tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87847362532002848372024-02-22T14:49:54.979+00:00Taking time out of my busy schedule of masturbating, procrastinating and watching anime...Jigsy's blog where he posts things once every epoch...Jigsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183513221411850175noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784736253200284837.post-32558916603646627992022-09-09T18:11:00.000+01:002022-09-09T18:11:05.080+01:00A little 20 year anniversary...Now it's officially past 18:09:48, I'd thought I'd post this.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/juNSTXo.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="307" src="https://i.imgur.com/juNSTXo.png"/></a></div>Jigsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183513221411850175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784736253200284837.post-58191542896928201182021-03-18T00:28:00.005+00:002021-03-18T00:28:58.188+00:00Those who endorsed censorship now forfeit any right to complain<p>Thinking about the recent Dr. Seuss controversy (okay, it was a few weeks ago now) and how those books are no longer going to be published, and how eBay will not allow them to be sold either, and people are now complaining about how it's censorship and "literal book burning."<br /><br />It got me wondering why I should even come to the defense of others anymore.<br /><br />I mean, for years people have been throwing myself and the stuff I care about (be it loli manga, anime, Japanese games, etc.) under the bus - and still do it even now - saying "I don't care if it's fiction! This stuff is abhorrant so banning it is good!" and all that BS.<br /><br />But now they're coming after the stuff you care about...<br /><br /><a href="https://i.imgur.com/A9jNQkb.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" src="https://i.imgur.com/A9jNQkb.gif" /></a></p>You know what, I'm done. You people can now reap what you sow.Jigsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183513221411850175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784736253200284837.post-18244487684264619622020-04-23T02:40:00.001+01:002020-04-23T22:45:00.191+01:00[Confession]: Nobody expects the Spanish Canadian Inquisition<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wow. My <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first blog</span> post in <abbr title="忙しくなった">nearly three years.</abbr></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, as almost everyone that isn't me slips further and further into a pool of insanity by trying really fucking hard to pretend that <i>"drawings are people with rights too(!);"</i> not to mention <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">censoring</span> and destroying things they don't like simply because it doesn't fit with their perceived utopia of what reality should be<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. (</span>PlayStation and their stance on <a href="https://i.imgur.com/5yYddKj.jpg" target="_blank">Japanese games</a> since late 2018, for example<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided to confess something using their exact borderline retarded way of thinking - especially to see how this plays out<b>*</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, with that said, if drawings are people with rights too, I'm a human trafficker. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">[p</span>ic related<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>*</b>assuming it does.</span>Jigsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183513221411850175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784736253200284837.post-45135831392439000822017-12-05T01:28:00.002+00:002023-02-09T22:45:48.848+00:00My attempt at creating a substitution cipher<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As I wandered around Bletchley Park on Sunday, I couldn't help but wonder if I could come up with a plaintext cipher of my own.<br /><br />Now, I'm not well versed in any programming languages*<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> - though I did once dick around in PHP -</span> unless it's scripting something in mIRC<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">;</span> nor am I any good at math, so that rules out any complicated stuff like NAND or XOR; so my only option <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">was</span> a letter substitution cipher.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">*09/02/2023: This is now available in Python.</span></span></span></span></div><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />The only problem with these is that they're incredibly trivial to crack. Esp. if A = T, B = Z, C = L, etc.<br /><br />Whil<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">st</span> walking around i<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">n</span> circles - which is something I do whenever l'm lost in thought or bored (or both) - I came up with the solution: Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana<br /><br />This brought the amount of usable characters to arou<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">nd <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2,280.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>Where <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">it all began</span>:</u></span></span> </div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here's what I did<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">,</span><br /><br />I used the following <a href="https://archive.is/OvT6h" target="_blank">website</a> [saiga-jp <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(archive<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">d</span>)</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">] </span>to get a list of Kanji - which also included Jinmei level<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Kanji as a bonus, now bringing the character count to over 3,000<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> - </span></span>and Windows charmap to get the Hiragana and Katakana characters<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">;<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> i</span></span>ncluding vu<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> (ヴ</span>), wi<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> (</span>ヰ) and the other unused ones. <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(</span>I didn't include the small versions of characters like ぅ.)<br /><br />Following that, I removed any characters that looked remotely similar to each other like Katakana ロ vs. Kanji 口 (mouth); or Katakana ニ vs. Kanji 二 (two).<br /><br />The only ones I didn't remove were<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> 夕 and タ</span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span>because they looked quite different from each other<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> - noti<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ce how the \ actually goes through the ノ in the second Kanji?