http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&threadm=969tco%24an4%241%40bob.news.rcn.net&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dpedophile%2Banime%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch%26meta%3Dsite%253Dgroups > I had heard many non-anime fans say really untrue and outragous things
> about anime fans, but said against me is another. When I was holding
> the Cardcaptor Sakura DVD in the Suncoast Video anime section
> yesterday, a woman said this to her friends:
>
> "I could not believe grown-up men watch that stuff [CCS]? Are they
> really pedophiles?"
>
> One of the woman's friends said, "Yeah, they're pedophiles all right.
> They can use those DVDs to lure innocent girls and rape them."
>
> Because of what those women said, I am labelled a "pedophile" for
> watching CCS. I felt very insulted and angry of what they said, but
> dared not try to speak to them. Earlier, I heard another group of women
> say that anime is for "sick porno perverts who like to see girls
> getting raped."
>
> What horrible things had you heard people say about anime, its fandom,
> and even you--the anime fan?