Demand civil rights for space aliens!

The Illinois state ban on violent video game sales to minors went down in First Amendment flames this week, after state legislators had voted 106 to 6 in favor of it. The Chicago Times reminds us of this choice point:

Noting that the measure barred images of human-on-human violence, one lawmaker asked if human-on-space-creature mayhem was OK.

"Killing an alien wouldn't fall under the bill," Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-Aurora) replied. But on further questioning, she said, "If it was an alien that pretended to be a human, I guess then it's human. Then it would fall under the bill because, it's human against human."

(Hat tip to Kerry Howley over at Hit & Run.)