Should Pedo Bear *really* be banned? No, this is not a joke

[starved4pizza]

Sheriff's department warns parents of Pedo Bear image

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department is warning parents about a disturbing new phenomenon made popular by pedophiles and sexual deviants.

The Pedo Bear began as an online Japanese cartoon character, and is known for his "lecherous nature" towards prepubescent children.

Recently, pedophiles have adopted the bear as a mascot.

Although there have been no reported sightings of the image on the Central Coast, individuals dressed in the bear costume and car decals have been seen in Southern California.

Local law enforcement cautions parents to be aware of the image, particularly at public events. For concerns about the image, contact the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement division of the sheriff's department at 805-781-4550.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39088022


I honestly think they're overreacting. :/

[fakepeeps7]

Don't ban him. Just teach children to run screaming in the opposite direction when they see him.

[anothereyjana]

...Huh? I always just thought Pedo Bear was just a kind of internet in-joke. Are they sure that it's being used by actual pedos? I'd hate to have some guy end up going to jail because they had a joke bumpersticker on their car.

Also, aren't they picking up on this really late in the game? I mean, Pedo Bear has actually been around for at least three or four years by now.

[starved4pizza]

...Huh? I always just thought Pedo Bear was just a kind of internet in-joke. Are they sure that it's being used by actual pedos? I'd hate to have some guy end up going to jail because they had a joke bumpersticker on their car.

He is just an in-joke, though. America's just being over sensitive about nothing, again :faceslap:

[Mistermook]

We need to ban Rule 34. I can't unsee it.

[anothereyjana]

Damn, we'd better not let these people know about furries, otherwise we'll loose all of our theme park mascots and animal-themed Halloween costumes! :!!:

[Mistermook]

"Is your pet secretly wanting to have group sex with you? We'll ask Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa! News at 11."

[Mortimer 2]

Pedo bear must be banned,we cannot teach all kids in the world to run faster than the Sprinter Pedo. (we need more Skateboards)
when we really talking about this Pedo
http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/11/17/128714262109973933.jpg
Seriously,get ride the Pedo to safe the world from the animal invasion.

[kiwi_tea]

Simple solution to this one:

"When in danger
Or in doubt
Run in circles
Scream and shout."

[paksetti]

What idiots. Is this going to be like the "I love boobs" bracelets?

[Ive]

Haha, like the rubber bands you could have around your arm and parents were worried because the colours mean sexual stuff.
I'm sure your 6 year old wants to buy them to hint to sleep with some pedo, you know. How else would she expressed that "she's out there"

God. World is going backwards, everything is being banned and looked down upon. Hurrah.

[Nekowolf]

No! Without the Pedo Bear, the US will be ravaged by!...

The Domos!

[paksetti]

Haha, like the rubber bands you could have around your arm and parents were worried because the colours mean sexual stuff. Kinda like that. They're rubber bands raising breast cancer awareness, and they say "I heart boobs". Parents wanted them banned from schools because they felt the bracelets were a distraction. You know what's more distracting? Stopping class to tell Billy to take off his bracelet and sending him to the principal.

[Ive]

Kinda like that. They're rubber bands raising breast cancer awareness, and they say "I heart boobs". Parents wanted them banned from schools because they felt the bracelets were a distraction. You know what's more distracting? Stopping class to tell Billy to take off his bracelet and sending him to the principal.

Them as well.

I was thinking more of the thin ones that you "snap" a certain colour if you want to kiss that person. Stuff that 11+ did and certainly older than that for sexual stuff.

Sort of like these: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/files/Rubber-band-mania-120710.jpg

Anyway, even if the bands did mean that to some school kids, if the kids went on with sexual stuff because of them then the problem is the child not the friggin bands themselves.

Funny that this came up. I actually saw a policeman with a livestrong band on the other day and thought it was nice even if the "hype" has gone away.

[fakepeeps7]

I found that whole bracelet thing rather amusing. We had similar bracelets when I was a kid back in the 1980s... but they were just bracelets, things to collect and wear and trade.

Leave it to today's youth to make something sexual out of it.

[Black_Barook!]

What? No get off my lawn comment?

[MaydayParade]

I found that whole bracelet thing rather amusing. We had similar bracelets when I was a kid back in the 1980s... but they were just bracelets, things to collect and wear and trade.

Leave it to today's youth to make something sexual out of it.

In my town they were the trend. Everyone wore them, then the teachers started confiscating them and if you wanted them back you had to tell you parents what they were for. Different colours meant different sexual favours. Like if you snapped a blue one it would be a hug or if you snapped a black one it meant sexual intercourse, no-one ever took these seriously, apart from the odd slag. But the point is I would walk into town and see 8 year olds wearing them, does any 8 year old know that that snapping a yellow one is a blowjob (or even what a blowjob is) and if they do, they have bad parents/siblings/friends.

They were known as shag bands

Yes I am British.

[pinketamine]

In my town they were the trend. Everyone wore them, then the teachers started confiscating them and if you wanted them back you had to tell you parents what they were for. Different colours meant different sexual favours. Like if you snapped a blue one it would be a hug or if you snapped a black one it meant sexual intercourse, no-one ever took these seriously, apart from the odd slag. But the point is I would walk into town and see 8 year olds wearing them, does any 8 year old know that that snapping a yellow one is a blowjob (or even what a blowjob is) and if they do, they have bad parents/siblings/friends.

They were known as shag bands

Yes I am British.

I used to wear some when I was younger, of my favourite colors. And they did not mean anything for me nor any of my classmates.

[appelsapgodin]

No, don't do away with Pedobear. How else can we identify Pedosexuals?

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[fragglerocks]

Even if pedo bear was a "mascot" for pedophiles, it's still incredibly silly. So, what, now the pedophiles can all rally together and say "Hey, look at us! We're not so bad. Look! We have a furry teddybear as our mascot now."? ...Seriously? I personally never found pedo bear to be all that amusing anyways.

I also wanted to throw in to the other part of the conversation, that when I wore different colored bands, they were just that...pretty bracelets. And I even went to catholic school. So I'm sure I would have heard about it. Am I just too old? :p ;) :D

[fakepeeps7]

Am I just too old?

Probably. :giggler: But I'm right there with you.

[Marcos_Edson]

Seeing this on tv news is funny... :lol:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2010-09-13/s-california-tv-news-reports-on-pedobear-warning

[fakepeeps7]

This whole kerfuffle reminds me of what was going on in my teen years, when some of the local religious zealots were trying to convince parents that if their kids wore anything with a peace symbol on it, they were worshipping the devil. I think there was a whole list of "bad" symbols that you had to watch out for.

Back then, the boogeyman was the devil-worshipper. Today it's the pedophile. (Although, pedophiles are a lot more dangerous than teenagers who wear hippie t-shirts. But the hysteria seems similar.)

[paksetti]

People just overreact when they don't understand something.

When I was 15, I stole half a pack of cigarettes from my parents and smoked them throughout a month or so. I didn't do it because I wanted to be cool, I did it because I was tired of people lying to me about cigarettes- I knew they were dangerous, but I kept hearing very different things from teachers, parents, commercials, internet et.c. I didn't care for them, so I stopped. But EVERYONE who knew about it (most accidentally, because choir girls somehow don't get that it's not okay to go through someone else's bag) threw a gigantic shitfit, started crying, offering to buy me the patch, and threatening to tell the teacher so I could be expelled and sent to rehab (no joke). This is after maybe two days of smoking. Of course I was dumb (what can you expect from a 15 year old?), but at least I wasn't painfully dumb and hysterical.

Oh, I've got many stories like this. If you had spent two minutes at my old high school, you'd know exactly why they lowered the standards for the TAKS.

[Nekowolf]

You know what this really reminds me of?

D&D is evil. Rock and roll is the Devil's music. Your kids are throwing rainbow parties. Batman and Robin are gay. Grand Theft Auto turns you into murderers.

All for the children!

[Ive]

Dexter turns you into a murderer now too.

[starved4pizza]

There should really be an IQ test implemented, before people can become parents. God, no wonder most teens are overly rebellious, it's their damn helicopter parents.

[Mistermook]

All for the children!
Pedobear wants you to know he's having candy and pop with his awesome D&D game tonight, and afterward he'll turn on his hi-fi and let everyone dance to some Twisted Sister like all the cool kids like these days.

[jooxis]

I never got the impression that pedobear was being used by actual pedophiles... I mean it does kind of mock them. I find pedobear comics/photoshops hilarious and the expression on his face is priceless.

So yeah, I think people are overreacting.

[Safyre420]

lol so from a link that was posted...

According to the news report, the Sheriff's Department believes that pedophiles are using the image as a mascot and advises that if a viewer sees the image, to use caution with whoever may be associated with it.

I would just like to agree with that because those that are using the image are likely from 4chan.

[starved4pizza]

4Chan was the website that turned Pedobear into the unofficial pedophile "mascot", strictly for lulz only. I think he actually started out as a mascot AGAINST pedophillia in Japan, but I could be wrong.

[Marcos_Edson]

From the link I posted...

The cartoon version of Pedobear is derived from ASCII (text character) art popular on Japan's popular 2channel message board. That art, known as "Kumaa," was appropriated by the Fukuoka City Consumer Life Center in Japan last month, to be used as a mascot for consumer tips on avoiding falling into debt and other financial problems.

[fakepeeps7]

Good luck reclaiming the art from the Internet...

[Mistermook]

Pedobear isn't mocking pedophiles. It's a meme mocking the crazy fear and imaginative assumptions that people make in the pursuit of taking down pedophiles. So pedobear drives around town in his van spray painted with "free candy" down the side hanging out at elementary school yards, not because anyone really thinks a pedophile would do that but because pedobear is this over-the-top exaggeration of the "think of the children!!!" folks mocking THEM.

[Doc Doofus]

Does anybody know where to get that fantastic Sims 3 youtube that somebody made about the time of Sims 3 release that showed PedoBear (in Sims 3) being caught by Chris Hansen and arrested? It was possibly the best Sims 3 youtube ever made, and I can't find it anymore!

[BL00DIEDHELL]

This whole kerfuffle reminds me of what was going on in my teen years, when some of the local religious zealots were trying to convince parents that if their kids wore anything with a peace symbol on it, they were worshipping the devil. I think there was a whole list of "bad" symbols that you had to watch out for.

While the whole 'OMFG BAN PEDOBEAR' thing is ridiculous, this seems even more retarded to me. I mean, seriously?! 'OH NOES, THE PEACE SYMBOL! OUR DAUGHTER IS WEARING IT - SHE'S GOING TO BECOME A SATAN LOVING MURDERER - TO THE CHRISTMOBILE!'

How does that even make sense?! D:!

[appelsapgodin]

It's the same with people who think an upside-down cross is a symbol of the devil. I mean I never had much with religion, but I've enjoyed myself a lot telling the 'death metal dude' that came into my shop thinking he was uber-satanist that I thought he had a very cool St. Peter's cross tattooed on his upper arm and that it was quite a message to tell the world that you thought you weren't worthy enough of Jesus.

You also always have the folks that go yelling 'Nazi' when seeing century old art from India. Yes, that is indeed a swastika, a sanskrit one from about the 5th century BCE....

Some people are just so amazingly stupid. Or let me rephrase that, unable to see things in a wide historic perspective... *sigh*

[SuicidiaParasidia]

banning the pedo bear icon would do to pedophilia/potential pedophiles as banning the marlboro man does to smokers/potential smokers.





abso-lutely nothing.

[paksetti]

banning the pedo bear icon would do to pedophilia/potential pedophiles as banning the marlboro man does to smokers/potential smokers.





abso-lutely nothing.

Yeah, but the Marlboro man is a mascot for smoking, Pedobear is a mascot for people who dislike helicopter parents.


Or you know, people who like to make fun of pedophilia. It's used for that too.

[Mistermook]

It's like warning parents about anti-drug program mascots, because those evil people are talking about drugs.

[Mortimer 2]

banning the pedo bear icon would do to pedophilia/potential pedophiles as banning the marlboro man does to smokers/potential smokers.
abso-lutely nothing.

Absolutely & also Athletes. :rofl:
Remind me with This (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7187027/Polish-newspaper-claims-Pedobear-is-2010-Vancouver-Olympic-mascot.html) old news. :gjob:

[Vanito]

Why does this type of idiotery always come from the USA?

[Nekowolf]

OH HERE WE GO AGAIN! How many times does that make it?

[fakepeeps7]

The UK is pretty bad, too, Vanito. Some of the stuff the councils and schools do in the name of "child safety" is pretty ridiculous. Banning paddling pools, banning parents from attending school functions, banning parents from sporting events...

The USA does not have a monopoly on ridiculous overprotectiveness.

[el_flel]

^ Banning parents from taking photographs of their kids in certain public places. It is just a wee bit OTT.

There was an article on BBC news about how some people want to ban teachers from asking kids to raise their hands because it's detrimental to the kids who don't. I can't remember if it was about protectings kids who are too shy to raise their hand in class, or if it was something else, and I always take what I read in the news with a pinch of salt (a whole bucketload if it's the Daily Mail) but the whole notion is pretty preposterous.

[Zuke]

just another day in good ol' JESUSLAND America....

I think that this is not so much about Helicopter parents,this is just a case of Critical Research Failure (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CriticalResearchFailure)
seriously, cause using google is too hard to do...

[Mortimer 2]

just another day in good ol' JESUSLAND America....

I think that this is not so much about Helicopter parents,this is just a case of Critical Research Failure (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CriticalResearchFailure)
seriously, cause using google is too hard to do...

Hmm,what are you talking about? :|

[starved4pizza]

just another day in good ol' JESUSLAND America....


'Cause Mexico is so much better, amirite?

[Zuke]

mmm, just sometimes, at least we don't have as much as helicopter parents as you guys do, and usually, people tend to mind their own business....

here, this kind of things tend to stay as rumors.... :|

but anyways, my point still stands, 5 minutes on Google would have avoided all this mess...

[~Rawr~]

I just find it ridiculous that people are getting so bent out of shape about something thats on 4chan. I mean, its like, so what, hes a bear with a funny smile that is apparently interested in children, removing it wont do anything, the pedophiles will still be molesting children and whatnot, its just basically something a pedophile can identify with in order to make it so that hes not a total pervert.

[pinketamine]

What? I did not understand anything.
Anyway, pedophiles are in fact total perverts; and they should ask for psychological help, better than identifying themselves with a stupid internet bear to feel "less pervert".

[potatoehead]

Somehow, I don't think pedos actually identify themselves with the pedobear.

[pinketamine]

I don't think that either, it was what I understood that the previous person was saying.

[Sparklycookie]

The UK is pretty bad, too, Vanito. Some of the stuff the councils and schools do in the name of "child safety" is pretty ridiculous. Banning paddling pools, banning parents from attending school functions, banning parents from sporting events...

The USA does not have a monopoly on ridiculous overprotectiveness.

Pretty bad is a understatement. The government would ban breathing if they found evidence that it would be harmful >> I love the UK, but seriously.

[PeterFoster111]

Pedobear is a very common internet phenomenon. People who like it will most likely rage so much they may even start a protest :|

[PANDAQUEEN]

Go ahead, let's see if they'll ban it.

BTW, I still believe he was a debt-relief mascot named Kumaa.

But whatever, I still think people overreact over the manji symbol from Japan (which looks a wee bit too close to the Nazi swastika)

Irreparable damage has been done to both. My history teacher in high school says "The reason those rules are in place today are because someone ruined it for the rest of us." or something like that.

[perihelion]

Don't ban him. Just teach children to run screaming in the opposite direction when they see him.


Or shoot him. Hey, American kids can have guns, it makes perfect sense.

[Rawra]

Anything pedophile should be shot/burnt/strangulated to death! I have a friend who got raped when she was only 12. She isn't too mentally healthy anymore. That's why I hated, hate and will hate pedos all my life!

[paksetti]

If you knew what you were talking about, I'd agree that pedophilia is wrong (not that pedophiles should be "shot/burnt/strangulated to death") However, Pedobear is not a mascot for pedophiles, in fact, people that molest children probably don't even know what Pedobear is. It's just an internet meme, people put pedobear in pictures of a father with his son on his knee, or a picture of Justin Bieber- it's just a joke, there are no children actually being molested.

Next time, please try to tone it down a bit.

[apv301]

Pedobear wasn't japanese =O! He was from the Powerpuff Girls o.o!

Still why ban him >.>? Why not ban California from being able to talk >.>? The weirdest shit starts over there...
Why not ban Spongebob why we're they're at it...