Sizable sibling slappage.

The blogger hivemind is all abuzz with, wait, is abuzz a word? Yes it is, OK, (stupid damn public schools and their lack of emphasis on advanced wordery to make me sound smartier) it's all abuzz with the whole Big Brother eviction due to a non-concented turkey-slap.

Personally, I just don't care - I don't watch the show. They got a collection of exhibitionist out-going out-landish extroverts, trapped them in fairly tortuous conditions, and filmed it for your viewing pleasure. No one should be suprised when shit happens.

This isn't even Big Brother anyway - this is Little Brother - Big Brother is Guantanamo Bay, or that 'clicking' sound when you pick up the phone after you send a letter to the PM or join Greenpeace.

And why the hell am I giving them free advertising, like everyone else commenting on it - damnation!

Senator Coonan said the show's constant sexual advances towards women
"ruthlessly reinforce the kind of notion that women are objects".

Um.. at a guess they probably have the same kinds of sexual advances towards men, reinforcing the notion that men are objects too, so your point is void, you crusty theropod.

Howard called for the show to be axed, and, being the leader of the opposition, Kim Beazley completely agreed and repeated John's opinion, but with different words. (Can Kim sack some speech writers and from now on just point to the PM and say "yeah.. uh.. what he said").

Andrew Bartlett claimed it was an "excessive intrusion into the lives of Australians by moralising, preaching politicians". His blog post is "Thought Police attack Big Brother". Andy, get your hand off it, they're expressing their "want" for the show to be cancelled, and A) it's not going to happen, and B) they aren't going to be make it happen because C) it's a nice cash cow for industry mates, and D) they're only saying it to soak up some votes from the matter. Hand off it, please, you half-arsed "lone voice of dissent" (claims Fairfax) - quite frankly, I fail to see how Bartlett himself is not merely attempting to soak up some "lone voice of dissent" brownie points.
"What's that Lassie? The government is making a weak, hollow and completely non-effective statement about the axing of a crass television programme? Orwell was right! To the Democrat-mobile!"



THE LOOOOOOOOOOOOONE RANGER VOICE OF DISSENT..
(Lone voice of dissent may only extend to non-issues. Batteries not included. Bartlett and Democrats available for a limited time only.)

Now, the government's appointment of Windshuttle, and the cancellation of Jonestown in his first board meeting - is a far better example of government media meddling.