Re: Japanese Censorship
Here, let's turn this into something useful...since my mind went in an entirely different direction when I saw the title. (Mostly because I saw it in the random hentai pics thread or somewhere recently.)
Censorship in things...
Really...do those little black bars do any damn bit of good? I mean, they're at best, three of them covering the head of penis. Or down near the base of the shaft (Yes, I realize that is probably for the hair, which I understand is also a bad thing to show, apparently.) but honestly, they hide nothing. I mean, is it like Porky's? There's some identifying mark and they're disguising the thing's identity or are they just saying "Look, it's censored. Yup!"
Now, mosaics and the black circles or boxes tend to do a lot more (and I find them rather annoying, personally) but at least there's an attempt.
And while I'm thinking on it, think about it. It's like saying "Oh no, we can't show you this full image of a penis while it's in this picture of a man raping a woman. The rape is acceptable, but the penis isn't." It boggles the mind, but then, it's not my culture. I just attempt to enjoy the exports.