</span></span> Though this seems to depend on the font; and in retrospect I probably should have done so.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">After I did this, I mixed up the characters in a random order in notepad and worked out how many characters I would need per line depending on what characters I permitted to be encoded.<br /><br />The end result look<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">e<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">d</span></span> a little something like thi<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">s.</span> </span></span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I opted for an .ini file for this because I felt it was ea<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">sier <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">for me to work with.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>The <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">logistics:</span></u> </span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The next stage was <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">for me to</span> write a half-assed mIRC alias to generate<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> an</span> encrypted string based on my input<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> for demonstration purposes.</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But before I could do this there were a few fa<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ctors I need<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> to take<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> in<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">to consideration<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> in order to make the output harder (<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">read: not impossible) to </span>crack.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<u><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u><br />
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A character may only be encrypted<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> if it's in the list of pre-defined permitted characters. Any character that is not permitted (w<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ith the e<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">xception o<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">f space) </span></span></span>must either be set<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> as "X." If strict mode is applied, the <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">encryption process is terminated.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Hopefully this should force people to write characters like <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">£ as <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"pounds<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">,</span>" w<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">hich also makes the string longer.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<u><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u><br />
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">All <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Japanese characters must be randomly picked <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">from that specific <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">character's line of <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">characters.<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> If you not<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ice in the above screenshot, line 4<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> are the characters for the char<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">acter</span> "3." So: <span style="color: red;">3</span> => <span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;">コ</span></span> <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">|| </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">3</span> => <span style="color: blue;">田</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">H<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">owever...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<u><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u><br />
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">An<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">y characters that follow themselves in succession can never<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> be the prev<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ious Japanese charac<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ter.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Let's take the sound "Grrr," as an example. <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This has three r's. There<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">fore the second r cannot have the same character as the first <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">r, and the third r cannot have the same character as the second r.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">Grrr</span> => <span style="color: blue;">貌よ一よ</span> would be acceptable<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, but <span style="color: red;">Grrr</span> => <span style="color: blue;">貌よよよ</span> is not.</span></span> However, if there is a space, <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">having the same character as the last character before the space is also acceptable.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So <span style="color: red;">Grrr r</span> => <span style="color: blue;">貌よ一よ よ</span> is valid. </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/W4MGBn6.png" target="_blank">Here's an example</a> <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">[<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">imgur<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">] </span></span></span>of me testing this using two Kanji representing the letter "a."</span></span><br />
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span>
