Thread: The Nanny State

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

These people want to control every aspect of your life

Dude wants to look at Fantasy Football and clear up some of the ambiguity in the laws around it. Right-wing blog sensationalizes a headline, out it spins into the echo-chamber to be repeated ad nauseam as something it isn't.

Meanwhile conservatives want to be able to tell women what they can do with their own bodies, who can/can't get married, and insist people live according to a book about magic sky pixies.

So, tell me again who wants to control every aspect of your life.

BM:

<insert head exploding gif>

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Hope all you fair minded Kiwis rise up and demand that banning books is just so 'yesterday'...

No book has been banned.

So no.

Meanwhile in the land of free speech, Amendments, and stuff...

Harry Potter has been the subject of at least six book burnings in the U.S.

From blacklisted to celebrated: Banned Books Week ? Metro

But insane asylums don't count. America that is.

That were book burnings. Bit different than a banned book like what's happening in NZ, eh?

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

That were book burnings. Bit different than a banned book like what's happening in NZ, eh?

No book has been banned in NZ.

Q. So what's the difference between a book being burned in the U.S. and a book not having been banned in NZ?

A. Nothing, Booners still wouldn't have read and comprehended either.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

That were book burnings. Bit different than a banned book like what's happening in NZ, eh?

You really are quite thick . . .

a) Murkins burn books
b) New Zealand hasn't banned the book

Capisce?

Public schools. Does the stupidity ever end?

AP September 25, 2015

8-year-old suspended for wearing wrong shade of green

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SICKLERVILLE, N.J. -- An 8-year-old girl received a one-day suspension from her southern New Jersey public elementary school for wearing a shirt that was the wrong shade of green.

The girl's mother tells WTXF-TV that Winslow Township Elementary School No. 4 sent her daughter home Tuesday for wearing a kelly green polo shirt, which was deemed to be in violation of the Camden County school's dress code.

The school's dress code specifies that shirts and blouses may only be white, dark green or navy.

Winslow Township School's code on dress and grooming says "school attire can influence a pupil's behavior and potentially impact the academic environment."

Other parents have reported that their children were suspended for wearing wrong colored shirts as well.

The girl's mother called the suspension "a little ridiculous."

8-year-old suspended for wearing wrong shade of green - CBS News

This so called 'banned' book Booners has ranted about is now been ruled as 'unrestricted access'. So big drama about nothing. It just so

happened that a loony right wing Christian group managed to capture the ear of the chairman of the NZ Film and Literature Board of

Review who had the same sick views and who had the power to make interim decisions between Board meetings. The Board

has now met and reason over superstition has prevailed. I suspect the chairman will have a short tenure. More

here

Excellent news. I'm sure Booners will be ecstatic to hear on his occasional lurks.

Fact is the book was never banned at all, but that didn't stop the moron going on about it incessantly over many threads

Originally Posted by panama hat

Fact is the book was never banned at all, but that didn't stop the moron going on about it incessantly over many threads

You banned so many books does it hardly matter. Oh and you burned the people as well too. One word to you and it is

Weird how white people with no friends outside their racial group spend their lives being pc. It is like they feel guilty about it. The whole nanny state is just an extension of pcness which has ruined the west.

Sorry Ant. Not trying to be a pedantic dick.

Buuut... Over 1300 books have been banned in NZ..

"Into the River" was banned in NZ.

Racy teen novel Into the River banned after Family First complaint | Stuff.co.nz

There are approximately 1300 titles which are ‘objectionable’ (banned) in New Zealand. Approximately 1225 were classified as indecent by the Indecent Publications Tribunal (IPT) in the period 1963-1994. The remainder are decisions of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC).

Information on banned and restricted books | Booksellers New Zealand

*Not saying I agree or disagree... indifferent really.. just stating a fact.

Originally Posted by NZdick1983

Sorry Ant. Not trying to be a pedantic dick.

