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Woolworths offends the Christians

Posted October 20, 2010 by Jacques Rousseau

Christian fundumbentalists are incensed at Woolworths’ decision to pull some Christian magazines from their shelves.

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UCT Sax Appeal: a satirical response

Posted March 14, 2009 by Jacques Rousseau

Following their capitulation to Christian pressure in pulling Sax Appeal off their shelves, Pick n Pay now bows to Amish pressure group, and pulls Popular Mechanics off shelves

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Carte Blanche loses its nerve?

Posted March 8, 2009 by Jacques Rousseau

Why did Carte Blanche not feature the UCT Sax Appeal blasphemy story? The possibilities that worry one, of course, are producers pulling the show for fear of offending some part of the market, and even worse, pressure being applied by an interested party (UCT, for example) in order to not fan the flames any further.

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Errol Naidoo: High priest of hysteria

Posted March 5, 2009 by Jacques Rousseau

Errol Naidoo doesn’t realise that nobody sane has any incentive to mock or ridicule homosexuals. Homosexuality is neither a belief system nor an ideology – in fact, the only thing that homosexuals have in common is a sexual preference, which is hardly mock-worthy. Nor, in my experience, are “homosexuals” particularly funny as a group of people – in fact, they’re just like Mr. Naidoo (well, perhaps slightly less funny).

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Student response to Sax Appeal blasphemy

Posted March 4, 2009 by Jacques Rousseau

There is nothing remotely persuasive about her response, yet she (sadly) seems to take what she says very seriously. Early on, Taryn says that she “has evidence that demands a verdict”. Nice strong claim, which should surely be backed up by something?

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