Comments on: Aussie thought police to crack down on Catholic-baiters

By: mediawatchwatch.org.uk » Aussies may annoy Catholics after all

mediawatchwatch.org.uk » Aussies may annoy Catholics after all — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:21:31 +0000

[...] an update on this story, The BBC reports that a court in Sydney has overruled the controversial “don’t annoy [...]

By: G. Tingey

G. Tingey — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:49:22 +0000

And, just to spice it up – a new child-abuse cayholic scandal in Aus emerges …..
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

By: G. Tingey

G. Tingey — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:02:42 +0000

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.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:43:19 +0000

Here is a poster some enterprising Aussies may wish to print up and distribute:

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

Sponsor a Lion today!”

By: Andy Armitage

Andy Armitage — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:29:38 +0000

What would happen if a Catholic became offended by the presence of a Muslim? And then the Muslim got uppity because the Catholic had got offended? And then . . .

By: sean

sean — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:44:54 +0000

What a perfect time that would be to dust off the old ‘Jesus is a cunt’ t-shirts!

By: Stuart H.

Stuart H. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:40:11 +0000

So you can be arrested for wearing a T-shirt with a condom on it because that might ’cause annoyance’?
What about if a cross-dressing geriatric German with a two foot gold dick on his head turns up?

By: marc draco

marc draco — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:17:39 +0000

I predict a riot. No really. This really could cause a riot.