Wow. Just wow.

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The puritannical, barbaric, and unsophisticated nature of this country and its laws never cease to amaze me.

Arrested? For this? Really? Really?!

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[magnetgirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's horrible. I've heard other horrible CBLDF stories in the same vein. Basically, even though the book itself passed into obscurity in the mainstream, the crazy theories and assumptions put forth in "Seduction of the Innocent" by Frank Wertham are alive and well. That book starts out somewhat normal, and then by the end of it Wertham stands firmly in cold-war crazytown-population him.

Also, bit of 6 degrees here: "Look through your comic book collection. Do you have Alan Moore’s “Lost Girls”? Any of S. Clay Wilson’s Underground Comix? Even Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman” series? If the prosecution of manga collector Christopher Handley sticks, all of that and more could be considered obscene, Gaiman told MTV."

S. Clay Wilson is Lorraine's (my mom's best friend from her crazy days) long term boyfriend. He's actually in the hospital right now, maybe I told you?

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Man, the world is so small. Maybe you're more used to the knowing of your heroes thing, what with your parents and the record biz but it still seems so strange to me. Not six degrees, but one or two? It still makes me go all woogly.

This whole porn thing is so ridiculously moronic. I have that copy of Lost Girls in my study. I showed it to my class, for god's sake. (Hear that? It's the cops banging on my door...)