MC Banhammer Posted:

Just to let you know: Hobo’s ban was indeed done by a mod (me), but only after I consulted with someone who might go to jail. ET said to ban.

This isn’t a judgment call over something which doesn’t have legal ramifications, like the judgment calls we make on shock pics. So I left, and will continue to leave, those decisions to the people who could be affected by them. They’re not legal experts, so they err on the side of caution.

If YOU aren’t a legal expert on what constitutes child pornography in Canada, then your opinion doesn’t matter, because it’s just an opinion. Three hundred non-experts can say it’s okay, but that means nothing in the eyes of the law. So the poll is meaningless, and no amount of discussion should have any bearing on their decisions regarding this matter.

EDIT: Ninja’d by JB!

In Canada, CP is illegal to posses, distribute and create. Lolicon however is considered legal so long as it cannot be proven that there was no underage model being treated in a sexual manner, which is damn near impossible of course but would likely apply to when the creator of the lolicon is found to be a sexual abuser.

Which makes it amusing that Context’s pic was so similar since if someone linked the two they could claim that it was the illegal variant although I highly doubt that to be the case.

Unless this law has changed in the last few years anyways…