In the three weeks I’ve been here this time, a magazine for teen lads has been taken off shop shelves because its tits and gags offended a few noisy Twitterfems. 
A newspaper columnist — the biting, insightful Mark Latham — lost his column after a truly unholy marriage of well-fed feminists and fat cats (Westpac) bombarded his editor with complaints. 
An American rapper, Tyler the Creator, cancelled his tour after a mob of the ostentatiously outraged campaigned to have his visa revoked because his lyrics are anti-women. 
A traditional gay-marriage campaigner, Katy Faust, who appeared on Q&A with me, had every barb in the book hurled at her and was told by Sam Dastyari that she’s ‘entitled to have different views’ (how generous) but ‘this evangelical claptrap is the last thing we need in the debate’ — in short, you can oppose gay marriage in your head, just don’t express it with your mouth.
 And students at the University of Sydney, during a debate on PC, told me that ‘Everyone can say what they like, but there will be consequences’ — the motto of the barbarians who shot up Charlie Hebdo — 
and then proceeded to rip up the Uni’s right-wing student newspaper in response to my suggestion that nothing should be banned but rather should be debated. 

As a libertarian and controversialist and passionate defender of free speech he has been called many things: “one of Britain’s sharpest social commentators” by The Daily Telegraph, a “libertarian ideologue” by The Independent, a “Marxist proletarian firebrand” by The Guardian, a “loony lefty hack” by the British National Party, “exceptionally ignorant” by Melanie Phillips, an “angry little boy” by English PEN, and a “smug shite” by Peter Tatchell.

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THE man who breathed cinematic life into the Aussie larrikin and took him on to the international stage believes our famous cultural stereotype is dying a slow death, strangled by a new breed of inner-city conformists.

Paul Hogan, who gave the world Crocodile Dundee, has suggested that unique Australian spirit spawned by 18th century convicts is being smothered by a bland, cosmopolitan Australia.

Speaking to reporters in Melbourne as he announced new comedy shows at The Palms at Crown, Hogan suggested our best-recognised national identity, refined over the past two centuries by writers such as C.J. Dennis and politicians like Bob Hawke, is fading into history’s rear view mirror.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/paul-hogan-says-australian-cultural-stereotype-is-dying-slow-death/story-fnn8dlfs-1227386323731

Is mark Larham the last of Aussie Larrikins ?

MOST Australians think it's important to hang on to our "larrikin" nature but more than a third think we have already lost that spirit.

And Aussies have nominated Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan as the man who best embodies the modern-day larrikin.

A national survey conducted for News Ltd shows that 60 per cent of people thought it would be a bad thing if our larrikin nature disappeared.

But 36 per cent of respondents thought the concept had already gone.

Apart from Hogan, other popular "larrikins" nominated by those surveyed included cricket legend Shane Warne and radio and TV personalities Hamish and Andy.

Another actor, Hugh Jackman came in second on the list, after Hogan.

Former prime minister Bob Hawke, who at age 82 last year skulled a beer to cheers from an SCG crowd, was also given a nod.

Jackman, who spoke to News Ltd from the set of upcoming film Prisoners in Atlanta, Georgia, said anyone who was "cheeky and irreverent" would fit the bill as a larrikin.

"Even those in authority can't help but smile, even when they are crossing the line," he said.

"Larrikins make you laugh in situations when you are not meant to, they naturally see the lighter side of life."

The star of Les Miserables and the X-Men franchise said that spirit "can't be manufactured" and approved of 'Hoges being Australians' choice.

"I can say for sure after hanging with Hoges at the G'day USA Gala last Saturday night, that he is rightly number one on this list," he said.

"My favourite line from the other night: 'Jackman, if you happen to win on Sunday for best actor, don't get too carried away with yourself  - I won one too!!'."

Dr Tony Moore, director of Monash University's Centre for Australian Studies, said increasing political correctness had altered the prevalence of the larrikin.

He said Barry Humphries, who was also mentioned as a larrikin by people surveyed by News Ltd, had used the concept, as well as the "ocker" image, to great effect  - as did Bob Hawke.

"There has been a patriotic correctness and political correctness that holds people to account for what they say a lot more (today)," he said.

"It's created a risk averse culture. The things Bob Hawke got away with saying... it used to be easier in Australia to get away with that sort of thing."

He said politicians were now a lot more rehearsed and controlled, which fed into people's perceptions on larrikinism.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/we-all-love-a-larrikin-but-fear-they-are-on-the-way-out/story-e6frg6n6-1226557792821

Pete,

The Australian characters, larrikans if you like, are a dying breed, if not already gone.

There were many amongst the individuals I came across back aways, even in the cities.

We appear to have skipped a generation, maybe two, possiblty there will be a revival amongst the young, I hope so.

The short story project I am working on part time encapsulates the breed or at least tries to.

Take it easy.

SD

The Larrikan nature has disappeared with Political Correctness of  Multiculturism through elimination and denigration of Australian accomplishments whilst inventing and elevating minorities.

Pete,

Not too sure you have that right.

Australians in total cannot be defined as such.

Sounds like an expatriate Poms view of Oz society.

Hand in your RMs and return from whence you came. :-)

SD