Bad Pictures

A Canadian court sentenced American Peter Hasler to 90 days in jail for smuggling prohibited goods into the country. The goods were images of cartoon characters, such as Dora the Explorer and Bart Simpson, having sex.
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It's good to know that as America refuses, Canada thinks of the victims, those poor two-dimensional drawings, who will grow up- well, I mean, technically, Bart Simpson is almost 30 years old, but... well... um...
At least they're keeping border agents in work, keeping up with the demands of searching laptops for jpegs, eh?
#flatlandlivesmatter
Dora & Bart having sex together? oh what a world..
90 days? Holy Shit! I'm sure somewhere on my hardrive there are images of Betty and Veronica engaging in lesbian BDSM.
You have my attention...
You're probably a Canadian undercover (*giggity*) cop.
Not Nancy and Sluggo? I am appalled!
Rocky & Bullwinkle