Waltzing Matilda to be banned

[Ken Livingston]

On  5 Mar 97 at 7:43, Greg Taylor wrote:

> The recently-released Senate Committee report on the Portrayal of Violence in
> the Electronic Media refers to concerns about music lyrics promoting suicide as
> a solution to personal problems.
> 
> The report includes this recommendation:
>    that the ARIA Code of Practice Guidelines No. 3 for "material which 
>    are not  permitted to be sold" be amended to add the word "suicide"
>    after the words "incest" and "child abuse".  (Recommendation 14)
> 
> I wonder if the well-meaning Senators realise that this would include a
> ban on the lyrics of Waltzing Matilda?

No great loss.  A ban on silly songs is surely in the best interest of all
citizens.  And I think T-shirts and nursery rhymes should be our next target.


Regards,
Ken

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Ken Livingston
kenli@pcug.org.au