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http://www.filibustercartoons.com/prezidents.htm

recently, you have GHWBush at only one term, but that was after 12 years of the GOP, so there could have been strong "change of course" sentiment.
Jimmy Carter lost his reelection.
Gerald Ford lost, but I wouldn't count that since he didn't have to win the first one.
then you have to go back to Herbert Hoover and William Taft.

So, in recent politics you have a few examples. If people are staying out of this one, maybe they're thinking that if Obama wins and the economy stays sour, they'll have a better chance in 2016 on the "the Dems have had more than enough time" ticket.

Not on my watch.

It was amusing to see so many of my contacts (Canadian, American, and many from the other side of the globe) take an active interest in protesting SOPA. With some interesting changes in the Liberal party direction, we may see a lot of actively useful resistance in informing and combating such measures.

So sorry, that was the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution. Like any government document, the Constitution has no provisions for being set aside by the public in the public good. The American Civil War proved that, when the Southern states seceeded, the Northern states forced them back into the fold.

This public good you speak of... Was it perhaps slavery?

Apple and Nintendo have always seemed like sister companies, each in their own fields.

here you go. you made me curious. http://www.filibustercartoons.com/allcountries.htm

That list has 239 countries total. I have to wonder which 9 aren't infected...

here you go. you made me curious. http://www.filibustercartoons.com/allcountries.htm

This isn't Nintendo Japan, this is Nintendo United States of America. The article briefly mentions it, Nintendo of America NOA.

This is an important difference, this story is nothing new, and if you are willing too google a bit you can easily find other examples of NOA censoring games. INCLUDING N games, Nintendo of America EVEN censored Nintendo games from japan. http://www.filibustercartoons.com/Nintendo.php (google NOA censoring) for instance shows several games in their original japanese release and the censored US release.

It is a US thing. Although the rest of the world seems eager to catch up. Remember kids, nudity is bad, violence against those who are different is good, as long as you don't say it out loud.

Compared to, say, a mass murder plot that would involve hundreds of people at least...

I think just referencing a cartoon can save you from explaining all of this to conspiracy nuts.

You're joking, right? You honestly don't know about Nintendo's notorious business practices and censorship back in the day?

(Why those URLs both happen to refer to cartoons or comics I have no idea -- the material they link to is factual.)

Check out this link. It has a line by line comparison of our constitution and that of the CSA. Few rights are granted to the states, but many are taken away, not the least of which the ability to ban slaveholding. State's rights, while a true cause for some, is much more often an excuse to allow laws in some states that can't gain traction in the federal government. (see abortion) Those same people will turn around and when it's convienient, attempt to pass federal legislation for issues previously defined as "states rights" issues. (see gay marriage)

What they have become now is a completely different story, but weren't the ESRB ratings created to convince Nintendo to stop its silly censorship?

http://www.filibustercartoons.com/archive.php?id=2 0051115

That poli-cartoon was from November 15th, 2005.

Still relevant, no?

Nintendo had some great foresight then. Or good lawyers. (See the Rule 7 section.)

Exactly. Over a man who was illiterate and got his first money by marrying the widow of his dead boss.

You can see the cartoons here. I like the picture of a protester against the Freedom of Speach in London with a sign that read "Freedom Go To Hell". Here are other protestors and a nonviolent response.

Not like these were the first drawings of the man either.

The ESRB was created, IIRC, because of this.

lol a canadian webcomic put up a comic about that http://www.filibustercartoons.com/archive.php?id=2 0050406

I really hate the way "mature" in video games has become equivalent to either "violent" or "raunchy."