An interest article written for Takeshi Nogami's Winter Comkiet by Dan Kanemitsu. Here also has translated his own article for us to read. Warning: It is quite lengthy. You can get a pdf copy HERE
What follows below is my own personal analysis of the circumstances at the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. Please keep that in mind.
At the same time, a candid acknowledgment must be made over how some people learned valuable lessons from the defeat of the Nonexistent Youth Bill, while others rested on their laurels.
Early to mid March was when most people first learned of the term "nonexistent youth" and the ruckus over the revision of the Tokyo ordinance started to grow larger and larger. Actually, a limited number of artistic freedom advocates were aware much earlier on that a clear and present danger was on the horizon. I was one of those people. An even smaller number of individuals, such as lobbyists who oppose censorship who have close relations with Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly legislators, plus a few journalists who continually cover free speech issues, learned about these dangers even earlier and had already started taking action.
Long before any mention of "nonexistent youth" came into being, many of us were alarmed over the direction the 28th Tokyo Youth Affairs Conference was taking. Appointed by Governor Ishihara, the 28th Tokyo Youth Affairs Conference was responsible for drafting a report that would become the basis for the Nonexistent Youth Bill.
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politic at its dirtiest moment =.=
That article summed it up quite nicely. Parental responsibility looks to be be dead over there in Japan. Sadly.
I posted my thoughts on what Bill 156 says about people in general. You can read it at: http://www.mangatherapy.com/post/2609971604/youth-ordinance-bill
People need to reason more. Seriously.