[Billthedrill]

It sort of depends on what Manga - that's actually a publishing genre. Some of it isn't much more than graphic soap opera. Some of it is remarkably violent, depicting rape, gangland slayings, etc, etc. Outright pornography is usually referred to in other terms, hentai being the generic reference.

The irony is that many of the activities depicted in the more violent manga are relatively rare in real life in Japan. Access by minors is less than you might think largely because nearly any adult can shake his or her finger at nearly any kid and say "You shouldn't be reading that," and the parents will come to the defense...of the adult. Try that one in the States.

When I lived there my neighborhood Mom & Pop had vending machines containing manga, soft-porn mags, beer, and, yes, whiskey, and it was less than half a block from a secondary school. The kids didn't bother them because they knew what would happen if they did. America used to be a little like that but it isn't anymore. Just a thought.

[Nervous Tick]

>> America used to be a little like that but it isn’t anymore. Just a thought.

Personal responsibility?

That’s not progressive thinking, you know. That sort of thing went out of favor a generation or so after WWII. Reactionary!

[Army Air Corps]

Personal responsibility, self-control, and respect for elders. I seem to recall another country that had values like that...