Posts by Damian Christie
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See, I knew we'd get this conversation rolling eventually... sssssfriday for God's sake!
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Judi: Quite, but even on a more day-to-day level, do you think it will replace the casual bedroom slap on the arse? "Just go and sit over there for a second, I'm not going to talk to you..." "Ohhhh yeah, that's soooo hot..."
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Probably nothing my post wouldn't have already alerted them to ;)
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Err... serious discussion on the smacking bill off the end of my previous post please. Let's keep this all on topic thanks folks...
And no Dominic, of course I wasn't suggesting spanking would be legally affected by s59... although there have been some interesting cases about the extent to which people are able to consent to assault in a BDSM context.
In the end the House of Lords (I think, trying to remember back to LAWS 213) found the individual could consent to a range of activities, including having matches taped to the nipples then lit (all together now...owwwww), but I seem to recall it may have been because certain members of the B&D group in question were also senior tories or Lords or something... hardly surprising.
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For a goth stranded in Upper Hutt (in the late 80s) RIU helped me waste countless dollars bidding for obscure 12s via the Silvio's auctions.
I guess now it'd be dealt with summarily via Trade Me, much more effective, but only a fraction of the excitement.
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Joe, I'm not sure the analogy works, i.e how you equate a law giving police the potential power to prosecute for an act many (if not most) parents engage in, with some old homophobe's fear of being raped.
If anything, I could see a better analogy with the state of affairs BEFORE the homosexual law reform. Just because the police chose not to prosecute the majority of people who went round getting off with those of the same sex, didn't make the law right, did it?
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Cool, finally a growed-up discussion about something I've written...
Michael: I agree that moving towards a society where no-one smacks their kids is a good idea. Bradford's initial bill, the simple repeal, would have been that beacon legislation. But the public isn't there yet - nowhere near - and clearly neither was the select committee when it amended the bill within an inch of its life.
If we're going to have the "all smacking is bad" argument, then let's have it clearly and simply, and not confused with the misapplication of 'reasonable force'. And let's lead with education, rather than criminalisation.
I agree with Stephen on this, passing laws that are vague and no-one has any intention of enforcing most of the time do nothing to promote respect for the law, or for those tasked with its enforcement - I'd argue similarly that otherwise law-abiding pot smokers have a more negative view of the police because they spend too much time nervously looking over their shoulder to see if they're around.
Yes, the law is being clarified now: smacking for correction = bad, smacking for safety/other reasons = good, but the whole reasonable force thing remains as vague as ever. And that's where the riding crops come out.
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Hilarious. It's not often I LOL at my desk. Reading during my allocated morning tea time, of course.
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Las Vegas, yes of course :) Stoopid me trying to write a blog while washing my hair and feeding the cat.
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A few points.
There definitely is a correlation between women of a certain age and David Bowie's role as Goblin King. I recall my first real girlfriend telling me of, um, first discovering a certain pleasurable pasttime while watching that film.
Muppets don't ruin a film per se. Although I'd argue the standard male point that the Ewoks were the worst thing about Return of the Jedi. (Boba Fett's appearance and demise the best...)
Little Miss Sunshine? Full review to come, but I don't think the fact that something is heartwarming should disqualify it from being a good film. My favourite film of late, Me and You and Everyone We Know, if you want to strip it back, is essentially a rom-com. And the LMS ending is just so unexpectedly funny, that when I saw it the first time on my way back from NYC, I could see people shaking with laughter all over the plane.