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http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/24/caitlyn-jenner-halloween-costume-sparks-social-media-outrage-.html

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...een-costume-labeled-817515?utm_source=twitter

It's nowhere near October, but one ensemble is already on track to be named the most controversial Halloween costume of 2015.

Social media users were out in full force on Monday criticizing several Halloween retailers for offering a Caitlyn Jenner costume reminiscent of the former-athlete's Vanity Fair cover earlier this year.

While Jenner's supporters condemned the costume as "transphobic" and "disgusting" on Twitter, Spirit Halloween, a retailer that carries the costume, defended the getup.

"At Spirit Halloween, we create a wide range of costumes that are often based upon celebrities, public figures, heroes and superheroes," said Lisa Barr, senior director of marking at Spirit Halloween. "We feel that Caitlyn Jenner is all of the above and that she should be celebrated. The Caitlyn Jenner costume reflects just that."
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Cirque de Soleil's format of "artsty fartsy circus performers" is more tailored to a modern audience I think, also they don't loose ticket sales due to animal rights activists not buying tickets because there are no animals in the shows so that's a big advantage they have over Ringling Brothers.

I saw a show once, it was so artsy fartsy I came out dressed like a Beatnik inexplicably
 
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Ponderous Pillock said:
Mocking? No. If it goes from mockery to clearly targeted bullying (I.e, they try and close down/stop on social media and you carry on) then yes. Sadly we've had a few too many suicides due to kids being bullied constantly on social media, so laws are a little tighter here.

Mostly it's protecting kids rather than adults who're expected to have thicker skins/not as heavy a dependancy on social media.

Libel in the UK, while mocked here frequently by Kiwis isn't as easy to win as noted. It's easier to get it heard in court (most courts elsewhere shrug and throw them out) but winning isn't as great as expected.

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Meanwhile, Piers Morgan continues to give no fucks. Mother who is an "actress in training" charged her friend £325 for the designer booties she sent her 3 year old in when they became scuffed and had pen marks on them from the kids playing.

Said child (again three years old) has over 60 pairs of shoes from this chelsea mum of the worst kind.

Unsurprisngly Piers Morgan (net worth: $20 million) buys his kids cheap as shit shoes because he knows they will trash them anyway.

Said mum later "burst into tears" thanks to Piers and social media rounding on her dumb ass again.
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I saw this posted up on a group when it first hit the press. There was a woman who lived close to her, and said even when you look at her you can tell she is a snooty cow. Sounds like all those skittle and pubic hair dresses she made has gone to her head.

I never really liked piers morgan before (mostly because i never listened to him or read anything he wrote). But since watching GMB more, what he says is pretty spot on and he's not afraid to voice his opinions. Its always good watching him speak to someone, because it always looks like its going to end in full-scale war.

I was looking into Sarahs other antics and as expected, she is the typical "baby at 15, tattoo at 16" essex style tart you would think she is. Theres a few other news reports out there about her too.

Give me your taco bush to store in my sons bedroom:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/mum-makes-bizarre-pubic-hair-8350192

Help, I'm going into panic mode:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowb...-325-invoice-for-her-daughters-scuffed-shoes/

Apparently rape is a laughing matter:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25817...ootballer-adam-johnsons-victim-for-halloween/

FCUK this cheap tattoo:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/179...-with-a-huge-inking-of-a-womans-face-melting/
 
Finland Police Urge Kids to Report Parents Who Say Mean Things About Politicians on Facebook
The police in Finland are urging children to snitch on their parents for criticizing politicians on Facebook. The call to action is a part of the police’s newest campaign to engage citizens through social media with the launch of a new YouTube channel dedicated to providing information and advice.

Over the past few years, the Finnish authorities made it a mandate to monitor social media in an effort to tackle “hate speech.” While most “hate speech” offenses consist of verbal insults towards immigrants and religious minorities, the term has also come to encompass disparaging messages towards politicians.

As part of its effort to engage younger citizens through social media, the police have set up a YouTube channel, and its latest video advises children to report their parents for that crime. The video was translated by a YouTuber and confirmed by multiple Finnish speakers to me. It features a little girl named Alma whose mom informs her that she’s posting a message on a politician’s Facebook wall.

“I’m really going to let him have it,” says the woman, prompting the child to ask her why she doesn’t simply address him in person. “Well, these are the kind of things I wouldn’t dare say to him directly to his face,” she responds.

The child proceeds to summon the Finnish police mascot, and admonishes her mother for doing a “naughty thing.”

The police voiceover states that berating someone on Facebook with images and “nasty messages” may constitute a criminal offense in Finland, and adds that it is illegal to dox someone—before breaking into a song about Internet harassment.

It looks like a parody, but it isn’t. The song suggests that posting an insulting message on the Internet is like getting a tattoo—it lasts forever.

Finland currently ranks at the #1 on the World Press Freedom Index, and citizens are generally free to express themselves. But new laws threaten that freedom.

In Finland, as in many places, it is against the law to threaten or insult any group because of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability or any comparable trait. “Ethnic agitation,” or calling for the genocide of any race, is the only crime punishable with a prison sentence. The police seek to broaden the scope of the existing law and criminalize all manner of “hate speech.”

In their effort to prevent the rise of fascism and maintain stability and freedom, the Finnish authorities are slowly turning themselves into Big Brother in 1984.
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In a weird turn of repeating events Canadian reality TV star and business man Kevin O'Leary will be running for the Conservative party of Canada next election. He's basically the same as Trump except will less wall building aspirations
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/a-lo...ary-now-running-for-tory-leadership-1.3246081
His former co-star Arlene Dickinson who is also a business woman billionaire lady came out and said "He'd do a shitty job don't vote for him"
He was the best guy on Dragon's Den tbh until they stopped showing the funny pitches that were shitty and only showed good pitches.
 
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