Drowning in depravity
Sunday Star Times Sunday Magazine, 18 May 2008
Paradise Lost
New Zealand’s image may be that of a clean, green idyll, but to our moral watchdogs we’re an increasingly filthy bunch, enveloped in a smog of political correctness. Grant Smithies asks three men about their mission to get us make on track – and why they feel persecuted.
Some people insist that New Zealand is drowning in a rising tide of depravity. “Oh, really?” you say. Yes, they reply; just look at the evidence. Prostitution is legal now. You can go to any video store and rent group sex videos. The government is stacked to the ceiling with unmarried feminists. Gay blokes are adopting kids. The internet beams a lurid shag-fest into every home. In 2002, an Auckland man tried to film a porn star giving birth. And in October 2007, a “sexual habits” study of 26 countries concluded New Zealand women to be the most promiscuous in the world.
Clearly, our minds are in the gutter. Thank God then (and yes, God is frequently involved) for our nation’s moral watchdogs.
For full story including interviews with Bob McCoskrie (Family First NZ Director), David Lane (Executive Director, SPCS) and Ian Wishart (Editor, Investigate Magazine), go to:
Leave a Reply