Category: Laws of our land
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The things that matter
About a decade ago, the Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer went into damage control mode after a gaffe he made when speaking at an event raising awareness for female victims of domestic violence. He had thought it witty on the occasion to coin the phrase “the things that batter” for the event, giggling proudly for…
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(Straight) Anal and oral sex to be decriminalised
Justice & Strength Originally uploaded by Mr Hyde The review of this fine nation’s Penal Code is almost complete, and one of the proposed changes is the decriminalisation of consensual anal and oral sex between heterosexual adults. However, if you object to this proposed change, amongst the other changes which include 19 new offences, you…
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Singapore to be regional hub for governments in exile?
Via Cowboy Caleb, who is, no doubt excited about being in Thailand at this moment, there’s apparently a rumour that the Prime Minister is considering setting up a satellite government in exile in Singapore to lobby the UN to back them as the legitimate government. Technorati Tags: coup, Thaksin, Singapore, thailand
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Weekend gone to the dogs
Doggy takes a cat nap Battling to stay awake and alert because of a flu is not a good way to spend a weekend. So it was good that there was something to do to ameliorate the mugginess. There’s this society called ‘Action for Singapore Dogs‘ that takes in stray and abandoned dogs and fosters…
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MPs’ behaviour hard to stomach
Pandemonium broke out in Taiwan’s parliament when deputies attacked a woman colleague for snatching and trying to eat a proposal