Moe wank
Recently, manga artist Mimei Sakamoto was quoted in an article in which she basically ripped the hell out of Japan's otaku subculture moe, which is apparently a fetish/love/attraction to certain things in anime, most commonly young, innocent girls. (Eh, just read the wiki and don't yell at me if I don't have this exactly right. I'm familiar with the term but not an expert.)

Over at Anime News Network's forums, people flip out. Responses to the article range from "I have a new hero" to "he intolerance from this lady is quite sad and it's magnified by her elitism and draconian definitions." There are some voices of reason in the mix, but there's also plenty of spooge.

The whole thread is fun, but here are some highlights:

Drawing cute 8-year-old girls is one thing. Drawing cute 8-year-old girls showing their panties is quite another. Any guy who gets a hard-on from that needs to have an M-80 duct-taped to their junk.

I don't know what's more stupid, the writer of the article who claims to be an otaku (when in truth she's just a sad hikikomori who doesn't understand the concept of moe) or the people on this thread who actually agree with her. Why do people comment on things they're completely ignorant of? (oh wait, most people on the internet are stupid)

Suffice it to say that if you think all "normal" anime fans should be watching Eureka Seven, you're more than likely just a bigot who needs to back off and let other people have their own opinions.

If by "pedophile" you mean that I like child pornography, then no. If by "pedophile" you mean I like loli (animated child pornography), then yes, there is some that I like.

If by "nazi" you mean I support a holocaust then no. If by "nazi" you mean that I support an animated holocaust, then yes, I do. Hmmm, I guess that works better when thinking about banging kids. Carry on.

Now this is why I hate when American fans, and especially companies, use the term Otaku. They have no clue what the term natively means or its history. I'm sick of fans who glomp onto these words and don't really know their meaning.

My favorite part is Navak's comment in page 3, in response to the inevitable "can't we get along" plea: With 314 icepicks and 313 people, we sure can get along.