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	<title>Rachel Soma &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>Gamer Activism, Zombie Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of Left4Dead 2 being refused classification in Australia a lot of facebook groups and forum threads have sprung up to wail and wring their hands, but some groups have decided that what they really need is public protest &#8211; with gore.
Facebook group &#8220;Gamers for a proper rating system in Aus&#8221; (one of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the wake of Left4Dead 2 being refused classification in Australia a lot of facebook groups and forum threads have sprung up to wail and wring their hands, but some groups have decided that what they really need is public protest &#8211; with gore.</p>
<p>Facebook group &#8220;Gamers for a proper rating system in Aus&#8221; (one of dozens of similarly titled and focused groups) is planning an <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=149018692374#/event.php?eid=325982290391&amp;index=1">EPIC ZOMBIE LURCH</a> to get gamers out of the house and raise their decomposing fists to the sky and tell the Attorney General that we want an 18+ rating for games.</p>
<p>The cynic in me wonders if the organisers are also wanting for some brains, as traipsing around the city covered in muck may not be the best way to tell the AG that we&#8217;re grown-ups and can choose what games we want to play.</p>
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		<title>Palin Throws Stones in Religious Glass Houses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[McCain&#8217;s gentlemanly refusal to use Rev. Wright to attack Obama doesn&#8217;t sit will with Vice-Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin: “To tell you the truth, Bill, I don’t know why that association isn’t discussed more, because those were appalling things that that pastor had said about our great country, and to have sat in the pews for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://rachelsoma.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sarahs-religious-baggage.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4" title="sarahs-religious-baggage" src="http://rachelsoma.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sarahs-religious-baggage-300x201.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="201" /></a>McCain&#8217;s gentlemanly refusal to use Rev. Wright to attack Obama doesn&#8217;t sit will with Vice-Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin: “To tell you the truth, Bill, I don’t know why that association isn’t discussed more, because those were appalling things that that pastor had said about our great country, and to have sat in the pews for 20 years and listened to that — with, I don’t know, a sense of condoning it, I guess, because he didn’t get up and leave — to me, that does say something about character. But, you know, I guess that would be a John McCain call on whether he wants to bring that up.”</p>
<p><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolderCentre_article1_articleRepeater_ctl00_articleText">Perhaps Palin should be looking closer to home as new information is coming to light about her own preacher Thoman Muthee with his stirring words of violence: &#8220;The violent take it by force. People that have spiritual backbones are the ones that are going to advance. They are the ones that will move forward. I thank God for what I see happening in this place. I thank God for the vision, the passion that I can see here. And my word is this: <strong>the more violent you become, the more committed you become, the quicker you will see things happen in this region.&#8221;</strong></span></p>
<p>Media outlets have also reported that Muthee decared a woman a witch because several car accidents occured near her home. The reverend and his congregation proceeded to harass and harangue her to the degree that she was threatened with stoning, her house was broken into, her pet was killed and she was thrown in jail with the demand that she convert to Christianity.</p>
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