Archive for the ‘Panic’ Category
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
In her piece about the rise of 'news comedy' on television, Melbourne comedian Courteney Hocking includes some fitting comments about wowserism in Australia from Ian Simmons, the head writer for Good News Week.
When The Chaser team was roundly castigated for their "Make A Realistic Wish Foundation" sketch it revealed another ...
Posted in Panic, Parental outrage | 6 Comments »
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Mark Pesce has written an excellent article over at his usual haunt, ABC Unleashed, titled Simpsons and sensibility. It's a look at the Simpsons Porn case which made headlines last week (court document available here as a PDF). ABC took their time publishing it so a lot of what Mark ...
Posted in Panic | 10 Comments »
Monday, December 8th, 2008
Hasn't it been an interesting day?
First up, Chris Illingworth, a 60 year old from from QLD, has been charged with using the internet to access and publish child-abuse material after he republished a controversial viral video of a man twirling a baby around. As Asher Moses from SMH points out ...
Posted in Panic | 19 Comments »
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Alan Jones has only been back at work a week and he's already whipping up a parental fear frenzy:
Children at risk from every angle
Alan Jones
We need to reflect on the dreadful story of a young 19-year-old woman being raped in a taxi in November last year, twice indecently assaulted ...
Posted in Panic | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
If Want Longer Lasting Sex on a billboard is confronting to you, or you support the ASB's call to remove the Advanced Medical Institute's ads, ask yourself what's wrong with being offended?
I was discussing the billboards on Aussie tech forum Overclockers today and was surprised at the number of people ...
Posted in Advertising Censorship, Panic | 12 Comments »
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
When common contributors to youth crime like drug and alcohol abuse, poverty, and family dysfunction seemingly become impossible to combat, what can those responsible for fixing it do? In the Victoria Police's case, you take a tired and unproven old excuse from the 90s and rewrap it: you blame the ...
Posted in Internet Censorship, Panic | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
This little man (or man of below average height) is causing big outrage.
Alcohol 'education' groups and Government bureaucrats are up in arms over a dwarf pouring free alcohol into the mouths of bar patrons. They say it's an offensive example of our binge drinking culture, but readers of News.com.au want ...
Posted in Panic | 1 Comment »
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Those wacky family groups are at it again. This time it's over a Vodka Cruiser promotion where customers at thirteen liquor outlets across Sydney were given free condoms and the chance to win a pole dancing kit.
Angela Conway from the Australian Family Association told the media that the offer was ...
Posted in Panic, Politicians and Prudes | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Leslie Benzies, President of Rockstar North (developer of GTA) says that some of those who criticise his games are unnerved by progress.
There is a big fear factor here. It's the coming of the railways, it?s Elvis shaking his hips. It's cars going over 25 miles per hour and making people ...
Posted in Game Censorship, Panic | 3 Comments »
Monday, April 14th, 2008
New laws allowing bosses to read your private emails without your consent could be passed as early as next year in order to protect Australia from terrorist attacks. I kid you not.
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland told the media he is aware of the potential invasions of privacy that the ...
Posted in Panic | 2 Comments »
