But it’s ok. They simply don’t understand “cultural differences”, you see.

And behold a beneficiary of the cultural enrichment we in the West are enjoying. When a judge can look at that photograph and tell the perp  ” I wish could release you” then the law has become an illegitimate institution and judges such as her have become the enablers of thugs.

‘Passengers on Air New Zealand flights to the Cook Islands and elsewhere will be urged – for their safety’s sake – to watch a video featuring cavorting swimsuit models.
…Asked what choice that would leave travellers who may object to having to watch it, a spokeswoman said last night that it had been careful to ensure the Safety in Paradise video was produced in a way “that is tasteful and suitable for viewing by passengers of all ages”.
…Feminist commentator Deborah Russell says she is disappointed the national flag carrier should have bought into the magazine’s business of objectifying women.

“I’m going to be sitting there worrying about the male passengers sitting next to me leering at the beautiful women on the screen,” said Dr Russell, a philosopher and lecturer in taxation at Massey University in Palmerston North…’   source
Dear Debbie…a message from the real world: Get an effing life, you whiny self-important useless clown. If all you have to worry about is men admiring women in bikinis, you have mental health issues.

Fishing, Darin-style:

‘An Exercise in Indoctrination: Cal Professor Requires Students to Tweet about ‘Islamophobia’
A University of California, Berkeley professor is requiring 100 students to create Twitter accounts and post comments about “Islamophobia,” anti-Islamist Muslim activist Tarek Fatah reports…’

‘Study: Third-Hand Smoke Exposure As Deadly As Smoking’    source
Bollocks. This is about expanding Nanny’s reach, nothing else.  Junk science in the service of tyranny.

Yeah, sure. And this is no isolated instance.

Stolen from The Woodpile Report

I’m off to Townsville.

‘Transplant patients who are given smokers´ lungs are just as likely to survive as those who receive organs from non-smokers, a study has revealed. Nearly half of recipients were given the lungs of heavy smokers–with a fifth coming from donors who had smoked one packet of cigarettes or more a day for at least 20 years. But despite this, they were just as likely to be alive for up to three years after transplantation as those who had received non-smokers´ organs. Astonishingly, some patients even had higher survival rates–with more than 90 percent of smoking donors´ lungs alive after one year…’      source

NFL Bans ‘Offensive’ Pro-Gun Commercial from the Super Bowl