by cameron | Jan 22, 2007 | censorship, Melbourne, US politics
Here’s a sign of where we might be headed as a country – just days after our Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock was trying to get a book banned for mentioning euthenasia options, today we’ve got reports that Qantas refused a passenger, Allen Jasson, permission to board a plane in Melbourne because he was wearing a t-shirt calling George Bush a terrorist.
Qantas treats the T-shirt as a security risk or clothing that could upset passengers and had banned Mr Jasson from wearing it when he flew to Australia in December.
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A “security risk”?? What are they concerned about? That it will explode? That it will cause a riot?
So what’s next? If I fly on a Qantas plane and say George Bush is a terrorist, will I get arrested? Will they read my blog before they let me fly? Will I have to sign a form agreeing not to speak negatively about Bush, Blair or Howard before I can fly Qantas? When did Qantas feel themselves responsible to curbing free speech on their flights?
by cameron | Jan 22, 2007 | Podcast, TPN
John Havens, who writes the Podcasting site for about.com, recently did an interview with TPN’s Wayne Turmel, who does the Cranky Middle Manager podcast, and his show’s first sponsor, James Manktelow, CEO of MindTools. It’s got a lot of detail in it and is a terrific overview from both Wayne and James on TPN’s model of podcast advertising. I’d like to thank John for doing the interview and to James from Mindtools for both talking publicly about his experience as well, of course, for sponsoring the show!
by cameron | Jan 22, 2007 | Melbourne, Podcast
On the show tonight….
Evan Maloney is an Aussie, living in Poland, getting paid to blog for News.com.au, writing (and selling!) screenplays and once upon a time got his head literally kicked in for trying to protect a couple of girls in Melbourne. He ended up in a coma for his trouble. Check out his blog here.
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The G’Day World Theme Song is “Save Me†by The Napoleon Blown Aparts.
by cameron | Jan 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
Despite Darren Barefoot’s barely credible name, the fact that he’s Canadian and his repeated attacks on podcasting over the years, I kind of like the guy. He was even on G’Day World once, a long long time ago. But his new project, “First Life“, is terrific and *very funny. Good work, eh?
by cameron | Jan 22, 2007 | US politics, Video
Funniest damned thing I’ve seen all day.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHSiqQpg7Uc]
