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    Manga Translator Appeals Child Pornography Charges

    This is really interesting, because a lot of Swedish commentators of this particular case have asked the same thing. Why are we vilifying and condemning one particular criminal action in fictional media, when so many others are a-ok? Why is it okay to kill someone in a comic, but a sexual...
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    Manga Translator Appeals Child Pornography Charges

    Lundström's work was not (according to my knowledge, I haven't seen the pictures in person so I don't know if they have any relation to their manga work) providing him with the pictures; they were more along the lines of "research material" for his work as a manga-expert, according to his own...
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    Manga Translator Appeals Child Pornography Charges

    EDIT: I would presume it to be like an obscenity charge, I am not very well versed with US legislation though, so I can't be certain. The law is indeed vague, and the fear and stigma associated with the actual crime is so huge in Sweden that most people would rather avoid talking about it...
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    Manga Translator Appeals Child Pornography Charges

    Hi everyone, a long-time lurker coming in here in order to clarify some things about this topic as an actual Swedish citizen and one that is interested in this particular use of Sweden's laws. Analysis time; wall of text incoming. The first thing that many of you get wrong here, is that child...