"The Corrective Party is shocked, horrified, spindled, folded and mutilated that so-called "christian" groups are calling for the importation and viewing of obscene and Essence papyri that contains nothing but perverted obscene Essene "literature!!!" said Sister Malaris, Pustulant Mistress of the Corrective Party today in response to the recent Auckland mueseum furore.

"Now, we realise that there was no such thing as undergarments in those days and the winds got frisky around the Messadas, but is that any reason to talk about the abominable practice called 'letting it all hang out?' asked the head SM nun.

"This obscene Essene literature should not be allowed in the country, and we call for its prohibition from New Zealand!!! Anyone who calls for its open display here should be spanked!!!" concluded the Corrective Party Matrix Magna.

Contact: Sister Malaria SM (06) 3583609 The Corrective Party

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>