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Originally posted by ladyphoenix:
well, then i was fooled, probably because i have met people this wacked out before, so it didn't seem too much of an impossibility to me...the fact that i know people this wacked out is probably scarier than the petition itself
This is what gives it away for me:
" 1) Ah My Goddess: A sick and disgusting show which causes children under the age of 18 to think they are capable of love. The main female character is clearly under 18, and is forced into a romantic relationship by an older man who "wishes" for her to be his girlfriend forever. "
First, that first sentence is ridiculous. The age of consent in most states is 16. Therefore it stands to reason that even if one makes the outlandish assumption that someone under the age of consent is incapable of falling in love without exception, this is still obviously untrue.
Second, the author obviously knows something about Oh My Goddess if he was able to describe what what's-his-name wished for in that level of detail. Then he must have known that Belldandy does not in any way look under 18. He also must have known that Belldandy is older than what's-his-name and that she loves him. All these facts are readily apparent from the show itself, and if he had simply read a brief summary or browsed some web pages about the show to get the information (i.e. if he fudged his 'research'), gleaning enough information to write this would have given him enough information to correct these misconceptions.
As I see it, this is one of two things:
1) A modest proposal (you know what I mean), or
2) Some idiot writing things he knows to be false just to be inflammatory (i.e. a troll)
Please do not feed the troll.