I would have more words, but right now all I've got is lsjdghslkdghdlgjfsdhlgk.

Only in the Pilipins can you find government officials putting taxes on books (which is against the law and violating an international treaty because books are educational material) in order to fuel their own greed. The entire thing is atrocious and an utter outrage. If this goes on, novels from foreign countries will never find their way into our bookstores because the taxation rate is too high. This makes me a) sick and b) want to kill someone. Specifically that motherfucking Undersecretary of whatthefuckingever who imposed these taxes. Books, for crying out loud! It's like the government wants to worsen the literacy problem! ksjdfghsdkgd.

Please sign the petition fighting this stupid book blockade here, you guys.

(And I've got to say? I am damn proud of the woman who wrote it. Yes, even when I haven't spoken to her in a year. I called her my sister once. Good on you, Maia-oneesama.)