Empire: Hardt responds

[Peter K.]

>But Japan's love affair with little girls continues unabashed and
>uncensored.  Soft-porn magazines on the racks of neighborhood
>bookstores still zoom in on that all-time favorite fantasy of the
>Japanese male: seductive schoolgirls in sailor suit uniforms.

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>Since the Miyazaki case, the word otaku sounds more like a "creep."
>
>Yoshie

Compare with the US, with our Britney Spears, _American Beauty_ and that new
movie with the teenage cheerleader bankrobbers. Although, I guess Spears is
popular with the youngsters and I've read more and more schools are
initiating dress codes because of Ms. Spears's influence.

Peter