On hearing about the Hey Hey It’s Saturday sketch that has garnered so much criticism, I was immediately, naturally disgusted. Make no mistake, it was racist. It should not have been allowed to air. Educated producers knew exactly what it meant and what the reaction would be, and they aired it anyway. That was both irresponsible [...]
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Earlier this week, I made a very quick post about three things I think Australia could borrow from the US in order to improve our democracy. One is to scrap mandatory voting.
Granted, that’s not really something stolen from the US: most of the rest of the world does not have mandatory [...]
I finally found an embeddable version of “Christmas TV”, so I figured I’d better share it. Also, the lyrics, because they are amazing. My favourite bit is this:
It’s okay to have scars, they will make you who you are
It’s okay to have fear, as long as you’re not scared of coming here
And in the middle of [...]