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WHAT sort of a society breeds little bastards like these?
Thats what Britain is asking itself after the sickening details of how a ten-year-old boy and his 11-year-old brother tortured two other boys to within an inch of their lives were made public here last week.
The facts of the case, which has echoes in the killing of two-year-old Jamie Bulger in Liverpool in 1993, have provoked a storm of anger and re-opened the debate about Broken Britain and where it all went wrong for a once proud country.
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A few nights ago, my nine-year-old daughter fronted me in the kitchen and demanded to know whether it was mandatory to remove one’s underwear when “sexing” with a boy.
Given her previous question was whether Mylie Cyrus is more famous than the Queen, I was totally unprepared and lamely replied, “Ah … generally.”
Her disgusted response quickly attracted her seven-year-old sister and the pair began to fire horrifyingly-detailed queries at me.
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Dani says:
“Mylie Cyrus”?? Come on now, get with the times! It’s Miley (like Smiley, but without the S). That said, those lollies are delicious!! And I think the pictures are cute! Why can’t fruit have a bit of fun? Read more »
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Lisa says:
I like to be in control of where and when I experience my ripening sexuality. And that does not include the lolly aisle of the supermarket. I agree, the lime’s expression is aggressively lurid. I would have preferred a sweeter, more loving expression myself… Unfortunately, as those red and yellow… Read more »
While the National Conference of the Labor Party has been protecting the sanctity of other people’s marriages (a topic for another day, perhaps), the House of Lords in the UK has been grappling with the complexities of helping one’s loved one board the plane to Switzerland. The case is called R (on the application of Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions.
Under the Suicide Act 1961, suicide is not illegal in England. However, the piece of legislation makes it a criminal offence to assist another to take their own life.
But assisted suicide is not an offence in Switzerland.
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peter says:
So much for peoples rights to self determination. Cheers peter Read more »
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watty says:
Shane and Pete you have asked questions near to my heart. The N.T was used as the test laboratory for the Aboriginal Land Rights (N.T.) Act 1976 by Fraser and the Federal Government. No other State or Territory would have a bar of the conditions laid down in this Act… Read more »
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