According to a press release from The Australian Sex Party (who would, I daresay, like everyone to just plain loosen up a little)… well, we’re going to be talking about some adult material. Let’s put that after the fold.
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    I have an interesting observation. If the Australian Classification Board or the Australian Communications and Media Authority tell me that something might offend me… well, they’ve got a 100% miss-rate so far. On the other hand, if I want to be offended, I just have to watch a commercial-break on television or (in a pinch) go out and look at a few billboards. You know, those things that they’ve generally okayed as being acceptable. As you’re probably aware, Australia doesn’t have an 18+ rating for video games (though it does for other types of media such as films and publications). It’s not a stretch to see why. At the time the legislation was applied to video games, such games were the province of the young, and it is only recently that they’ve grown up, right? Wrong. From their inception, video games (particularly computer games) were played by all ages. Okay, back on the topic of Australia’s proposed Internet filtering system, which is continuing to move forward. The films V for Vendetta and American Gangster from iTunes are now blocked to those who would purchase them but are a part of the trial system. Why? Because iTunes requires no more than a valid credit-card payment as a verification method for access to mature content. Does that sound like anyone we know? Telstra, the national telecommunications provider and current commercial Internet backbone provider for Australia is to be broken up. Rivals, it is said, are cheering. Consumer groups as well. Share prices have crashed, of course. What about Telstra itself? Well, obviously the management isn’t going to be too cheery, but almost everyone I know who actually works for Telstra outside of upper management is having a party. You thought it was US$299? Well, that’s what they’re selling it for in the USA, yes. In Australia, the new PS3 is US$430. The original model sold for around US$800. And you wonder why we don’t buy a whole lot of current-gen consoles. Common knowledge isn’t exactly common, or isn’t exactly knowledge. Most of the things that “everyone knows” are generally incorrect. Among other things, I’m the full-time carer for two disabled people. And let me tell you, that really doesn’t give you a high opinion of the medical profession, or at least of that part of it that we experience in Melbourne, Victoria. One patient has at least some effective support from a specialist. That only took most of a decade to achieve. These days, I go with this patient to see everyone. Specialists, general practitioners, the whole lot. Because, on a purely statistical basis, the odds that they’re going to be rubbish are very high – and I’m the one who has to put her back together over the course of the next week.
Now if soap ever looked good enough to eat, this is that soap. Cake Of Soap really lives up to its name. Thanks to Patchouli Woollahra for spotting this awesome Australian business. 
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