:: Captain's Personal Blog ::

Stardate: Tuesday, February 11, 2003

I would like to thank Brian (co-founder of our blog Jossolalia) for bringing this article to my attention.

The First Amendment, Texas-style: Comic books remain dangerous into the 21st century

I think that Brian's reaction describes it best:

I hesitate to forward this anywhere, because I fear it could perpetutate the *inaccurate* stereotype of Japanese comics and animation as nothing but pornography (a stereotype I have experienced first-hand on more than one occasion). Still, the situation this article describes is a shocking injustice, and I feel obliged to spread word of it as widely as I can. (I'm also making a donation to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The kind of persecution described in the article has no place in the 21st century.)

Brian Z.
MangaManiacs.org EiC
http://www.mangamaniacs.org

I have decided to follow Brian's example and will be placing a donation immediately to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. I urge anyone who is reading this to do the same. This was not only a slap in the face of the comic book industry, but a blatant attack on the First Amendment rights of all citizens of the United States.
:: J 10:50 AM [+] ::
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