Buuut... Over 1300 books have been banned in NZ..

"Into the River" was banned in NZ.

Racy teen novel Into the River banned after Family First complaint | Stuff.co.nz

There are approximately 1300 titles which are ‘objectionable’ (banned) in New Zealand. Approximately 1225 were classified as indecent by the Indecent Publications Tribunal (IPT) in the period 1963-1994. The remainder are decisions of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC).

Information on banned and restricted books | Booksellers New Zealand

*Not saying I agree or disagree... indifferent really.. just stating a fact.

No need to apologize but it ain't really a fact though mate.

It was the subject of a temporary injunction based on the Family First application until it was reviewed and classified. It was never at any stage 'banned'.

In fact I see that it was classified and released recently. The author must be loving it, what was probably destined for second-hand book bins became a best seller because of the manufactured fuss about it.

As to the others I'd have to see a list but along with all the usual suspects on it I would bet there would be books/titles about things such a pedophilia etc.

Originally Posted by chassamui

Over the years, the socialist governments of the UK could not resist the urge to interfere in individuals lives.
The result is the nanny state we have today. Family and social cohesion undermined by a plethora of regulation which allows a poor working class, 16 year old girl to get herself with child, and then support her and child for the forseeable future.
It's a train wreck of poor, ill educated, rootless individuals set up to milk the system.
It has created an underclass with no morals, but with a handle on entitlements which are undeserved.
As noted previously, law enforcement is down to that which can be served easily on the few remaining, law abiding citizens.

Nanny, naneeee, where are my free tranquilisers?

...and the Tory goverments leave individuals without sufficient means to support themselves, creates and underclass by depriving those from poorer backgrounds of a decent education. The function of government should be to protect it's citizens by ensuring access to as mentioned proper education, decent home and health standards and above all sufficient means to live - the list doesn't stop here of course.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Originally Posted by NZdick1983

Sorry Ant. Not trying to be a pedantic dick.

Buuut... Over 1300 books have been banned in NZ..

"Into the River" was banned in NZ.

Racy teen novel Into the River banned after Family First complaint | Stuff.co.nz

There are approximately 1300 titles which are ‘objectionable’ (banned) in New Zealand. Approximately 1225 were classified as indecent by the Indecent Publications Tribunal (IPT) in the period 1963-1994. The remainder are decisions of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC).

Information on banned and restricted books | Booksellers New Zealand

*Not saying I agree or disagree... indifferent really.. just stating a fact.

No need to apologize but it ain't really a fact though mate.

It was the subject of a temporary injunction based on the Family First application until it was reviewed and classified. It was never at any stage 'banned'.

In fact I see that it was classified and released recently. The author must be loving it, what was probably destined for second-hand book bins became a best seller because of the manufactured fuss about it.

As to the others I'd have to see a list but along with all the usual suspects on it I would bet there would be books/titles about things such a pedophilia etc.

I don't know where this 1300 came from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...by_governments

Famous banned books

The anti-war novel, Johnney Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo, was written about a wounded souldier in WWI and published just days before America entered WWII. It was banned because it interfered with the recruiting for the new war.

There have been others: One or both of Henry Miller's "Tropics of..." books was banned for awhile.

Originally Posted by MrG

The anti-war novel, Johnney Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo, was written about a wounded souldier in WWI and published just days before America entered WWII. It was banned because it interfered with the recruiting for the new war.

There have been others: One or both of Henry Miller's "Tropics of..." books was banned for awhile.

James Cagney did a radio show version of this book. 30 compelling minutes well worth listening to:

"Johnny Got His Gun" Radio Show Starring James Cagney

http://http://fan.tcm.com/audio/john...g-james-cagney

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Thanks for that. I listened to the first few minutes, but it brings back memories of the book and, as good as it is, written in the first person, the story is painful to read even though it is fiction.
However, highly recommended.

It was made into a movie in the late 60s. Trumbo was one of two directors, if memory serves.