Archive for the ‘Parental outrage’ Category
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Morning shows are the masters of two things: Jumping to conclusions, and whipping up a moral frenzy over absolutely nothing. Their big mum audience is perfect for generating coffee cup outrage all day long.
This morning Sunrise 'family expert' Dr Michael Carr-Gregg got stuck into a new fishnet flaunting Barbie doll. ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
The Aussie Today Show wanted to get stuck into American plastic surgeon Michael Salzhauer this morning about his book My Beautiful Mommy, but the M.D left Lisa struggling for words.
I get the feeling the Today Show was expecting a bedtime story for kids that advocated plastic surgery for 5 year ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
I never thought I'd need a category for vehicle censorship when I started this blog, but than I never thought anyone could be offended by a camper van. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
Brisbane wowser and soon-to-be protector of the moral majority, Lucy Clark, is positively outraged that she was bombarded with ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Parents and newspapers are going bonkers over an educational drug pamphlet (pictured here) put out by the Sydney West Area Health Service (SWAHS). A pamphlet they say encourages drug use because it advises readers of some precautions to take should they choose to experiment with drugs.
'It's wrong. It shouldn't be ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Outraged parents, nude teachers, and classroom protests. The only thing that could make this story anymore insane would be a pack of axe wielding albino midgets.
Students of Sydney primary school teacher Lynne Tziolas have started a petition to have her reinstated after she was sacked for appearing naked in Cleo ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Calling for stricter regulation of treadmills because children have been injured by them is like calling for stricter regulation of kitchen knives.
They are both items intended for adults. Any injury a child sustains from them is likely because the parent wasn't supervising them or didn't take proper measures to prevent ...
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
Kate Sikora from the Daily Tele asks how far do lobby groups, which claim to have childrens' best interests at heart, want to go with curtailing any possible shred of fun our youth might have?
If the fun police in this country have any more influence your only enjoyment looks like ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Jay Jays will remove the Little Loser line of clothes from their stores window displays and will not restock shirts that carry alcohol-related messages or sexual innuendos.
The removal comes after concerned parent groups and the Family First New Zealand lobby group demanded the shirts be removed from sale. Family First ...
Posted in Clothing Censorship, Parental outrage | 4 Comments »
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Let's not forget in these crazy times of Internet censorship that the moral crusaders haven't given up roaming our streets, fighting the good fight, and trying censor anything that doesn't coincide with what they think is acceptable.
The Australian Childhood Foundation is demanding retail fashion chain Jay Jays withdraw their line ...
Posted in Clothing Censorship, Parental outrage | 7 Comments »
