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It's illegal because it's obscene material and South Korea doesn't have a First Amendment. Most countries don't have anywhere near the free speech protections t
by bitwize 3y ago
It's illegal because it's obscene material and South Korea doesn't have a First Amendment. Most countries don't have anywhere near the free speech protections that the USA has because most human societies have an interest in restricting what people can express, to a greater or lesser extent. The mores that gave rise to the First Amendment are NOT universal.
As a comparison point, New Zealand has made it illegal to possess or distribute the anime Puni Puni Poemy for sexualized gags involving child characters; and owning lolicon manga can get you arrested on child porn charges in Canada. South Korea is not breaking new ground here, even among industrialized democracies.
- SenAnder 3y agoThe poster asked why. Your answer amounts to "it's illegal because the law says so".
- bitwize 3y agoThat's... kind of how laws work. They don't actually need justification, except that they were duly passed.
- nickthegreek 3y agoThis is illegal in America too.
- serf 3y ago>It's illegal because it's obscene material there is a lot of stuff that is obscene at face value but not disallowed by SK law. most depictions of gore and violence would be considered obscene by definition, yet 'realism shooters' are hugely popular and legally allowed most anywhere. it's illegal because it's illegal. I don't know enough about SK law reformation to tell you how that came about, but 'obscene' isn't the bar to judge from; plenty of legal obscenity exists most everywhere you look.
- SeanAnderson 3y agore: Puni Nah. You're citing old data. "On 8 June 2021, the Classification Office re-classified Puni Puni Poemy R16 after granting a request from a member of the public to reconsider the classification of the series." Here's a screenshot of the current NZ classification board's website regarding it, 16+. https://i.imgur.com/aXHtsVd.png https://i.imgur.com/aXHtsVd.png Search for yourself: https://register.classificationoffice.govt.nz/ https://register.classificationoffice.govt.nz/ Here's a list of where it is/isn't legal to have lolicon. There's notable countries on both sides of the line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_fictional_pornography_depicting_minors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_fictional_porn...