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   Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers to dumpster4@hotmail.com   
   Re: Florida Mother Protests Manga in Pub   
   10 Jul 10 14:18:58   
   
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   XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: usenet-2010@planetcobalt.net   
      
   In rec.arts.anime.misc dumpster4@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > "A mother in Crestview, Florida protested the availability of mature   
   > manga at her city's public library and claimed her teenage son was   
   > negatively affected after picking up a volume from the general   
   > circulation shelves. The parent, Margaret Barbaree, said that the   
   > manga had adult themes which she described as "graphic" and   
   > "shocking." Barbaree is the founder of a citizens group called Protect   
   > Our Children, ..."   
      
   Yeah, some people need to grow a brain. Tell news.   
      
   cu   
   59cobalt   
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