"The Corrective Party is disappointed that the government will not be repealing Section 59 of the Crimes Act, particularly as our proposed Section 59 (sm) replacement legislation would have reserved spanking for those able to consent to, and properly appreciate it!!!" said Sister Palpitatia SM today.

"We are concerned that those who ignore this whole idea of consent may not be aware that they are committing the implantation of perversions. This is not "reddening rearends for righteousness" at all, but means that one day, it may be your child that is flouncing along Queen Street in an open plan leather jodhpur in February!!!" She concluded.

Contact: Sister Palpitatia SM The Corrective Party: Turning the Stomach (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>>