the US than it apparently is.
      - berbec 8y ago
        The whole us view on pornography is crazy. For crying out loud, this was said in a Supreme court case by a justice: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it
      - nailer 8y ago
        They're definitely illegal in UK and Oz too (see references in Wikipedia link above)

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edit: Meh, don't feel like having this in my comment history, since I don't really have anything to add anyway. I'm sad tumblr is doing this, but I understand

by honkycat 8y ago

nailer 8y ago
The main thing is that some Tumblr users consider depictions of childlike characters having sex as OK, whereas that's considered illegal on most of the west. The exact same issue happened to LiveJournal a decade ago, but LiveJournal decided they'd rather keep the new users, creating an exodus of mainstream users as the site became an underage HP fanfic site.
- happytoexplain 8y ago
  Are illustrations depicting underage sex really illegal in most of the West? Possession/distribution/both? That's shocking/scary to me if true.
  - berbec 8y ago
    "Are illustrations depicting underage sex really illegal in most of the West?" If you are talking about the USA, the answer is a definate Maybe. And even if you get convicted, it may get overturned. See [1] because there are conflicting court cases, partially overturned laws. It's a mess. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_drawn_pornography_depicting_minors#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_drawn_pornogra...
    - happytoexplain 8y ago
      I was vaguely aware of some grey area in the US, but not of clear cut illegality in "most of the West". Still, even in my vague awareness, I thought this was less muddled in the US than it apparently is.
      - berbec 8y ago
        The whole us view on pornography is crazy. For crying out loud, this was said in a Supreme court case by a justice: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it
      - nailer 8y ago
        They're definitely illegal in UK and Oz too (see references in Wikipedia link above)