DBWI:Anime to be banned

Today, Congress passed a bill to ban Japanese animation in the United States, deeming it 'ungodly, contrary to western, Christian values, and corrupting', with the Secretary for Morality citing 'incest, promiscuity, lesbianism, and other acts deemed unholy by the Lord' in various anime. He also claimed that 'it comes from a culture polarized next to ours, and therefore is simply not compatible with our Christian culture'.

Frankly, I think this is ludicrous. Any comments?

OOC:To clarify, this is in a TL where the US is dominated by fundies. A semi-dystopia, then.
 

Sachyriel

Banned
You know, now that Japanese companies own the rights to much of the American superhero franchises and video games, we won't be seeing any of those in coming years. Say good bye to Ultraman, Arachnidude, The Comedian's Card, and even Colonel America.:eek:
 
As a European bystander who does not have any interest in Anime, all I can say is that your government is biting on more then they can chew. The Black Market will boom considering the sheer ammount of japanophiles in the USA, and the Government simply cant put enough boots on the streets to "clear" the USA of all manga and anime. Unless the US government resorts to burning everything related to anime and manga on the public squares, they just cant stop people from reading them.
 
As a European bystander who does not have any interest in Anime, all I can say is that your government is biting on more then they can chew. The Black Market will boom considering the sheer ammount of japanophiles in the USA, and the Government simply cant put enough boots on the streets to "clear" the USA of all manga and anime. Unless the US government resorts to burning everything related to anime and manga on the public squares, they just cant stop people from reading them.

In the coasts, sure, but the country heartland is full of biblebashers who'll applaud any decision like this.
 
In the coasts, sure, but the country heartland is full of biblebashers who'll applaud any decision like this.

If I am correct, the most populated areas in the US are the Coasts. That area will matter more then the Bible Belt and other heartland states.
 
If I am correct, the most populated areas in the US are the Coasts. That area will matter more then the Bible Belt and other heartland states.

True, but then you have to narrow it down to the largest cities, and even then you have to narrow it down to certain areas. The USA's population has been predominantly fundie for years. But you are correct, the consumer base for anime is large enough that some sort of illegal market will form around it. I suppose the government will put anime DVDs on the same level as drugs and evolution textbooks. :rolleyes:
 
Y'all shud be greatfull for the USA! Without us, all of you eurotrash morans wud be slaves to the godless Commies. You think this is ludicrius? Only for hatefull, America-bashing, librul, cathilick, soshulist scum. All true Americans stand behind our guverniment against those who hate our Freedom! Freedom from unclean purnegraffy and heathen idelatry. You can all suffercade in you're filth and disesies, while us True Christians live riteous lifes, like Jesus and the Bible tell us, building the New Israel, without uppitty negros and feminazis and librul babykillers, like the Foundling Fathers of our Nashion indented!
 
Well, thanks to all the fundies in America, there has been a significant black market for bible porn along with the tentacles to appeal to that perverted religious market here. Proof that religious oppression brings out the worst in a population.

BTW, anyone know where to get a copy of "Jesus does Debbie does Dallas"?
 
This is another fine example of our "God" fearing government taking freedoms away. Everything has been going south in this country ever since the 1960s when the "radical movements" failed. Don't worry my fellow Americans, we'll get our social and civil liberties back.

Oh, and don't try to trace my IP address, I'll tell you right now, your computers will tell you I am broadcasting from Mt. Everest.

OOC: I figured this type of America started with severe counter reactions from the 1960s movements such as the women's, civil rights, etc.
 
This is another fine example of our "God" fearing government taking freedoms away. Everything has been going south in this country ever since the 1960s when the "radical movements" failed. Don't worry my fellow Americans, we'll get our social and civil liberties back.

Oh, and don't try to trace my IP address, I'll tell you right now, your computers will tell you I am broadcasting from Mt. Everest.

OOC: I figured this type of America started with severe counter reactions from the 1960s movements such as the women's, civil rights, etc.

Quite literally going South, in a way. ;) I trust you had to sit through the science classes telling you that Darwin was a Nazi or something? I fear for the American youth...
 
Quite literally going South, in a way. ;) I trust you had to sit through the science classes telling you that Darwin was a Nazi or something? I fear for the American youth...

My parents were smart enough to send me abroad for my schooling, they lied and said I was going to a protestant religious school.
 
Bah, as Machine said, this'll just aid the black market. Even before the ban, I was getting my fix through underground distributors, the same way I get everything else banned in this country. Though this making me want to leave more and more.

Also, like the others said, don't bother trying to trace, you'll get nothing.
 
Comic titles like Bible Heroes & Bad Guys
( http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=405590 )
are in full alignment with the new laws.
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But I wonder what will happen with Mecha Manga Bible Heroes
( http://www.mmbibleheroes.com/ ).
MMBH is righteous, but is obviously influenced by Japanese titles.
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