# Want Eyes like Sailor Moon? Look no further!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 20, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-eyes-like-sailor-moon-look-no-further/507081 "2009-08-20T15:25:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-eyes-like-sailor-moon-look-no-further/507081/43 "2009-08-21T12:16:12Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> It creeps me out too, and the more I see of it, the more I become convinced that the entire genre and culture of anime are rooted in frozen adolescence at best, and at worst appeal to latent (if not manifest) pedophilia.

> [@BigT](#):
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> You’re a Charter Member. Surely you know that there are going to be people on the board who like anime, and that calling them pedophiles would be seen as a personal insult.

Actually, it’s not. According to the [rule on insults](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697044#post7697044),

> [@FAQ - Rules for Posting at the Straight Dope Message Boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faq-rules-for-posting-at-the-straight-dope-message-boards/369395/10):
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> Generally, you may not directly insult other posters. The strictness of this rule varies a bit by forum, but the basic rule is that you should attack what the other person says, not the other person.  
> …  
> And please note the difference between an insult directed against a person and an insult against a large group.  
> ACCEPTABLE: “Anyone who likes the music of Enema is soulless and lacks taste in music.”  
> NOT ACCEPTABLE: “You like Enema’s music? Then you’re soulless and have no taste in music.”

By my reading, **Vinyl Turnip** ’s post, though incendiary, is on the “acceptable” side of that line.

Let’s keep the discussion friendly here – if y’all want to discuss whether or not anime fans are sickos, take it to the Pit.

twickster, MPSIMS moderator

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