Yeah, my natural instinct here is to laugh at him, but Jesus, that's horrific. Poor guy.

There's been some studies that conclude that after the proliferation of internet porn, instances of rape, in places where access to porn is easy, has gone down (although don't ask me to post them here, this is all from Dan Savage). So there is a real case for giving pedos simulated/drawn child smut because it might give them an outlet for their desires without hurting an innocent human child.

Yeah, all the scientific evidence suggests that lolicon is actually GOOD for society, at least in the sense that it makes child rape less likely.

I'm not familiar with Canada, but based on this story, I think I'd rather go to Toronto than Ottawa.

Is this standard procedure? Will they really spend four hours searching your laptop, or is this the sort of thing they only do if you don't civil-liberties up and refuse to hand over your password? Heaven help me if the Canadians find my Pony fanart folder.

I've been to 13 countries on four continents, and nothing like this has ever happened to me. The worst conversation I ever had was with a customs official in England, who asked why I was visiting.

"Vacation."
"How did you get the money?"
"Inheritance. My father passed away."
"How did he die?"
"AIDS."
"How did he gets AIDS?"
"He was a homosexual."
"How did that lead to AIDS?"
"Do you really want to hear this?"
"No."

If I ever write a movie, I'll try and work that conversation in somehow.