A NSW Pollie Brought Up Anal Fisting In Parliament Today, So There’s That

God, Australian politics can be dull, right? Right? NO, FALSE. #AUSPOL IS EXCELLENT. 

And here’s why. In Australia, we have these dastardly little renegades that do things that make us laugh, smile, or weep for the future. They are essentially a political version of Charlie Kelly in ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philedelphia‘:
Today’s example of a political maverick, is Dr Peter Phelps. He’s a Liberal Party member, and the government whip in the NSW Legislative Council.
He deserves the renegade title because today in a debate about the recent criminalisation of eyeball tattooing, he decided to shout the words ‘ANAL FISTING’ in the NSW Upper House
Yes, really!
“Rugby league is inherently dangerous. Are we going to ban that? 

Ballet is dangerous. We’re not going ban rugby league, we’re not going to ban ballet … we’re not going to ban anal fisting! 

Or maybe we are? Maybe we’ve reached a whole new morality in this state that says ‘because I don’t like it and it’s a bit dangerous, let’s just ban it all’.”
Like, he makes a valid point. Eyeball tattooing isn’t a common passion for the majority of people, but hey – some people like it, and they should be able to do it safely. He says that while eyeball tattooing is “silly”, he’s defending the right of people to “be idiots”. 

“I think a whole range of things are silly. I saw one punter when I was catching the train to the airport who had Amy Winehouse tattooed on his left calf — that’s silly to me. 

I love Amy Winehouse, I think Amy Winehouse is fantastic. But I’m not going to get her tattooed on my left calf.”
Valid point, Phelps. Valid point. 
But regardless, we’re just impressed that you 1) managed to say ‘anal fisting’ in a parliamentary setting, and 2) managed to say ‘anal fisting’ in a parliamentary setting in front of Christian Democrat Fred Nile – who was  overseeing the debate, and was understandably not amused. Truly incredible. 
Yet again, another example of why America/the rest of the world views our entire political system as this:
Source: Newscorp.

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