Minimum Age for Hentai Viewers?
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I remember going up my friend's mom bought him a hentai/japanese models magazine. His mom was japanese, not sure if that had anything to do with it but she also gave me one too because she found us looking at porn on the internet. She said we needed to be more discrete so thats why the magazines. Then she told us if we wanted more then we would have to pay for them ourselves.
... I wonder if she did the same for his sister...
... I wonder if she did the same for his sister...
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link1438 wrote...
Yup, apparently most sites regarding explicit content say "You must be 18+ to enter this site"Well, that's what I'm talking about, you shouldn't HAVE to be 18+, it's as if someone invented a rule that says 18+ is how old you need to be to view it. It's like that M game thing. Some stores won't sell M games to people under 17, some rental stores have the nerve to ask for ID. ID! It's not fucking liquor.
Being 18 in America means you are an adult, and therefore can view adult content. Porn can be an addiction which can seriously ruin peoples home or social lives, same as alcohol.
As for the 'M' ratings, that is the law, and stores can get into serious trouble with the law if they sell adult rated materiel to minors, same as liquor.
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A while ago my BOSS at Gamestop got fired because he sold GTA to a 15 year old... He was huge! a giant steriod 15 year old with tattoos! But it is REALLY strict guidelines and imediate termination for that stuff.
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Everything should be the same age. Voting, adult content, driving, drinking... Makes it so much easier. Eighteen to vote and be considered an adult, sixteen to drive, twenty-one to drink and twenty-five to rent a car. I mean what the hell, really?
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Novocaine wrote...
Porn can be an addiction which can seriously ruin peoples home or social lives, same as alcohol. What does this have to do with selecting a certain age for a person to beginning these "evils"? Addiction is based on psychotic state and certain physical factors; experience and maturity have little to no bearing.
However, I'm of the opinion that not porn is only harmful in excess, and alcoholism shall remain a myth until my third divorce proceeding.
Novocaine wrote...
As for the 'M' ratings, that is the law, and stores can get into serious trouble with the law if they sell adult rated materiel to minors, same as liquor.
I doubt that neglecting to enforce rating systems imposed by non-government entities is punishable by law.
Also: The lapse between smoking, voting, dying for your country, and drinking is bullshit.
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AH! almost didn't reconize you with your new avatar...
But the reason is cause alcohol messes with your brain functions... so none till your 21 and done growing...
But it is wierd that you can't rent a car till 25...
Man I've been in Wars! And you telling me I can't rent a CAR!?!
But the reason is cause alcohol messes with your brain functions... so none till your 21 and done growing...
But it is wierd that you can't rent a car till 25...
Man I've been in Wars! And you telling me I can't rent a CAR!?!
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razama wrote...
AH! almost didn't reconize you with your new avatar...But the reason is cause alcohol messes with your brain functions... so none till your 21 and done growing...
But it is wierd that you can't rent a car till 25...
Man I've been in Wars! And you telling me I can't rent a CAR!?!
Well it does vary slightly from state-to-state and even city-to-city. Most places you have to be twenty-five, but some let you rent at twenty-one, but you have to pay a higher rate (especially males.) I've heard some will let you at eighteen, but I've got no proof of that, and I kind of doubt it myself.
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razama wrote...
AH! almost didn't reconize you with your new avatar...But the reason is cause alcohol messes with your brain functions... so none till your 21 and done growing...
So the brains of European youngsters are done growing sooner, because the drinking age in much of continental Europe is 18. And French and Italian teenagers are especially mature, as they can drink legally at the age of 16.
As opposed to US-American and Indian people, who are a bit "slow" and thus can drink only at the age of 21.
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gibbous wrote...
razama wrote...
AH! almost didn't reconize you with your new avatar...But the reason is cause alcohol messes with your brain functions... so none till your 21 and done growing...
So the brains of European youngsters are done growing sooner, because the drinking age in much of continental Europe is 18. And French and Italian teenagers are especially mature, as they can drink legally at the age of 16.
As opposed to US-American and Indian people, who are a bit "slow" and thus can drink only at the age of 21.
Heh good point. I think it boils down more to a cultural thing rather than a veil of health conscious like it is often portrayed in the United States. I've always thought that if you are old enough to fight in a war you are old enough to drink. I know that was the whole platform for lowering the voting age limit, and I think it should apply to drinking as well. I think someone who is out there fighting tooth-and-nail deserves a drink on their "off hours." XD
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Ok, wow, i must have really matured. I remember watching porn when i was 8. Did nothing for me at that time but i knew where to go. I drank since i was 13. Now, ever since i was able to use the internet i've been watching porn, not alot though, more like 2-5 times a month since i still thought myself way too young and i know alot of places to go but now they are forever lost in my memories. 13 years old? Don't even get me started. A time when your thing starts going up for whatever reason it can find without any consent from you.... horrible and exciting. Porn 5-14 times a week. After a 2 years i got introduced to hentai. Best freaking thing ever! I always loved anime and then to find out there was hentai?!?! I watched ever kind i could think of. Even just regular porn. I watched all that hardcore stuff since 14. Is there really any age limit? If i was to choose i'd say starting at 10-12. All of you guys' and girls' opinions are freaking right too. You said 16 in canada right link1438? Haha, wow, wouldn't my friends love to go there now.
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We can let our bodies grow up, but our minds may never grow at all, we can still look like an adult but act just a like a little kid. Lots of thing vary from person to person.
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Tsurayu wrote...
