Archive for the ‘Politicians and Prudes’ Category
Friday, September 12th, 2008
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Child protection campaigner Hetty Johnston says the reason the age of sex offenders and their victims is getting lower is probably because of easy access to internet pornography.
The evidence to support such a claim -- Either Hetty doesn't have it or the media didn't report ...
Posted in Internet Censorship, Politicians and Prudes | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Those wacky folks at the Australian Comedian Christian Lobby have done it again.
They've taken a jab at ABC for labeling last Friday's episode of Wire In The Blood about a sex-crazed cannibal as 'entertainment' in their TV guide.
Okay 'drama' may have been more appropriate, but we all know how petty ...
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Could there be a bigger and more disgusting waste of Government resources: QLD Premier Anna Bligh has sicked her dogs, the State's Attorney-General and Police service, onto Wicked rental vans for what's been described as a 'highly offensive' slogan.
According to the Cairns Post, a Cairn's resident complained about one of ...
Posted in Parental outrage, Politicians and Prudes | 5 Comments »
Monday, August 11th, 2008
They're our knight in shining armor -- our Hetty in a time of Henson -- they are the Australian Family Association. Always around when someone has crossed that line... as can be seen from these recent events.
Step 1: If you run a multi-million dollar company selling burgers, you can make ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is what most people consider a dickhead (and that's by folks who vote for him). Gamers and anyone opposed to censorship aren't so kind. They know he's been blocking an R18+ classification for video games for years.
Why? Atkinson swears blue children will be harmed by ...
Posted in Game Censorship, Politicians and Prudes | 10 Comments »
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
She doesn't consider herself to be a moral crusader, but Hetty Johnston does consider herself to be the Mary Whitehouse and Fred Nile of our time. Well, 'probably' at least. Hetty told the Courier Mail she doesn't like to think about it:
Is she a moral crusader? Our age's Fred Nile ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Queensland Premier and suit connoisseur Anna Bligh has lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Bureau over what she says are obscene slogans on camper vans operated by hire company Wicked.
'I don't think they'd be allowed on a billboard and therefore they shouldn't be allowed on a van'
'These are ...
Posted in Advertising Censorship, Politicians and Prudes | 2 Comments »
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 | 4 Comments »
Friday, May 16th, 2008
It's enough to make a senior citizen want to die:
Obscene? Yes. From today's 'Grey Power' protest.
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Family First's Steve Fielding is at it again. According to Crikey, he's convinced Senate President Alan Ferguson to filter every Senator's Internet access at Parliament House (except the library). Why? To stop them looking at inappropriate content.
Senator Lyn Allison says sites relating to reproductive health, the sexualisation of ...
Posted in Internet Censorship, Politicians and Prudes | 4 Comments »
