Japan Refuses to Pass Legislation Banning Child Pornography Possession

by Jon Bershad | 5:09 pm, May 14th, 2010

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Every day on this site, readers and writers alike debate all sorts of issues. For every topic that gets brought up, there are always at least a couple of commenters who fall on opposite sides of the argument. However, there’s one viewpoint that’s pretty hard to disagree about and that’s the belief that child pornography is wrong. It’s pretty shocking then when the Telegraph reports that the government of Japan has refused to pass legislation that would make the possession of child pornography illegal.

This is not to say that child pornography is completely acceptable in Japan. In fact, the police have increased their attempts to find and arrest those that sell it with 2009 having a record number of related arrests. However, the possession of it is still legal and the government claimed that the recent bill attempting to change that would “infringe individuals’ freedom of expression.”

From the Telegraph:

“‘We are urging all the political parties here to ban the possession of child pornography in the present session of parliament, but I am not at all optimistic that it will happen,’ said Keiji Goto, a lawyer and chairman of the Forum for Creating a Society That Does Not Tolerate Child Pornography.
In 2009 the government submitted a bill to revise the law on child pornography but lost the general election in August before it could be enacted.
The [Democratic Party of Japan] opposed the bill and instead called for the definition of child pornography to be narrowed down, while acquisition for money and multiple acquisitions would be made illegal.”

It’s an unfortunate fact of life that there will always be a market for child pornography and Japan is, at least, trying to make sure people aren’t profitting from it. However, by not doing everything they can to lessen the demand (by scaring people out of possessing it), they aren’t doing enough to make sure children are no longer harmed in this way.

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badr

They are just trying to get some business, maybe they’ll get some from Polanski.
TylerDurden

japan must have many libs.
Tesseract2

Isn’t it funny how this “child porn” canard has popped up now that people aren’t buying the stupid drug war anymore as a justification for their police state? This isn’t about “protecting” anybody, it’s about destroying our Constitutional protections and privacy rights and providing job security for attorneys.
The “child porn” laws are always vaguely worded so it’s virtually impossible for the prosecution to lose and the evidence can’t even be discussed in court, just like the scam-trials in the USSR.
With a global forum such as the internet, the age of consent varies greatly among countries; what’s illegal here may be legal in the country in which it’s created. Why is material that’s legal in other civilised countries illegal for us?
This is a scam and yet another pretext to strengthen the police state and put more of us in prison.
http://none pyrope

I have not read any of the “child porn” laws, all I know is that those who create it, broker it, and consume it are twisted perverts whom I would very much enjoy beating the crap out of…before I used my 9 mm to enable them to assume room temperature.
TROLLING4LIBS

I was stationed in Japan , great country but a child porn industry unreported and rampid.
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a warn welcome: http://www.shoes2.us/
bitchfights

@trolling4libs did you read that the Japanese PM had to aplogise for not kicking the American child rapists out of Okinawa?

Why doesn’t America do something about the sites like NothingToxic.com or theYNC.com or any of the dozens of AMERICAN websites that MAKE MONEY from showing 12 year old girls beaing beaten into comas and such like??

Warped.
Atticus Draco

The [Democratic Party of Japan] opposed the bill and instead called for the definition of child pornography to be narrowed down, while acquisition for money and multiple acquisitions would be made illegal.”

[Democratic Party of Japan]
That aint surprising!
“What’s the meaning of “is” is?”
Atticus Draco

Atticus Draco said:
The [Democratic Party of Japan] opposed the bill and instead called for the definition of child pornography to be narrowed down, while acquisition for money and multiple acquisitions would be made illegal.”

[Democratic Party of Japan]
That aint surprising!
“What’s the meaning of “is” is?”

What is surprising
JAPAN DEMOCRATS READ THEIR BILLS BEFORE THEY ATTEMPT TO PASS ‘EM?!?
Holy chit! American Demos TAKE NOTICE!