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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Ah, I see, the old move the goalpost argument. No, not all hentai is pedo porn. The term refers to any porn that one might consider abnormal. If you look back at what I actually said, before you went into instinctive attack mode, I said "No idea if that's really the case or if it's just some sort of urban legend". It's history does date back to the post WW II revival of manga though.
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If you want to pretend that there isn't an element of pedo porn in the school girl costume thread that runs through manga, that's your choice. Personally, I can see why it makes some people uncomfortable.[/QUOTE]
I must have misread your comment:
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Yes, supposedly that is how Manga got it's start, pedo porn that was stylized enough that the Japanese courts wouldn't throw you in jail for having it because it didn't look enough like a real kid to count.
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Clearly you meant something else...
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
If you want to pretend that there isn't an element of pedo porn in the school girl costume thread that runs through manga, that's your choice. Personally, I can see why it makes some people uncomfortable.
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I can see why it makes some people uncomfortable. I'm just saying your comment quoted above saying manga got its start as a way to pass off pornography that would be controversial is complete and total BS. You still have cited no source beyond "I've heard..."