It can't be defined by an age. People mature at different rates. I think it should be up to them to start searching for that stuff when they think they are ready. Ideally, there shouldn't be any age requirements.i agree. hell i was exposed to the shit while i was in elementary school and it didn't hurt me in the least.not only that but have a look at ancient cultures who were marrying at ages as low as 8 or 9 and hell even americas colonists were dion it LEGALLY at 14 so yet again i agree. plus look at it from the point of view of that once you say its not legal to do somethign it makes it more enticing. Hell even GOD leaves it up to choice he never said there was an age limit to such things (though he did say it weren't moral either). As rule of thumb though all things in moderation don't let porn or sex rule you.
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gibbous wrote...
razama wrote...
AH! almost didn't reconize you with your new avatar...But the reason is cause alcohol messes with your brain functions... so none till your 21 and done growing...
So the brains of European youngsters are done growing sooner, because the drinking age in much of continental Europe is 18. And French and Italian teenagers are especially mature, as they can drink legally at the age of 16.
As opposed to US-American and Indian people, who are a bit "slow" and thus can drink only at the age of 21.
It is politicians deciding policy based on medical information. BUT, in England, I know there it is more of a "hey your an adult an you can fuck yourself over if you want" and some other countries is more of a cultural thing. If you drank at 15, would you approve a law that said your kids couldn't drink till 21? Of course not, you turned out okay right? So thats the reasoning there.
Regardless, it is fact that brain developement isn't over till your early twenties. For some it can even go till 25 (for males)
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Here's something: Education.
Teach your kids about the repercussions associated with drinking before the brain is fully developed, rather than letting the Nanny State decide when they should.
Then use your judgment to determine when the person is "ready".
Teach your kids about the repercussions associated with drinking before the brain is fully developed, rather than letting the Nanny State decide when they should.
Then use your judgment to determine when the person is "ready".
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razama wrote...
gibbous wrote...
razama wrote...
AH! almost didn't reconize you with your new avatar...But the reason is cause alcohol messes with your brain functions... so none till your 21 and done growing...
So the brains of European youngsters are done growing sooner, because the drinking age in much of continental Europe is 18. And French and Italian teenagers are especially mature, as they can drink legally at the age of 16.
As opposed to US-American and Indian people, who are a bit "slow" and thus can drink only at the age of 21.
It is politicians deciding policy based on medical information. BUT, in England, I know there it is more of a "hey your an adult an you can fuck yourself over if you want" and some other countries is more of a cultural thing. If you drank at 15, would you approve a law that said your kids couldn't drink till 21? Of course not, you turned out okay right? So thats the reasoning there.
Regardless, it is fact that brain developement isn't over till your early twenties. For some it can even go till 25 (for males)
That might be slightly over analyzing, but oh well.
It is just a cultural thing. Even in the United States underage drinking isn't met with harsh criticism. A lot of teens get busted at parties with nothing more than a slap on the writs or at worse the cops take the alcohol away; if they bothered to arrest every teen who was caught drinking they'd never stop working.
Each and every year the age limit in the United States is becoming nothing more than a tradition, a place holder. More and more teens get a way with it, I wouldn't be surprised to see the limit reduced in the United States in the future.
But anyway, I definitely see it as being nothing more than a culture thing with the minimum age to view adult material. No one lets that arbitrary age stop them from accessing porn on the internet or by some other means.
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Does d minimum age matter it's not like any of us actualy w8 2 b 18 to goto a porn site (seriously who sees a sign sayin " U must be 18 years or older to enter" when u know what's inside). I can pretty much bet about 50% of d users in this site are underaged (that's right i'm on 2 u O.o!) so meh.
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I saw a program yesterday about a typical japanese family and the problems they go through. It was a reenactment, but they showed it to a couple of Japanese highschoolers. One of the issues was the 14 year old boy was watching hentai, with the mother upset by it and the father trying to cover for his son. All of the highschoolers said that the dad was a bad father, and that the age for buying porn should be RAISED.
Not an opinion on my part, I just remember it from last night and wanted to share :D
Not an opinion on my part, I just remember it from last night and wanted to share :D
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Aud1o Blood wrote...
Novocaine wrote...
Porn can be an addiction which can seriously ruin peoples home or social lives, same as alcohol. What does this have to do with selecting a certain age for a person to beginning these "evils"? Addiction is based on psychotic state and certain physical factors; experience and maturity have little to no bearing.
Until the brain is fully developed it is MUCH more susceptible to addictions. That is why the law says 18.
Although the brain is not truly fully developed until around 21 (drinking much?), a few more years can make the difference between occasion viewing and uncontrollable addictions eating up 4-5 hours per day.
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razama wrote...
I saw a program yesterday about a typical japanese family and the problems they go through. It was a reenactment, but they showed it to a couple of Japanese highschoolers. One of the issues was the 14 year old boy was watching hentai, with the mother upset by it and the father trying to cover for his son. All of the highschoolers said that the dad was a bad father, and that the age for buying porn should be RAISED. Not an opinion on my part, I just remember it from last night and wanted to share :D
Rof *wants 2 c this program* is there anywhere I can find it with like English subs cus this program was probly in Japanese so.....yeah
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Actually it was DUBBED... I dunno if I can find it online, it was on tv two days ago I think... like on Japans public broadcasting...
It also consisted of a lazy father who didn't want to discipline his children, a mother trying to hard to keep everything in order, and a teenage girl who was embrassed of her family and wanted to look like an american by dying her hair blonde. The boy also had no ambition in life besides trying to make his father proud.
It was shown to a class of some 30 highschoolers, boys and girls.
It also consisted of a lazy father who didn't want to discipline his children, a mother trying to hard to keep everything in order, and a teenage girl who was embrassed of her family and wanted to look like an american by dying her hair blonde. The boy also had no ambition in life besides trying to make his father proud.
It was shown to a class of some 30 highschoolers, boys and girls.