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">With all that <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">done, I coded an alias which can be downloaded from <a href="https://github.com/Jigsy1/IdeoCipher/blob/master/IdeoCipher.mrc" target="_blank">here</a><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. [git<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">hub]</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>Pro<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">s:</span></u> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1. Various strings for the same sentence<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, like so.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2. The sheer amount of Kanji that can be used. The example ini file <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">on <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Github contains around <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3,<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">200 Kanji. From what I've heard there are well over <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">8</span>,000 Kanji<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, which works out at about ><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">85 characters per ascii character.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3. Character and key order can be restructured freely.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cons:</span></u> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1. Requires at least two <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Japanese characters fo<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">r one letter<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> re: the doppelg<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ä</span>nger problem.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2. Would require at least Japanese <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">locale installe<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">d on a computer, or at least good handwriting if someone writes down the c<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">iphertext. (Though why would anyone do <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">that in this day and age?)</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>Final word:</u></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This seemed like an interesting idea, at least from my perspective. I'm no<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">t sure if anyone has ever attempted this before from <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">a harder perspective.</span></span><br /><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Now I just want to see if somebody can crack it.</span></b><br /><br />If you want to have a go, then please try decrypting this mess<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">age I wrote with a comple<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">tely different ini key structure.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You won't get a prize if you do, but you may get a warm fuzzy feeling<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">~</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">09/02/2023: </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Sadly, due to circumstances beyond my control - such as the password for
the VeraCrypt file these were stored in being apparently incorrect -
I've had to completely remake these. I will make a note of the links and
re-add them if possible if by some freak of magic I'm able to get back
into the file.</span></b> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1st: <a href="https://github.com/Jigsy1/IdeoCipher/issues/2">https://github.com/Jigsy1/IdeoCipher/issues/2</a> (EASY MODE - spaces and no padding)<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2nd: <a href="https://github.com/Jigsy1/IdeoCipher/issues/3">https://github.com/Jigsy1/IdeoCipher/issues/3</a> (NORMAL MODE - encoded spaces, no paddding)<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3rd: <a href="https://github.com/Jigsy1/IdeoCipher/issues/4">https://github.com/Jigsy1/IdeoCipher/issues/4</a> (HARD MODE - encoded spaces and padding)</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">16/11/2018:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I was going to <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">modify</span> this blog post slightly to reflect<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> a new name change<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, but, you k<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">now,</span> <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">*effort*.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Last night I found <a href="https://archive.is/NhTlU">a very large list</a> <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">[<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">rikai (archived)<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">] </span></span></span>(<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">>2<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">0,000) of ideograp<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">hs<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">which according to <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">sqrt on IRC included Chin<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ese <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ideographs</span>. As a result<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, t</span>he script is now henceforth referred to as <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">the <b>Ideograph Cipher</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And here's <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">a message with using the same structure as the third implementiation, but <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">using</span> <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">an<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> extended file.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4th: <a href="https://github.com/Jigsy1/IdeoCipher/issues/5">https://github.com/Jigsy1/IdeoCipher/issues/5</a> (LUNATIC MODE) </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">If you manage to succeed, leave a message in the comments<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> or <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">create </span>an "<a href="https://github.com/Jigsy1/IdeoCipher/issues">issue</a><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"</span> [github] at Github, or just comment on those specific Github threads.</span> </span></span></span><br />
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />Good luck! </span></span></div>
Jigsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183513221411850175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784736253200284837.post-953800447885195072016-11-18T19:18:00.000+00:002016-11-18T19:24:31.827+00:00[Micropost]: "Obey the law, even if you don't agree with it," you say?<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So as I take a brief break teaching myself Japanese and my brain melting as a result, I couldn't help but stumble on a news article on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/17/briton-reported-rape-dubai-extramarital-sex-charge" target="_blank">The Guardian</a> about a woman who's being charged for having sex outside of marriage in the United Arab Emirates because she was raped; and having sex outside of marriage (regardless of the circumstances) is a crime there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">And incidently, is the second
time I've read one of these articles - the first being from a few years
