Trying to BAN anime?!
This is just ridiculus, now some old guy is trying to BAN anime.
Here is that letter:
"To: George Bush
Here in America, we live in a climate of moral decay. What is the cause of this? It is called "anime". Anime is a perverse, evil, insiduous form of animation from the dark land of Japan, and is corrupting America's youth at unprecedented rates. Here are a few examples of anime which are circulating on the Internet and may very well be in your home:
1) Ah My Goddess: A sick and disgusting show which causes children under the age of 18 to think they are capable of love. The main female character is clearly under 18, and is forced into a romantic relationship by an older man who "wishes" for her to be his girlfriend forever. He even KISSES her, and she appears NAKED. That poor girl must be so confused.
2) Love Hina: I'm not even going to mention the unspeakable, disgusting, pedophilic, pornograhpic events which transpire during this show, but suffice it to say, groups of young men on Love Hina-fueled rampages are raping children at a level unheard of since the 60s.
If you are a parent or a decent human being, I urge you to sign this petition to ban all forms of anime in the United States. Anyone who is found in possesion of anime should be arrested and jailed for an exhorbant period of time. Anime is a dark scourge upon our beautiful nation, and we don't need this Japanese filth corrupting the hearts of the children.
As a resonsible Christian, I demand to see this garbage removed from our nation. Please sign this petition and send it to George Bush, your Congressman, and the makers/distributors of anime filth and depravity."
Please read:
My opinions: I know that this petition is going no where, I'm surprised someone was actually dim-witted enough to even try.
In order for it to get passed, 3 quarters of the U.S. will have to sign, it'll have to get through the House of Representatives and Congress, then if it gets through them both the President has the choice to veto or approve the bill. I highly doubt it would even get through the House of Representatives which is the first branch it has to go through unless it goes to the Supreme Court first. Over a quarter of Americans love anime/manga and over half doesn't even know what it even is.
Love Hina and Ah my goddess are very popular anime/manga, I'm a fan of them myself. Anime like this is clearly for older readers/viewers and kids nowadays aren't dumb and wouldn't imitate anything seen or read in the anime/manga.
It seems more along the lines of a racial issue to me, talking about 'Japanese filth'. It talks about 'filth' on the internet and TV, but there's far worse and kids are more likely to imitate something real life than something that was drawn out. American cartoons are the ones that kids are more likely to respond too, since no matter what you do to them they still live even though they've been shot or something along those lines. Characters in anime aren't invincible. There's also alot worse things on the internet and illegal activity going on, he should've wrote a petition dealing with this instead.
You can't find these anime on TV unless you have the Anime Network. What gets me is there complaining about these certain anime, well its not somthing your kids are most likely to see anyways unless they buy it. And if there 18 and older, they can't buy it unless a parent buys it for them. So if parents don't want them to watch it they need to buy a parental lock or stop buying it.
Like my friend Illusion-Alchemist on DeviantART said: NOT ONLY KIDS WATCH ANIME ASS HOLES!
And no I don't know who wrote the petition, I found the letter on Batosia-Koneko's journal on DA.
Here is that letter:
"To: George Bush
Here in America, we live in a climate of moral decay. What is the cause of this? It is called "anime". Anime is a perverse, evil, insiduous form of animation from the dark land of Japan, and is corrupting America's youth at unprecedented rates. Here are a few examples of anime which are circulating on the Internet and may very well be in your home:
1) Ah My Goddess: A sick and disgusting show which causes children under the age of 18 to think they are capable of love. The main female character is clearly under 18, and is forced into a romantic relationship by an older man who "wishes" for her to be his girlfriend forever. He even KISSES her, and she appears NAKED. That poor girl must be so confused.
2) Love Hina: I'm not even going to mention the unspeakable, disgusting, pedophilic, pornograhpic events which transpire during this show, but suffice it to say, groups of young men on Love Hina-fueled rampages are raping children at a level unheard of since the 60s.
If you are a parent or a decent human being, I urge you to sign this petition to ban all forms of anime in the United States. Anyone who is found in possesion of anime should be arrested and jailed for an exhorbant period of time. Anime is a dark scourge upon our beautiful nation, and we don't need this Japanese filth corrupting the hearts of the children.
As a resonsible Christian, I demand to see this garbage removed from our nation. Please sign this petition and send it to George Bush, your Congressman, and the makers/distributors of anime filth and depravity."
Please read:
My opinions: I know that this petition is going no where, I'm surprised someone was actually dim-witted enough to even try.
In order for it to get passed, 3 quarters of the U.S. will have to sign, it'll have to get through the House of Representatives and Congress, then if it gets through them both the President has the choice to veto or approve the bill. I highly doubt it would even get through the House of Representatives which is the first branch it has to go through unless it goes to the Supreme Court first. Over a quarter of Americans love anime/manga and over half doesn't even know what it even is.
Love Hina and Ah my goddess are very popular anime/manga, I'm a fan of them myself. Anime like this is clearly for older readers/viewers and kids nowadays aren't dumb and wouldn't imitate anything seen or read in the anime/manga.
It seems more along the lines of a racial issue to me, talking about 'Japanese filth'. It talks about 'filth' on the internet and TV, but there's far worse and kids are more likely to imitate something real life than something that was drawn out. American cartoons are the ones that kids are more likely to respond too, since no matter what you do to them they still live even though they've been shot or something along those lines. Characters in anime aren't invincible. There's also alot worse things on the internet and illegal activity going on, he should've wrote a petition dealing with this instead.
You can't find these anime on TV unless you have the Anime Network. What gets me is there complaining about these certain anime, well its not somthing your kids are most likely to see anyways unless they buy it. And if there 18 and older, they can't buy it unless a parent buys it for them. So if parents don't want them to watch it they need to buy a parental lock or stop buying it.
Like my friend Illusion-Alchemist on DeviantART said: NOT ONLY KIDS WATCH ANIME ASS HOLES!
And no I don't know who wrote the petition, I found the letter on Batosia-Koneko's journal on DA.