Mark Gallagher wrote:
G'day Tony,
On 4/3/06, Garion1000 garion1000@gmail.com wrote:
With this article using the other less offensive image [[Image:Kotori-Kan Vol 2.jpg]] would already be an improvement.
That is still a non-free image. We do have at least two free images that could be used to illustrate that article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolicon_comicbooks_sold_in_Japan_001.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lolicon_comicbooks_sold_in_Japan_002.jpg
I don't get it. What justification did the, ahem, good-faith editors use to argue that we needed fair-use close-ups of kiddie porn instead of the photograph (also, admittedly, of kiddie porn ... but more appropriate and tasteful, if that word can be applied here).
Geez, and here I am thinking you're only the 6th most active person in #wikipedia... how could you have missed the discussion about it? I don't see how a montage of magazine covers taken from a distance is more offensive than a picture of a kid with her pants down...
Actually I think that the image on the article atm. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Final_Solution-chan.jpg) is a good compromise. Not overtly offensive, and what's more it's free.
My second question is: how on Earth did this shit ever get to be *legal* in Japan? Some people are *really* sick.
There's an interesting discussion about that on [[m:bash]]. Search for "losing powers"...