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On recent [NEWS] posts...

Noone respects the Chinese government, they have a long history of thought-policing their people.

What, you going to bring up the banning of Death Note in China? Noone respects the Chinese government, they have a long history of thought-policing their people.

I think anyone reading your comments and then takes even a cursory glance at the front page would agree that you're being a little hyperbolic with your criticisms.

Not that I'm dismissing them, but there have been a handful of "dumb kid imitates anime" stories lately and we report those. Sorry you don't like them, there's a ton of other stuff on the front page.

(Slightly off-topic for this board, but I can't find a better place to put it...)

In the spirit of the many posters who think things posted on an internet message board matter in some way, I'd like to open an informal petition: can we stop having this nonsense about dumbass kids on the front page? Seriously, between the kid who buried himself headfirst in the sand, the emo boy quoting Garra on myspace, and the frequent Death Note carping, ANN is turning into some kind of tabloid. This stuff isn't anime-related, it's idiot-related. All it accomplishes is make the fanbase paranoid about the great moral guardian boogyman- who to date hasn't even done anything of significance. What, you going to bring up the banning of Death Note in China? Noone respects the Chinese government, they have a long history of thought-policing their people.

I come to this site to keep informed on upcoming releases and to discuss anime with like-minded individuals. I don't come to read the shocking stories of grade-school moronitude and the demented honking of otaku scared some intangible social force is going to take their anime away.