"The Christian Haemorrhoids have gone completely over the top with their new-found enthusiasm for ...branding." Sister Palpitatia, Leader of the Corrective Party said today.

Sister Palpitatia thought the Corrective Party should take credit for the Haemorrhoids pursuit of the "born-again bottom-spanking believer" vote.

However, she thought "branding" was going a bit too far:

"Flagellation, yes. Especially if carried out on the shameless lycra-clad nubile bottoms of lewd cycle couriers!!! But we think that the New Zealand public does have its limits. We know that many New Zealanders see nothing wrong with spanking, as long as it is restricted to consenting adults who love discipline. But branding is mutilating the body and that's too kinky for us!!!" She continued.

She said that the brands in question should also be consistent with the Fair Trading Act if they were allowed, and should read PAST USE-BY DATE.

Contact: Sister Palpitatia BD SM
The Corrective Party
(06) 3583609

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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>>