Comments on: Aussie thought police to crack down on Catholic-baiters http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/07/03/aussie-thought-police-to-crack-down-on-catholic-baiters/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: mediawatchwatch.org.uk » Aussies may annoy Catholics after all http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/07/03/aussie-thought-police-to-crack-down-on-catholic-baiters/comment-page-1/#comment-161289 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:21:31 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1085#comment-161289 […] an update on this story, The BBC reports that a court in Sydney has overruled the controversial “don’t annoy […]

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sex-abuse-coverup/2008/07/07/1215282750977.html

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/the_perfect_way_to_celebrate_w.php#comments

]]> /** * Fires at the end of each RSS2 comment feed item. * * @since WP-2.1.0 * * @param int $comment->comment_ID The ID of the comment being displayed. * @param int $comment_post->ID The ID of the post the comment is connected to. */ do_action( 'commentrss2_item', $comment->comment_ID, $comment_post->ID ); ?> By: G. Tingey http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/07/03/aussie-thought-police-to-crack-down-on-catholic-baiters/comment-page-1/#comment-157011 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:02:42 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1085#comment-157011 IF this “law” has “bypassed normal parliamentary scrutiny” then it is surely NOT a law, and has no validity?

I assume the Aussie law-groups, atheists, civil rights groups etc will contest it under those grounds – never mind any actual arrests/fines/imprisonments resulting.
Whoever was responsible for this is plainly unfit to hold office, or be trusted with anything more dangerous than a bog-brush.

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“World Youth Day 2008
One Stadium
50,000 Christians
What’s missing . . .?

Sponsor a Lion today!”

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What about if a cross-dressing geriatric German with a two foot gold dick on his head turns up?

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