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Legal ruling on obscenity laws could affect hentai

Wreck: I expect it to be challenged up to the Supreme Court, anyway. And if it stays, people like certain comic book dealers selling La Blue Girl to a consenting adult can theoretically no longer be fined in certain counties.

It's really only an issue in backwater hick areas where they arrest comic shop owners for selling porn to adults. It doesn't really apply to 21st century areas of the US, only to red states.

Here's hoping their voices get heard, rather than the Bravo Sierra spewed by self-righteous hypocrites who insist on "protecting" other adults from stuff they already know about.

Take our mayor for instance. (whom I didn't vote for BTW, but enough Houstonians obviously did) He took it upon himself to introduce a program called "Safe Clear." Basically, if you break down on a freeway (flat tire or what have you) even if you are on the shoulder, a wrecker comes to tow you off the freeway. You have to pay $75 for this, or they impound your car. It doesn't matter if it's a flat and you're in the middle of fixing it or not. If you refuse the tow, the police come and start handing out citations and you still get your car towed. NOBODY in the city wants it. You can't believe the backlash that has occured because of it. Finally, some of the city council has proposed changes, but they keep delaying a vote, so everyone still gets towed, and still must pay their $75. When a councilwoman was interviewed about it, she said that the plan obviously wasn't thought out well to begin with, so they are trying to do that now. How does it make sense to leave such a poorly thought out plan in place while they takes months to decide what to do? She also said that if you can't afford to pay the $75, then you shouldn't get on the freeway. WTF?!? Bottom line is, the public is voicing it's opinion, but the people at the top who think they know what's best for everyone still isn't listening.

Can't say Houston hasn't been asking for that sort of jab.

I still have a hard time believing that a city ("the people", if you will) can prosecute and convict a comic book owner of obscenity for selling a magazine to another adult, yet have the highest number of strip bars per capita in the country. It's immensely hypocritical, and essentially, it boils down to a few folks trying to spray their moral codes over everyone else (something I find immensely insulting) without even having the slightest hint of introspection or thought as to what "the people" really want or care about.

Most people I know from Houston *aren't* backwater hicks and are frustrated by their civil and state governments. They're actually VERY COOL PEOPLE.

Here's hoping their voices get heard, rather than the Bravo Sierra spewed by self-righteous hypocrites who insist on "protecting" other adults from stuff they already know about.