I thought this was an interesting video. There’s also this article that has been in our sidebar for quite a while, but it deserves a second look in light of the video above. Of course, the media loves to sensationalize to get views and ratings, but we would also be quite naive to think that the lolita complex isn’t a concern. And yeah, yeah… we could get into the pedophilia/ephebophilia distinction, but that’s just haggling with minor details.

It’s important to make a clear distinction between condemning something and calling for its censorship. A fine line exists somewhere that I’m not all quite sure I have the perfect grasp on it. Furthermore, how seriously can we accept the claims of those who insist that their love for underaged girls is purely nonsexual and thus peaceful? Even if we grant them that, what does it say that a grown man prefers a young child over a grown woman even if his desire is purely nonsexual? And are 2-D representations any better? What if it was a 2-D representation of something very real? Where is the line drawn there?