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Laws can persevere in the face of technology which pretty much rendered them obsolete. But they remain artefacts of a different time. Let me present you Japan requiring vanilla porn which depicts pubic hair on and around reproductive areas of people to be fuzzed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_Japan#Censorshi...

They seem to date from back in the Meiji restoration period. But this is Japan which is also known for the Soaplands, so go figure.



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