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Rolf revisited

February 8, 2017May 5, 2017 CabernetVoltaire

Confusius:          I hear they’ve let that Rolf Harris go, then. Exasperus:         Let him go? Confusius:          You know. After all them sexual assaults he done. They’ve let him go. Exasperus:         Why did they let him go? Confusius:          ‘Cos his barrister got … Continue reading Rolf revisited

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SaSie

September 21, 2016November 20, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

So apparently there’s now an app to agree not to rape your partner. It’s called ‘Sasie’ and according to reports, ‘the app is meant to be a legally binding contract between two adults who are agreeing to have a sexual … Continue reading SaSie

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Sexual Risk

July 14, 2016January 5, 2017 CabernetVoltaire

Imagine some futuristic dystopian state where permission must be sought from the authorities if you plan to have sex. You’ll remember that in George Orwell’s 1984 Julia and Winston have to sneak away to an unpoliced proletarian hideout in order … Continue reading Sexual Risk

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Mealy mouthed

March 25, 2016April 12, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

The intemperate Matthew Doyle of Croydon, a man who clearly thinks that the link between Islam and Islamism is more direct and universal than many intelligent people are prepared to accept, reported on his own activism on the matter via … Continue reading Mealy mouthed

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Kesha

February 29, 2016March 30, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

Court cases often make the news, it’s true. They excite polarised opinions, it’s true. But they tend to be criminal cases at the very least. It isn’t often that the outcome of an application for an interim injunction in a … Continue reading Kesha

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Rolf

February 23, 2016March 30, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

Personally, I always found Rolf Harris faintly ridiculous. In my childhood, I think life was leavened slightly by his songs about additional limbs, unruly marsupials, predictable solar phenomena and late sibling reconciliation, and I liked his TV series about swimming … Continue reading Rolf

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