It's like Dave from Flight of the Conchords became a city councilman.

I approve this post. Also, I am definitely not Figjam.

When reached for comment, the women strongly denied the allegations.

You never go full Cage. Everybody knows that.

The difference is, I know what I am talking about. Laugh all you want, but you're wrong.

Nah, what you see as pedophilia is actually childlike innocence. You just don't have that in American culture anymore, things are too adult and serious.

Nope, not angry at all. Just amused at being lectured about my own culture, that's all.

Such as an "expert" like yourself, of course.

You've been consistently an amusingly uninformed - arrogantly so, even - throughout this entire discussion for sure. But quoting a German metal magazine to "educate" this Japanese guy about his culture is the capper.

It's only yawn-inducing by how obvious your bigotry is to the other posters here. We get it, you've got a bone to pick with those pedophile Japs and their predilection for pedophilia. Like I said, congratulations.

WT actual F? You think these pop stars wear school-girl outfits to attract fans that want to rape them? You have serious mental issues.

This isn't about lolicon or hentai. You are confusing things, horribly. Babymetal has absolutely nothing to do with that crap, whatsoever.

The context is someone being sexually aroused by underage girls. No matter what they're wearing. You're just trying to doublethink that U.S. culture isn't bad with sexualizing young girls. Thing is, pedophilia is a huge deal in all cultures still, only some like to pretend it isn't in theirs.

Isn't it amazing that singers wearing more clothes than their average american high school counterpart are considered 'pedophilia'?

Wait.

Wow, something that I as a nerd finally have in common with religious nutjobs: hating deviations from the established canon of my favorite fictional universes.

Isn't Oberst going to the ends of the earth to defend himself a good thing? We hear about rape culture all the time; if he's claiming a "ruined reputation," isn't he trying to put as much distance between himself and sexual violence as possible? His acknowledgement that sexual violence is fucking awful is propelling…

It's kind of amazing to me what a big difference the framing makes in stories like these. In all those Woody Allen stories that were posted recently, where he claims it's a false accusation, everyone is convinced he did it. Here, everyone is convinced the woman is lying. Even though there are questions about both…