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Dec 23, 2008 15:55

“This guy just killed Akihabara the way Charles Manson killed the Sixties. And we’re all under arrest now…” I wrote on my blog earlier this year. I still don’t know what I meant by that.

-- Patrick Macias, in a Neojaponisme article

Just like "American Pie". Like the day the music died.

In the same way, JFK's demise on the streets of Dallas marked the end of a vibrant era for Americans, that 9/11 forever erased America's seemingly invulnerable facade, and the killer -- stereotyped in the same grain as Tsutomo Miyazaki by the media -- automatically pockmarks other otaku as potential suspects. Even the mere possession of lolicon materials may incur a 20-year prison sentence in one US state.

http://www.whrc-wi.org/americanpie.htm

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