Comments | ninamonkey: FYI - more background on the Handley case

ninamonkey

FYI - more background on the Handley case

Nov 25, 2008 13:08

ETA: If you can't join the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund for a year ($25), they have a Paypal account that accepts any denomination here.

This is the background on the manga case: An ordinary citizen, Christopher Handley, ordered graphic novels from Japan. The postal inspector from his city did not like the depictions on the books - and the postal ( Read more... )

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jaguarx13 November 25 2008, 19:34:05 UTC

Holey freaking moley! Thanks for the info Tess.

ninamonkey November 25 2008, 19:49:15 UTC

No probs. And if you decide to donate, they have a website here: http://www.cbldf.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=2 .

Personally? I think this is the most important case they've ever fought. I don't think it'll get passed in the court system but if no one is around to fight it (like the Iowa newspapers) then...it's bad news for all of us.

dragovianknight November 25 2008, 19:49:47 UTC

Holy crap, why is this the first I've heard about this case???

ninamonkey November 25 2008, 20:12:45 UTC

Tell me about it. I think the word just needs to start spreading like wildfire. If enough people get involved and it gets to the ears of the press and/or the ACLU - or whomever - we won't have this happen again.

But the idea that it *is* happening tells you how sneaky things have become. Talk about censorship and censoring the news!