back involving a Norwegian woman. [<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/norwegian-woman-fighting-jail-sentence-dubai-reporting-rape-f6C10697366" target="_blank">source</a>]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">But
it got me to thinking about how people who're against civil
disobedience and spout half-baked retorts such as "Obey the law, even if
you don't agree with it." or "People can't just pick and choose what
laws they want to obey!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">Laws fall into two categories:</span></span></div>
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<ol>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malum_prohibitum" target="_blank">Malum Prohibitum</a> - </span><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">it's only illegal because the law says it is - e.g. jaywalking</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malum_in_se" target="_blank">Malum in se</a> </span><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">- illegal because the act is wrong in itself - e.g. assault, murder, rape</span></span></li>
</ol>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1"></span></span><br />
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid424">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">I
quite happily disobey a victimless, Malum Prohibitum law (as I once
before mentioned <a href="http://jigsy1.blogspot.com/2014/10/defending-lolicon.html" target="_blank">here</a>), but quite happily obey the law for things such
as murder<b>*</b> and rape because they're utterly reprehensible acts against
another person.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">People disobeying unjust and/or victimless laws isn't going to cause the downfall of humanity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid196">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">I
don't agree with is what's happening to the woman here; or what
happened to the Norwegian woman - who <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-norway-pardon-idUSBRE96L0F720130722" target="_blank">was thankfully pardoned in the end</a>. The only people who should be dealt with are the people who
commited the heinous act of rape...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">So the question is this:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">If
people should obey the law, even if they don't agree with it, does this
mean that what is happening to this woman is totally justifiable
because after all, she broke the law, right?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1">What're your thoughts?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="author-g-02yfb1jj79tjsaf1"><b>*</b>I do wish to point out that I <u>would</u> kill another person to defend my own life; for example, if they were trying to murder me.</span></span></span></div>
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Jigsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183513221411850175noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784736253200284837.post-52480956203369846112015-07-19T22:57:00.000+01:002016-04-06T00:19:32.288+01:00Two words: Jury nullification<div class="" id="magicdomid2">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">I'm posting this here in the hopes that people will see it, and educate others about it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">More people in the UK, as well as Australia and the U.S need to know about a thing called </span><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification" target="_blank">Jury nullification</a>, a last line of defense against unjust laws.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">If,
for example, you ever get selected for a trial which is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malum_prohibitum" target="_blank">victimless crime</a>; e.g.</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8"> </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">Someone who possesses subjectively "obscene" drawings</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">People who grow Cannabis plants for their own personal use</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">Telling people about Jury nullification [<a href="https://www.rt.com/usa/324359-man-arrested-jury-nullification/" target="_blank">source</a>]</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8"><br />...and all
the evidence clearly indicates that they are guilty of said "crime,"
you can question the law and disagree with it because you feel it is
unjust or wrongly applied, and that the person in question shouldn't be
punished. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">This
is because as a juror, you don't have to give any reasoning for your verdict, and you can't be punished for returning a verdict that is "incorrect." This is
why the entire concept of jury nullification </span><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification#England_.26_Wales" target="_blank">exists to begin with</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">Juries have more power than judges, magistrates and the prosecution would like you to ever know about.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8"><span style="color: red;"><b>WARNING</b></span>:
I'm not entirely sure if Australia and the UK have selection processes
like they do in the U.S.; but for those of you who live in the U.S., if you know about jury
nullification, don't disclose your knowledge about it either during the selection process or to other jurors in the deliberation room, because they will disqualify you and everybody else. (Although this could be argued that it's a punishment in
itself.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">This is because they would like the jury to conform.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">If
you do manage to get selected for jury duty, just remember that the oath they make
you take isn't binding, because as history has managed to
show, </span><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders" target="_blank">orders are orders</a>" is a terrible justification for blindly obeying an authority.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">Stick to your convictions, and don't allow someone to be punished just because a law is unjust.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-cdd65dp31my0yvf8">For any further information, search <a href="https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Jury%20nullification" target="_blank">Google</a> or check out videos on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jury+nullification" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</span></span></div>
