Outrage over BSA Ruling on "Bloody Mary"
June 30, 2006 by admin
Filed under Complaints to Broadcasters, Moral Values
Press Release 30/06/06
The Society submitted a comprehensive written complaint to the broadcaster over the screening of the highly offensive “Bloody Mary” episode of South Park. The broadcaster made no effort to interact with the details of the complaint other than send back to us a superficial stock reply sent to all complainants. There was at least some satisfaction that the broadcaster made a commitment not to re-screen the objectionable episode in the light of the record level of complaints it received. There was no acknowledgment of wrongdoing or any breaches of the Free-to-air Broadcasting Code.
Society Shares Qualified Swedish Lawyer’s Concerns Re S. 59
June 16, 2006 by admin
Filed under Anti-smacking Bill
Family Integrity says that Swedish lawyer Ruby Harrold-Claesson, who coming to New Zealand next month, will be the most qualified person ever to speak in New Zealand on the effect of Sweden’s smacking ban on that country’s social fabric.
Dr Joan Durrant of the University of Manitoba in Canada has been to New Zealand twice reporting on her research trips to Sweden – all paid for by the Swedish government. Plunket, Barnardos, the Children’s and Families’ Commissioners, UNICEF, EPOCH and others, who were all happy to listen to Dr Durrant, will at last be able to speak face to face with someone who not only lives in Sweden and speaks Swedish, but someone who, as a lawyer there, deals directly with the interface between the law and its application to society. It appears this interface is savagely chewing up many children and families, leaving a trail of permanent damage. But it is all done in the best interests of the child, they say.
Minister confirms no NZ Court ruling on meaning of S. 59 re "a person in the place of a parent"
June 6, 2006 by David
Filed under Anti-smacking Bill, Family
Office of Hon Mark Burton, M.P. for Taupo. Minister of Justice. 6 June 2006.
Dear David
Thank you for your email of 22 February 2006 regarding section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961. Your email to the Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment has been referred to me for direct response as these matters fall within my portfolio responsibiliities as Minister of Justice.
As Minister of Justice, I am not able to provide you with legal advice, and this response to your email should not be interpreted as such. However, I can make some general comments about the interpretation of section 59.
