John W. wrote:
> On the prison note, in the US convicts there for anything to do with
> children (physical abuse, rape, molestation, etc.) are generally
> treated unfavorably. I wonder if that's the same in Japanese (or
> other) prisons?

Had this conversation with a group of Japanese once. They couldn't
understand how a child molester could be looked down on as worse than a
murderer. I guess in a Japanese prison they would spend most of their time
swapping photos of scantily clad morning musume with the prison guards.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom