Vending Machines in Japan Offer Used Panties

[Submission]

Used underwear that has supposedly been previously worn by schoolgirls is being offered for sale in vending machines in Japan. Though we don't know the current price for such items, in 1993 they sold for the equivalent of US $50 apiece.

Japan is home to a thriving bura-sera industry — Hello sailorof which traffic in the soiled panties of schoolgirls represents only one part — with "bura-sera" or "buru-sera" the term for a specific male fascination relating to that country's schoolgirls. "Buru" is anglicized Japanese (Japlish) for "bloomers" and "sera" for "sailor"; the term refers to the sailor suit, the predominant style of girls' junior and high school uniforms. Dozens, if not hundreds, of magazines are exclusively devoted to bura-sera photographs, pictures that feature girls clad in school garb, holding up their skirts to display their panties. Usually in such photos the girls' faces are hidden, but that is not always the case.

In a sexual culture so dominated by roricon (Japlish for "Lolita complex"), buru-sera fetishism finds its footing. Those whose way of life has taught them to lust for young girls find outlet for their interest through viewing suggestive photos of teen girls and handling items previously worn by them.



http://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp

[Snee]

It's lucky you aren't obsessed, like.

Oh, and:

Almost immediately, an outcry was raised against them, but there was a problem in getting them removed: Whereas sellers required licences to distribute other types of goods, no such requirement was on the books for soiled underwear, because no one had foreseen the possibility of trade in such an item. These machines existed outside the law in the sense that no specific statute existed that could be invoked to combat them.

The solution was as creative as it is odd-sounding the machines were countered by invoking the Antique Dealings Law, a statute which stipulates that an antique dealer or a dealer in second-hand items must obtain permission from local authorities. Lacking those permissions, the items could not be vended.

In September 1993, three businessmen were charged with selling used panties without a permit under the provenance of this law. This supposedly ended the presence of such salespoints in that country, but like we said at the top of this piece, countless readers have since written to tell us that the machines can still be found.

Doesn't make it seem as if those things are that popular amongst the general population, like. Or common. Or legal.

And furthermore:

[Mr JP Fugley]

Not another one-trick pony thread.

[Mr. Mulder]

/would

[Biggles]

Submission stakes his claim for most boring poster on the planet.

In this he may yet achieve epic win

Man U done well but.

[Mr JP Fugley]

The pretend Christian is more boring in my view. At least this bloke puts a bit of cut / paste effort into his trolling.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Oh and it was an ace result, Manutd v Barca methinks.

[Snee]

"boringer" should be a word.

[Mr JP Fugley]

Bet you rise to the bait again

Bet you do, go on say you won't. You'll be wrong.

[Snee]

Blah.

I just figured that maybe, if I got the second post in, putting him down, like, we might eliminate some of the wee arab chappies who bumped the other threads 'cos they can't keep their attention on what's said in a thread beyond the 1-2 first posts.