I DON’T CARE THAT “IT’S CALLED HENTAI, AND IT’S ART.”; ART IS DEFINED AS "THE EXPRESSION
OF HUMAN CREATIVE SKILL AND IMAGINATION." BUT ART, JUST
LIKE OTHER ABSTRACT MEDIUM OF EXPRESSION SUCH AS LITERATURE OR
MOTION PICTURES, IS AMORAL. SOMEONE CAN MAKE A PAINTING THAT
EXPRESSES THEIR UNDYING HATE FOR HUMANITY. SOMEONE CAN MAKE
A DRAWING DEPICTING ANCIENT TORTURE PRACTICES. SOMEONE CAN
MAKE A SKETCH ADVOCATING FOR MASS MURDER. AND JUST LIKE WE KNOW,
SOMEONE CAN MAKE A COMIC THAT SHOWS DISGUSTING SEXUAL
PRACTICES THAT NO PERSON SHOULD EVER CONSIDER. ART CAN EXPRESS
OBSCENITY, ART CAN EXPRESS DEGENERACY, ART CAN EXPRESS EVIL, JUST
AS CAPABLY AS IT CAN EXPRESS BEAUTY AND VIRTUE. SO THOSE
WHO DEFEND HENTAI BY SAYING IT IS ART, ARE ULTIMATELY SAYING
NOTHING WE DON'T ALREADY KNOW. WHILE IT IS A PRODUCT
OF HUMAN SKILL AND IMAGINATION, THAT BY ITSELF DOES NOT GIVE IT ANY MORE
VALUE THAT EVERY OTHER ARTISTIC PIECE, AND IT SHOULD BE
JUDGED BY WHAT IS BEING EXPRESSED.
