In response to CNN’s [URL=http://gamepolitics.com/2010/03/31/rapelay-resurfaces-cnn]RapeLay[/URL] [URL=http://gamepolitics.com/2010/04/01/dr-olson-brings-some-reasoning-rapelay-hysteria]coverage[/URL], a Japanese artist has [URL=http://www.tsurupeta.info/content/open-letter-to-cnn-by-nogami-takeshi]penned an open letter[/URL] to the network decrying its reporting of the matter.

Nogami Takeshi wrote that his career began drawing hentai manga (sexually explicit anime), though most of his current work was described as non-hentai manga. As such, Nogami calls himself “well qualified to object to the views you present.”

After noting that, “... we Japanese enjoy one of the most safe and peaceful societies on Earth,” Nogami admits that Japanese society does have its problems, but that, “I frankly do not think that [I]you[/I] are the ones to tell us [about the problems]."

He continued:

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