Somebody tell me this is a joke. Please.

[IVstudios]

btw, i like ol George, he may not be the smartest president we've ever had, but he's got ballz.

down with Saddam!

[Warren]

It has to be a joke, from the way it's written. Good one, though. It seems to get people all enraged pretty easily.

[Weatherlight]

Bwahaha, thats a good one The Undersigned!
If anything they should stop censoring anime so much so that fans can actually ENJOY it more.

[[AlmightyPyro]]

Ok I'm not gonna start on my own political beliefs, but all in all who ever wrote that has never REALLY seen much anime. just because some rapists watched a certain anime show doesn't mean that EVERY one who watches it is a rapist. (That profilin', and profilin' wrong!)
*news update* Today the President banned Rogain because scientist have proven that Rapists wear this intoxicating product. Disregarding the fact that only three out of the fourteen-million people who wear Rogain have raped someone, the President urges America to stop regrowing your hair!

[MomoChan]

You have to give the instigator credit- it's a clever way to PROMOTE anime, by makeing such a ludicris statment against it they've gotton hundred of people up in arms- a site that publicly endorsed anime would not be frequented NEARLY as much- or induce such strong emotions.

[Roxy]

Ban anime. Huh. Ban stupid people from learning how to turn on their PCs -_-".

[Grabmygoblin]

I think they already have taken steps in that direction. I mean, what is that -) symbol anyways?

[Roxy]

This?: -)
I have no idea what this is. It looks like a person from the side looking smug, I don't really know.

[Grabmygoblin]

no, on your computer or heck check your monitor on the "on" button there is a symbol -) except turned so the - is facing upwards. where did it originate from?

[RLC Davidson]

[guess] It looks like a finger pressing an "on" button to me. [/guess]

And, that thing about Rogaine.... You're kidding... right? (If not, please point me toward that press release. I think I might turn liberal. )

[JexKerome]

Reminds me of the original D&D ban. A little town in the middle of nowhere made a fuss about the game back in the 70's, even banned local stores from selling. The "scandal" just managed to turn a great little game into an national, and then international, phenomenon.

I've also seen this trick to boost awareness of say, a movie. Point: Father Amaro's Crime, a small mexican "new movie age" film about a priest who gets it on with a parishioner. The movie would not have made waves of itself (people who watched were disappointed) but the catholic church made such a ruckus trying to can it, that a lot of people turned out to see it.

Reading the post, it seems to me "The Undersigned" is trying to push as many of Bush's buttons as possible.

[Michaeldra]

I like reading these forums, you people are funny ^.^ *dances randomly*

And about our president? I'd rather have Bush than Gore any day...I mean, come on, the guy thinks he made the internet? *snickers* okay, I dunno if that's true...and as long as our president is willing to (quote from a flashvideo I saw) "F*** THE F***ING F***ERS!!!!" I don't really care who he is... <I apologize to all Liberals and anti-war peoples on that last remark...Nuke the whales!!!...(or...feed all bad people in the world TO the whales, THEN nuke 'em!!!)>

Disclaimer Notice: I have no intention of "nuking" here-said "whales" in any way, shape, or form in the time passing now or in the near and/or far future...thank-you for your time.

'Till we meet again~

[KODAMA]

lol ... belldandy? under 18? XD wtf???


:'D I would've signed this, since it would've got rid of all out of country anime competition... but eh.. this person's obviously a dumbass. I think I'd rather squeak to compete with nakayoshi rahter than sign this thing XD

[Craig jenkins]

This is where you have the old problem of not actually having movie ratings on your videos/dvds, USA. I notice that a lot of home video has no age restriction other than the MPAA rating which SOMETIMES appears, but only if rated from the movies. So of course, most anime you get comes without such MPAA ratings, but an 'advisory' age range which mostly gets IGNORED, usually by the sort of people who are now trying to ban it. Such idiots think that because its animated, it's for kids. We all know that that ain't the bloody case.

Perhaps you should have clearer age-restrictions on your dvd packaging, for one, so that discerning parents are aware and make decisions based on it. After that, if they let their kids watch it, it's THEIR problem if they still don't like it. The British Board of Film Classification rates both movie content and dvd/vhs content, and no one under the age described may buy them. I know it's not likely to stop under-ages viewing, ultimately, but it's a preventative step in the right direction. My advice to these knee-jerk activists against anime, is to look carefully at the context, the story, and decide if it's for kids AND if it's really any more 'evil' than Nip/Tuck, The Sopranos, Family Guy, South Park, et al, which the USA produce.

[Thievery]

Wow! While we're banning anime, let's also ban all art from Georgia O'Keefe! She painted pretty flowers! But do you know what these oversized orchids represented?

Really, if you don't know, look it up.

This is another episode of...'If You Don't Like It, Don't Watch It."