Moral Panic

Schools and Childcare Centres Against Blowing Out Candles

Following on from a story we published a little while ago titled “Are People These Days TOO clean?”, the regulatory health board has issued some new standards. Children will be forbidden from blowing out candles on birthday cakes under strict new hygiene rules for childcare. Doctors are already claiming that the latest National Health and [...]

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UK Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill

The UK has officially joined the handful of countries enabling Gay Marriage to be officially recognised after much debate between religious and conservative groups. The Marriage Bill – often referred to as the Same Sex Couples Bill – will enable same-sex couples to marry in both civil and religious ceremonies. Couples who have previously entered [...]

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Mainstream Media and Researchers Link Heavy Music With Troubled Kids Yet Again.

Well – should we even be surprised that News Corp affiliated research institutes have cropped up with the claims that music – in this case, Metal takes the blame again – can have a severe effect on a teenager’s behaviour? In an article named “How a teen’s iPod can tell you if they will be [...]

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Grand Theft Auto Is AGAIN Blamed for Massacre.

We wanted to cover this story…but then we realised we have already done so time and time again – so in a way, this is a friendly ‘bump’ for our lengthy feature regarding video games and the blame they take for violent psychopaths. Meet Jack Thompson : An Annoyingly Conservative Activist Jack Thompson has always [...]

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The ITU UN Treaty for Internet Regulation Has Been Blocked.

The UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has failed in its attempt to revise – and practically encourage censorship – state regulations on the internet. Major western UN Countries – including The US, Canada and The UK – have objected to calls for to have equal rights to the governance of the internet and the treaty’s [...]

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Australia’s New Law Proposal to Make “Offending” People a Felony.

I’ve ranted plenty of times about how Nicola Roxon and her band of misfits is a controlling Big Brother-inspired bag of sluttery and that Roxon should go fuck herself with her freedom-reducing policies but you literally CAN NOT make this shit up. New proposals have been brought forward for anti-discrimination laws which would actually make [...]

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Web Censorship 2012: An Angry Letter to Nicola Roxon and Stephen Conroy

As someone who has spent a lot of time reporting on fascist politicians and who has equally shared disgust for draconian scumbags with the taste of freedom leaving a sour retention on their tongues, I figured it would be appropriate to approach Australian MP Nicola Roxon and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy (Cuntroy) regarding her support [...]

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Celebrities vs. Twitter Trolls. Why Walking Away Is Better Than Involving Politicians & the Law.

    The first rule of social media – and practically the internet – is that you shouldn’t feed the trolls. Quickly, if you don’t know what a troll is: it’s someone who intentionally pisses you off or says something vile to kick start a reaction. They gain pleasure from knowing that they annoyed you. [...]

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High School Students in Trouble for Hi-5’s, Handshakes and Contact Sports.

A group of year 6 students at an Australian high school have dramatically protested over a decision to encompass a ban on sports that require contact as well as forbidding all physical contact including high-fives, friendly hugs (even if it’s just two tween One Direction loving females) and anything that requires the touching of another [...]

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Australian Olympians With Guns? Totally Outrageously…not Shocking.

This story came to my attention a day or so ago, and although I wasn’t offended by the photograph or the Olympians pictured – I was still offended. By whom was I strictly insulted by? The Australian media, and, more specifically, the tight-arse conservatives who went as far (and as quickly) to say that these [...]

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