Today I discovered this gem of an article:
I have always disliked the 1954 comics code, which restricted creative freedom in a blossoming new medium. In fact I detest it. I have always said: creative people should be free to be creative as they choose.
You know why Japan has always had such a strong manga culture, and everyone can enjoy manga which covers every conceivable topic? Because dogswine like Dr Fred Wertham did not exist to throw a spoke in the works.
If they create something not suitable for children, restrict access to children. Don't be a ****ing evangelical imbecile and ban the whole damn thing.
Turns out the research into comics, which implied that reading comics turned you into a Satan worshipping serial killer, was entirely fabricated. Yeah, the doctor just made it up. They made his medical notes publicly available, and he just invented everything to further his agenda.
I see the same thing today, with the British government wanting to ban pornography, and a multitude of whiny Youtube parasites saying how video games are the source of all society's problems. You know the types. The whiners who say that creative people are not allowed to create something they (the creative people) find awesome, because the whiners are afraid it will curdle their milk and corrupt their children.
It's 60 years later and we're retreading the exact same ground.
Dear 21st century: I've concluded you're just as dumb as the 20th, 19th and 18th centuries.
I have always disliked the 1954 comics code, which restricted creative freedom in a blossoming new medium. In fact I detest it. I have always said: creative people should be free to be creative as they choose.
You know why Japan has always had such a strong manga culture, and everyone can enjoy manga which covers every conceivable topic? Because dogswine like Dr Fred Wertham did not exist to throw a spoke in the works.
If they create something not suitable for children, restrict access to children. Don't be a ****ing evangelical imbecile and ban the whole damn thing.
Turns out the research into comics, which implied that reading comics turned you into a Satan worshipping serial killer, was entirely fabricated. Yeah, the doctor just made it up. They made his medical notes publicly available, and he just invented everything to further his agenda.
I see the same thing today, with the British government wanting to ban pornography, and a multitude of whiny Youtube parasites saying how video games are the source of all society's problems. You know the types. The whiners who say that creative people are not allowed to create something they (the creative people) find awesome, because the whiners are afraid it will curdle their milk and corrupt their children.
It's 60 years later and we're retreading the exact same ground.

Dear 21st century: I've concluded you're just as dumb as the 20th, 19th and 18th centuries.
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