(idm) (off topic) quick before they notice

From Ethan
Sent Fri, Mar 12th 1999, 22:11

take a look at these fine examples of an active, vibrant online community:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0449148076/002-8668652-1158428

I've reprinted the best one here in case it's been pulled.

I'll Shovel the Cards 
by Bill Keane 

Customer Comments

Strom Thurmond
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx from The
good old US of A! , March 9, 1999 

This type of smut must be outlawed!  Within the confines of this great
Republic we call the United States, a quiet plowman infects our youth. No,
not the iconographic Johnny Appleseed afforesting our tables with Mom's
Apple Pie, but a more sinister, inauspicious cultivator. Bill Keane, once
apprehended in Connecticut for his failure to pay alimony, has once again
invenomed the wonderful world of the United States. This book, filled with
the grossest immoralities and wickedness the Old Testament can't match,
has been released to a largely unaware audience. We look upon the Ida Know
character in this seething cauldron of angst Mr. Keane calls "Family
Circus" as nothing more than a harmless imp, a Puck if you will, spreading
mischief and innocent mayhem. But I say look closer friends, and recoil in
the understanding that Ida Know has created the work of the devil.
Cleverly backdropping this demonic entity into the idyllic paradise the
family otherwise enjoys, Keane lulls us into believing that life is
controlled by the whims of supernatural beings. I say, where's the
American Family Circus? God has blessed this country with the greatest
leaders in the world, but Keane's depiction is quite frankly blasphemous.

And it only gets worse, my fellow American. Read page 32 of this text.
Little Billy is essentially forced to view his mother and father in a
panel that pertains directly to the sexual. Barfy's bone? I don't think
so. Then there's Uncle Roy's blatant lust for his NIECE! His flagrant
homosexuality blazing across the pages with abandon! His frequent
references to the sexual tension between Daddy and Neighbor Bob!  How much
more can our country afford to lose? In the end, will there be a country
worth fighting for if this smut is allowed to propogate? My fellow
citizens, I am proposing a bill. Senate Bill #57684 will directly outlaw
Bill Keane's outlandish and nauseating filth from the face of this great
country once and for all.

Please email me with your name for a confidential petition getting this
Bill off the ground. Thank you.