I think I would argue, in my trial, that he is a fictional Russian citizen from 2258 and my sentence or fine shouldn't come due until the year of his birth, 2241, when he fictionally acquires protection under Russian and Federation law. :|
Hypothetical years and fictional legal systems are not admissible as evidence in court. Oh, wait.
The idea that writing about the sexual experiences of teenagers should be illegal is just...well, are we going to arrest the cast and crew of Gossip Girl? The Vampire Diaries? The authors of those and similar series of books?
Yes, all of those. And Twilight! They didn't actually have sex until long after Bella's eighteenth birthday, but Edward is eternally seventeen, so that's out too. Or is it? I'm not a legal expert by any means. I'd really like to see a court try to decide if Edward Cullen is a minor.
Ah, the good old days of GW and YYH. I can see how Hiei might pose a problem. If it looks like a minor (as do rather a lot of manga characters to Western eyes) but the author never states that it's a minor, and it has sex, is it actually engaging in anything illegal? What if you write an AU in which Hiei comes on to Kurama in a classroom wearing a school uniform, but you don't actually state that Hiei is of school age in your story? Couldn't you just say that the uniform and the setting were part of some kinky roleplay? Questions, questions. I think the Australian judiciary would come to seriously regret passing that law after the first two or three cases where they're asked to decide how old a cartoon character is :)
(I actually spelled Kurama as 'Kuruma' first. I used to do that all the time when I was a baby manga fan! Ah, nostalgia time. *puts on Fushigi Yuugi soundtrack*)
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Date: 2010-01-19 06:29 pm (UTC)Hypothetical years and fictional legal systems are not admissible as evidence in court. Oh, wait.
The idea that writing about the sexual experiences of teenagers should be illegal is just...well, are we going to arrest the cast and crew of Gossip Girl? The Vampire Diaries? The authors of those and similar series of books?
Yes, all of those. And Twilight! They didn't actually have sex until long after Bella's eighteenth birthday, but Edward is eternally seventeen, so that's out too. Or is it? I'm not a legal expert by any means. I'd really like to see a court try to decide if Edward Cullen is a minor.
Ah, the good old days of GW and YYH. I can see how Hiei might pose a problem. If it looks like a minor (as do rather a lot of manga characters to Western eyes) but the author never states that it's a minor, and it has sex, is it actually engaging in anything illegal? What if you write an AU in which Hiei comes on to Kurama in a classroom wearing a school uniform, but you don't actually state that Hiei is of school age in your story? Couldn't you just say that the uniform and the setting were part of some kinky roleplay? Questions, questions. I think the Australian judiciary would come to seriously regret passing that law after the first two or three cases where they're asked to decide how old a cartoon character is :)
(I actually spelled Kurama as 'Kuruma' first. I used to do that all the time when I was a baby manga fan! Ah, nostalgia time. *puts on Fushigi Yuugi soundtrack*)