First they feared Elvis shaking his hips, now video games
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...
View ArticleVodka Cruiser ‘Free Condom’ promo outrages family groups
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...
View ArticleBeer Dwarf gets a visit from the Fun Police
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...
View ArticleVictoria Police blame Internet as kids turn to crime
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...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with being offended?
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...
View ArticleAlan Jones is thinking of the children
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...
View ArticleSimpsons porn and that swinging video
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...
View ArticleEat my shorts: More on The Simpsons and Chris Illingworth cases
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...
View ArticleGood News Week writer Ian Simmons on wowsers and outrage
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...
View ArticleShoot View: Google Maps shooting mash-up a controversy in waiting?
It’s rare that I use Somebody Think of the Children to preempt outrage (rarer than me posting at all, sorry), but I expect we’ll hear more about this Google Maps Street View mashup that allows you to...
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