
Enough is enough!
Students at the University of Queensland have taken a long-overdue
stand for decency by throwing this pathetic publication off campus for good.
And not before time too! That we were allowed to publish for 10 long
years without ever ONCE being brought to book for peddling such tasteless
smut material that was clearly, deliberately and outrageously politically
incorrect to the point of being sickening is a sad indictment of
the stinking quagmire into which society has sunk in recent years.
Decent-minded people everywhere will welcome the ban. Even The Bug management
is thankful for finally having been taken to task! As our chief executive
officer says in a separate, heartfelt apology in this special edition, we'd
clearly pushed the envelope miles too far. Now decent-minded young Australians
have stood up and been counted, declaring proudly that enough is ENOUGH!
Their action gives us all hope for the future of this wonderful country
of ours.
The ban - marking a belated yet long-overdue return to some good old-fashioned
views on what is and is not acceptable in polite society - was instigated
immediately after The Bug management shamelessly arranged for people
to sneak onto campus under the cover of daylight recently and place the
August issue in various outlets - as we have been doing for 10 disruptive
years.
Luckily, the screening mechanisms put in place for this net issue mean that
no university students are reading this. Nevertheless and suitably chastened,
we reluctantly reprint the front page of that offensive issue for those
who are still yet to aspire to the University of Queensland students' code
of behaviour.
That's it, to the right.
Naughty, eh?
Because you can't always judge a book by its cover, you can take our word
for it that it was much, much more shameless inside.
Well, the students at Queensland University obviously took a peek inside
too and the result?
A complete and total ban!
Carol Humber, the University of Queensland Union general vice president,
was onto our trashy throwaway in a flash.
"Please do not distribute your magazine on our premises any longer,"
she e-mailed The Bug within days of our sneaky delivery.
"I am not sure if you have previously sought and received permission
to distribute either on UQ campus or within union premises? If this is the
case, it is now being withdrawn.
"Your latest edition, "Thighs Wide Shut" contravenes our
policy against sexist, racist and homophobic material," thundered Carol,
obviously warming to her role as chief campus censor.
And her observations are spot on!
In thanking us for our co-operation, Ms Humber went on to explain that UQU
jurisdiction covered
biology, physiology and the main refecs; the forum area and Campbell Place,
all union buildings/departments and tenants (St. Lucia campus), the refec
and union office (Ipswich campus), the refec and bookstore (Herston campus)
and the bookstore on the Turbot St campus.
Because of Ms Humber's prompt action, thousands and thousands of students,
lecturers, tutors and all others in those many, many buildings, refecs and
campii will never, ever, again be subjected to the vile, vomitous rubbish
that is this newspaper.
We salute those in charge of the St Lucia campus; it will forever remain
in our minds as a sandstoned sanctuary for sense and sensitivity.