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Jigsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183513221411850175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8784736253200284837.post-90971327657542512582014-10-24T04:02:00.003+01:002016-02-03T17:50:45.099+00:00Defending Lolicon<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you've read the <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/uk-convicts-man-over-manga-sex-images-of-children/" target="_blank">news</a> [<a href="http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/anime-fan-convicted-over-illegal-7958896" target="_blank">alternative source</a>] from a few days ago, you'll know that a man was convicted in the UK for possessing loli. Drawings of young (looking) anime characters naked and/or in sexual situations. No indecent photos or recorded footage of children. Just drawings.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />I generally think of myself as a very open-minded person; I like to base things on logic and reason, rather than personal feelings and emotion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And thankfully there have been a lot of comments on various news sites from people, some of whom personally find these drawings disgusting, but defending freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of expression; and therefore the right to draw, view or possess them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I would like to say my bit.<br /><br />I live in the UK. I am a lolicon, I have loli; and a very large majority of it is explicit. So I am in fact <u><b>openly</b></u> admitting that I am breaking the law.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Because it is the obligation of every person to disobey unjust laws.<br /><br />If you disagree with that, then I must stop and ask...<br /></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Should Alan Turing have "magically" turned straight? [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing#Conviction_for_indecency" target="_blank">source</a>]</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Should Rosa Parks have moved when she was told to? [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks#Her_refusal_to_move" target="_blank">source</a>]</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Should the wives and/or mistresses of slave owners forgone secretly educating black slaves? [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_during_the_Slave_Period" target="_blank">source</a>]</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">...because everyone that I've just mentioned broke the law.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have a lot, but not all, of the older generation passing or supporting laws either based on their ignorance or their personal feelings.<br /></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I don't understand it, so it should be illegal." (E.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway_PT#Europe" target="_blank">Segways</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I don't like it, so it should be illegal." (E.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon" target="_blank">Loli</a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It has no purpose, so it should be illegal." (E.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide#United_Kingdom" target="_blank">LSD</a>, according to UK law.) </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As quoted from the news article, Judge Tony Briggs said <b>"This is material that clearly society and the public can well do without. [...]"</b><br /><br />Why should courts, or for that matter, other people, be allowed to decide what I, or others may or may not see? People who believe that an arbiter should be allowed to decide if something such as an image is illegal or not, are irrational and misguided. Would you have a problem with them deciding what kind of positions you're allowed to use during sex, such as the missionary position or spooning? (Example: Anal sex in the UK was illegal until the 90s.)<br /><br />And this is also the reason why nothing in the UK will ever change, because <b>"If society can do without it, it's wrong!"</b><br /><br />It's all well and good saying <b>"If you don't like it, get the law changed!,"</b> but it's pointless if those in charge aren't even willing to listen. Because, at the end of the day, they're still going to ignore us and do what they want regardless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two examples of this are going to war with Iraq and increasing University fees, despite large protests.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Maybe you do find loli disgusting; after all, everyone's entitled to their own opinion. I personally find mushrooms disgusting; but that is an unacceptable reason to "correct" a persons way of thinking, jail them, persecute or prosecute them.<br /><br />Or should people be hating the fact that someone exists with an attraction that they can't choose, or that you can't abolish?<br /><br />And yet, the UK still wants to go even further...<br /><br /><b>"Outlaw possession of written accounts of child abuse says MP [...] For some, the written word is more powerful than the pictures. For some, the written word promotes a graphic image in their mind. [...] Therefore I believe that we crack down on any form of indecent material in the written form so that real children can be safe from abuse. [...]"</b> [<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19574487" target="_blank">source</a>]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This isn't a law which has any kind of impact on the protection of children, it's just people telling us what we can't express or can't think.<br /><br />Am I really expected to believe that writing <b>"'This'll be our little secret.' whispered Daddy."</b> is so heinous, and that it needs to be hidden away from society?<br /><br /><b>Point: "But it'll cause somebody to move onto collecting photos and recorded footage of children, or abusing them themselves!"</b><br /><br />I've never seen any evidence supporting this. I might as well say <b>"Everyone in a relationship will have an affair."</b><span class="author-g-q9ufu3u8du4060if"> or <b>"All men are cheaters."</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-q9ufu3u8du4060if">Two points, though:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="author-g-q9ufu3u8du4060if">First, let's say someone has photos and recorded footage of
children engaged in sexual situations; what evidence is there to say
that it'll cause them to go off and molest children?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The second is, a<span class="author-g-q9ufu3u8du4060if">s I stated earlier, the fact that I live in
the UK, and I <u><b>openly</b></u> admit that I am breaking the law. Loli has been illegal
here since April 2009. This raises an important question, why do I still look at
it? After all, photos and recorded of footage of children engaged in
sexual situations are also illegal. I'd be breaking the law either way,
