| >> |
!!iS2pwbE1oSS 12/12/08(Fri)19:38 No.17100955  First,
let me say that this has been posted and reposted and reposted so many
times, it's almost as common to see this in /a/ as Minorin appreciation
threads. However, this is insanely important, and there are still those
out there who haven't seen this, and they should.
This, as well
as any other censorship case, is deeply disturbing to me. Not only as a
reader of manga that, let's face it, many people would find offensive
(Kodomo no Jikan would make most people faint on the spot), but as an
aspiring artist.
I've drawn nude figures. Hell, I've taken an
entire class dedicated to the drawing of naked people. Several times,
since I felt I needed more practice on the subject. During the class,
the instructor would bring in models to pose nude for us, and most of
the time, they are students who the instructor has taught/is teaching
in another class.
Well, last semester, we had a model who posed
for us several times, a nice girl named Ellie. We didn't think anything
of her, since we'd all seen several models at this point. Hell, during
the mid-period break, she stood there butt naked talking with the other
students. But then, it was revealed that she was 17. She'd made it into
college early by taking summer school to get ahead, and had actually
been going to college for about a year at that point.
Well, one
of the students, an older lady in her 50's, was outraged. She reported
this to the police. The instructor was taken in for questioning, as
were all of us students. Right now, the instructor (Who did not know of
her age either) is facing child pornography charges for having us all
create what the whistleblower calls "lewd drawings of a minor".
Continued in next post. |
