Demand civil rights for space aliens!
Dec. 7th, 2005 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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:
(Hat tip to Kerry Howley over at Hit & Run.)
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.)
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Date: 2005-12-07 06:38 pm (UTC)hopefully,
Joel
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Date: 2005-12-07 09:01 pm (UTC)