Aus Liberals have no sense of humour
Godoness. The Australian Liberal Party has dumped an NSW state election candidate because of a joke he sent on via text message.
The message, sent on Christmas Day, was:
“The video you have ordered about how to have sex with a goat has now arrived,”
Now it isn’t that funny, but it is hardly grounds for deselection. I mean it was joking about child abuse sure, but you know sex with goats is hardly a widespread problem in NSW (or at least I hope it isn’t).
It reminds me a bit of university days when people would put fake messages up on the hostel notice board announcing VD results were available for X or for Y to call this number and it would be a strip club or something. All very puerile but fairly inoffensive.
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February 23rd, 2007 at 4:31 am
david..
um…aussies like their goats..eh..?
there is a special ‘goat-house’ up in kings cross..eh..?
(just down the road from the needle-exchange..(if anyones’ interested..)
phil(whoar.co.nz)
February 23rd, 2007 at 8:02 am
Agree – and what’s with all the ‘jokes’ and ‘satire’ about hitting/smacking children and child abuse in the NZ blogosphere at the moment? Is it supposed to be amusing? It’s frightening that most of these people have children of their own.
Kick over a rock and you see what comes crawling out.
February 23rd, 2007 at 8:27 am
Good lord, my girlfriend’s mother threatened to kick my head in the other day. When did eveyrbody get so soft? The right to offend goes to the heart of free speech.
February 23rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
Looks like something really got up their goat
February 23rd, 2007 at 8:36 am
David, David, David! How could you? There is no such animal as The Australian Liberal Party. There is The Australian Labour Party (ALP)and there is The Liberal Party of Australia, to which I once belonged. It is the Liberal Party of New South Wales which deselected its candidate, not the Federal Liberal Party. With both the ALP and the Libs the state organisations are separate from and pretty many respects austonamouse from their federal counterparts. You will recall from time to time some spectacular ‘interventions’ in state party affairs by the Feds.
February 23rd, 2007 at 8:43 am
Did you like the ‘austonamouse’? Good grief!
February 23rd, 2007 at 8:50 am
Austonishing
February 23rd, 2007 at 9:57 am
These people have had a humour transplant. just like most but not all Socialists and their supporters and ALL feminists.Note how they have thin pursed lips and look at you down their noses as if yourve just farted in their presence. Sad lot.
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:07 am
“but you know sex with goats is hardly a widespread problem in NSW (or at least I hope it isn’t).”
Well, that guy was banned from being anywhere near a pet store.
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:10 am
DPF, you might want to stick an “if” in somewhere.
I mean it was joking about child abuse sure
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:19 am
Well, DPF, let’s be fair – I can understand why the NSW Libs would be rather sensitive on the subject after expressing their disdain for Milton Orkopoulos, who was sacked by Premier Morris Iemma after being being hit with a string of grotesque drug and sex charges. The NSW Labour Party has also had their fair share of candidates who’ve engaged in (shall we say) inappropriate but not illegal – and still pretty fugly splashed all over the media – behaviour towards women.
Yes, it stinks of a well-timed beat-up and you can sure argue the party is over-reacting. (Though I note Pavier hasn’t been expelled from the party, or *ahem* encouraged to resign from the local council.) But the simple fact is that the Libs must win Wyong – and the surrounding seats of The Entrance and Gosford – if they want to turf Iemma out. And it’s not going to help if Labour has any opening to accuse them of flat out not practising what they preach when it comes to standards and accountability in public life.
It would be more than a shame if the worthless Iemma Administration hung on because a few thousand voters on the Central Coast couldn’t get the image of Brenton Pavier shagging a goat out of their heads.
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:37 am
Looks as though Panty Slut Boy would have a home if he crossed the Tasman – if only he would!
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:40 am
Whats wrong with kidding around and acting the goat?
February 23rd, 2007 at 11:01 am
It’s all the rage in France, apparently
http://www.spareroom.co.nz/2007/02/22/solution-to-the-man-drought/
February 23rd, 2007 at 11:36 am
Damn unlucky he’s not a muzzie.
Then there are merely a number of protocols to observe with the goat thing, then go for your life.
Instructional material would be ok, I’m guessing.
February 23rd, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Adolf – you are correct.
Brian – the guy banned was a Kiwi remember!