Artist Leslie Kee arrested in Japan for "obscenity"

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Link to the original article:
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/06/na ... RO2a0NdWrc

Sounds like a book which I would not want to read, some people might like to read such a book (I have no idea why). But why is this newsworthy ?

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

Maybe I should've posted about this, back in October, instead:

www.sankakucomplex.com/2012/10/18/cops- ... -of-guilt/

Certainly would have been "newsworthy", at least, don't you agree...? One does wonder: What were the punishments for the cops, for doing that? Likely nothing at all. This world is indeed absolutely putrid. No, humanity is, more like it.

The artist, being from Singapore, did not know that images of male genitalia are illegal in Japan?

I really thought that this fact was well-known.

The owner of the gallery must have known; knowledge of laws pertaining to censorship would be necessary to anyone selling art.

I believe that this was a set-up for publicity.

Sylkat

Ishihara sounds like a serious a**hole.

Dear BeautyPact, regarding your last post;

The Japanese police could not find one person (IN JAPAN!?!) who understood how computers work?!?

Sylkat

My own view is that if a person is in the porn industry then it is up to them to make sure that they know and follow the laws of the places where they ply their trade, it is not reasonable to tell the police in Japan or Iran that you thought everything was OK becuase your conduct would not have been illegal by the laws and standards of California.

While many aspects of the porn industry disgust me, I think that clear laws are needed to regulate it rather than just allowing judges, DAs or police to decide what should be illegal based on what may be their own personal views.

The guilt by IP address suggests that the police were lazy and a little stupid, in the modern world a person must be shown to be guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. The failure to check for a computer virus suggests to me that the police were failing to plug all possible holes in the case.

If you look at the case of the cinema shooting in the USA, the police were keen to gather evidence such as gun shot residue from the hands of the person who a “reasonable man” might instantly think is 100 % guilty and responsible for the outrage. They want to be able to prove that he had fired a gun that night.

I think if you want a perfect reason to change the world you should look at the case of Peter Tabbers (http://www.fairtrials.net/publications/ ... e-summary/). This is Greek version of the IP number cases in Japan where the Greek police decide a man is guilty as he has a fax number which was used in a crime. Even when the fax number was assigned to him after the fraud occured.

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Health is a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity I am not a jigsaw, I am a free man !

Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

Dear Woodpecker,
I agree completely.
Whatever industry a person works in, art, pornography, film, television, the food industry, it is that person's responsibility to know the pertinent laws of the country as well as local rules.

I believe that the gallery owner referred to in the first post knew exactly what he was doing, and probably the artist as well.

Japanese laws regarding images of male genitalia are well-known world-wide.

Further, due to improper police investigation, regarding the computer virus, I believe that the Japanese police are in for quite a lawsuit!

Sylkat