Demand civil rights for space aliens!

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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.)