so how come I haven't "migrated" onto this?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Drawings do not have a victim in order to produce them. They're drawings, created from scratch. The product of somebody's imagination. But does the fact that they're victimless even matter?<br /><br />Here's an example:<br /><br />A person witnesses the rape of a child, goes home and proceeds to draw the rape that was just committed. Should it be illegal to draw that? Should it be illegal to view it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />What if we change the wording slightly?<br /><br />A person witnesses the murder of somebody, goes home and proceeds to draw the murder that was just committed. Should it be illegal to draw that? Should it be illegal to view it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Both of these have a victim. Nobody can consent to being murdered, either. Yet one is illegal to draw, the other isn't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But it's not because a lolicon would hypothetically use abused children that it should be illegal.<br /><br />Equating a drawing as a child, no matter how naked they are or whatever sexual situation they're in, is asinine. It's like charging people for numerous crimes just because they've played Grand Theft Auto.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Granted, child molesters could perhaps use these drawings to groom children for sex; but grooming children for sex is illegal *regardless* of what's used.<br /><br />*unzips and takes out his penis*<br />A: <b>"Hey, put this in your mouth and suck on it like a popsicle, and I'll buy you that new Barbie doll."</b><br />B: <b>"Okay!"</b><br /><br />Should we now expect Barbie dolls to be banned because they could be used for these nefarious purposes?<br /><br /><b>Point: "But, what if my child found these images while doing homework online!"</b><br /><br />Yes, that could happen.<br /><br />But your child could also stumble on two consenting adults having sex while doing their homework online. Isn't it your job as a parent to prevent them from finding such material at a young age, until they reach one where they should be able to determine for themselves if an image is personally "disgusting?"<br /><br />You wouldn't leave a bottle of alcohol out where a child could easily drink it, so why should your parenting and the Internet be any different?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />Another major problem is that a lot of the British public don't seem to understand the distinction between words, or do, but synonymize everything as pedophile instead of using the appropriate terms. (The Media are also to blame for this.)<br /> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lolicon - A person who has an attraction to young anime, manga or visual novel characters, and has drawings of them erotically posing naked or in sexual situations</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pedophile - A person who has an attraction to prepubescents (<10 y/o)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hebephile - A person who has an attraction to pubescents (11-14 y/o)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ephebophile - A person who has an attraction to mid-to-late adolescents (15-19 y/o)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Possesser of Abuse... - A person who actually collects or possesses photos and/or recorded footage of children engaged in sexual situations</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Child molester - A person who actually inappropriately touches or forces themselves upon children </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Robul Hoque is a lolicon, not a pedophile; although there are some people out there who can be both lolicons and pedophiles.<br /><br />And even if he is, it's not a crime to have a sexual attraction to children. If it were, it'd be a crime to be a misanthrope or a sociopath.<br /><br />I personally have no problem with people who have just an attraction to children or those in their early teens and never act on it.<br /><br />The ones who actually molest children or collect photos and/or recorded footage simply for the purpose of their own sexual gratification do deserve to be punished by the law, and not some genocidal (Note: b) lynch mob.<br /><br />But for arguments sake, let's say someone invented the Holodeck from Star Trek - which is a bit of a stretch, but what with the invention of Oculus Rift and other VR technology, we're getting closer towards that - and there are child molesters who use it to have sex with holographic depicitions of children. How many of you would be against that?<br /><br />I'm guessing a good majority of you would be. Fair enough, but how would you want to go about dealing with that kind of situation?<br /></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ban Holodecks?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Holographic rights? (Note: a)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Make it impossible for someone to have sex with a holographic child?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I find the idea of having sex with holographic children creepy; however, wouldn't it be a good thing that child molesters could have an outlet for their urges? (Note: a)<br /><br />But unfortunately, anyone who the questions the laws, or the reasoning behind them gets branded as a child molester, or a supporter of child molestation; and so the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_sex_discrimination_policy_controversy#British_Airways" target="_blank">mass hysteria</a>, paranoid delusion and lynch mobs continue unabated.<br /><br />It's quite sad, really.<br /><br /><br />End notes:<br />----------<br /><br />(a): The hologram exists in a physical sense - we can touch it, it has sentience, but it's limited to the location of the Holodeck. If we take that into consideration, would it be entitled to rights? Would shutting it down be the same as murdering it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />(b):<br /><br />A while back I stumbled on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide#Stages_of_genocide.2C_influences_leading_to_genocide.2C_and_efforts_to_prevent_it" target="_blank">eight stages of genocide</a> on Wikipedia. After a while, I realized that If you change one or two things here and there, and apply them to people who've been accused of being pedophiles, child molesters, etc., you see how fucking frightening it is.<br /><br />Here are two examples:<br /><br /><b>3. | Dehumanization | One group denies the humanity of the other group. Members of it are equated with animals, vermin, insects, or diseases.</b><br /><br />How many of you would equate someone who has nothing more than an attraction to children, and never acts on it, as vermin or a disease?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>7. | Extermination | It is 'extermination' to the killers because they do not believe their victims to be fully human.</b><br /><br />And so, I end on <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10409326/Man-accused-of-being-paedophile-and-murdered-for-photographing-garden-vandals.html" target="_blank">this</a>, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/30/childprotection.society" target="_blank">this</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowtown_murders" target="_blank">this</a>.<br /> </span>Jigsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183513221411850175noreply@blogger.com17