The register also has an article on this; http://www.theregister.co...02/03/thick_kids_racist/
Personally I would want to look over their paper and check their methodology, and have it confirmed by an independent study before I accept their results at face value. They must have known this would set of a shitstorm and so I'm reasonably confident they doted their i's and crossed their t's.
However I haven't bothered to find a DOI link for it, because in the sum of it I don't really care, but I would not jump to the automatic conclusion that the researchers are baised (though they likely are).
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Personally I would want to look over their paper and check their methodology, and have it confirmed by an independent study before I accept their results at face value. They must have known this would set of a shitstorm and so I'm reasonably confident they doted their i's and crossed their t's.
However I haven't bothered to find a DOI link for it, because in the sum of it I don't really care, but I would not jump to the automatic conclusion that the researchers are baised (though they likely are).
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."