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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-19/jeff-allen-pick-up-artist-visa-cancelled-after-petition-launched/7097688

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has cancelled the visa of so-called pick-up artist Jeff Allen.

The ABC understands that Mr Allen, an employee of the US-based Real Social Dynamics (RSD), left of his own accord on Sunday and his visa was subsequently revoked.

He had been touring Australia, sparking a petition of more than 62,000 signatures calling for his deportation.

Yesterday afternoon Vibe Hotels announced it had cancelled Mr Allen's planned events at its hotels after RSD booked events under another name.

Mr Dutton described the seminars held by RSD staff as "pretty repugnant".

He told Sky News that "a person associated with this particular movement has had his visa cancelled".

"The department has already moved very quickly to tidy this situation up," he said.

"Full praise to the department and the officers who have identified these people, who are completely without legitimate cause to be here, don't meet our character tests and in this instance the visa has been cancelled."

Greens spokesperson for women Larissa Waters had called for Mr Dutton to cancel the visa, saying that RSD promote "sexism and violence".

The cancellation of the visa follows a similar revocation in 2014 of fellow RSD employee and fellow pick-up artist Julien Blanc.

Mr Blanc's visa was cancelled in 2014 by then immigration minister Scott Morrison after he travelled to Australia for a series of talks on "how to pick up women".

His tactics, which include choking women and pulling them into his crotch, were criticised online as misogynistic and abusive.

QUACKTASTIC posted:

Redcordial posted:

What is the relevance of posting Peter Dutton dancin.... Wow it's an actual potato, I didn't even loving notice, uncanny resemblance now that I've seen it!

hooman posted:

I bet that potato hardly tortures any children at all.

redweird posted:

ALWAYS serve mashed potato with the skin on. Otherwise you're just eating less tasty, less nourishing potatoes

redweird posted:

ALWAYS serve mashed potato with the skin on. Otherwise you're just eating less tasty, less nourishing potatoes

Redcordial posted:

My financial outlook had me drinking pretty early in the afternoon, upon completing motorbike repairs ahead of time so it felt deserving.

Redcordial posted:

At face value the applications for access to our telecommunications records and or metadata seem pretty grim even on their own. When combined with the supposed requirements of countries who are signatories to the TPP having to enact data retention regulations; Which will allow broad access to individuals private information for multinational organisations and governments, that is worrisome on a much larger and sinister level..

Big Willy Style posted:

The trick is to take the potato peels and simmer them in milk and butter then mash the potatoes with the resulting liquid.

redweird posted:

ALWAYS serve mashed potato with the skin on. Otherwise you're just eating less tasty, less nourishing potatoes

ABC News posted:

Australia Day lamb ad featuring Lee Lin Chin does not incite hatred against vegans, Advertising Standards Board rules

A controversial advertisement spruiking the benefits of eating lamb on Australia Day that has clocked up more than 1.7 million views on YouTube will be allowed to stay on air.

The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) advertisement, called Operation Boomerang, features SBS newsreader and social media sensation Lee Lin Chin as she masterminds a plan to bring Australians home for Australia Day so they can eat lamb.

But the advertisement has attracted close to 650 complaints since it was launched a week ago, with a large number of people claiming it discriminated against vegans.

It includes a scene where a SWAT-style operation is staged and a vegan is rescued while his kale is blow-torched.

Other complaints were in relation to the use of the term "Operation Boomerang".

The Advertising Standards Board held an extraordinary meeting and decided the advertisement did not breach the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) Code of Ethics.

In a statement the board said:

- In the majority of the board's view a depiction of torching of the vegan food is an exaggerated and humorous response to the food that is not lamb - a portrayal of the food being less preferable to the advertised product, and not inciting hatred towards people who are vegan.
- In making a determination about concerns about the term boomerang, the board noted that most members of the community would be familiar with the origins of a boomerang and its connection to Indigenous Australians.
- The board also noted however the Macquarie Dictionary definition of boomerang to include a colloquial meaning of 'something that is expected to be returned'.

The board's decision covers all versions of the advertisement. The longest version, which only runs online, is two minutes. The television version of the advertisement runs for 30 seconds.

The board said it also considered the issue of violence.

"Specifically the board noted complaints that the overall look and feel of the advertisement is violent and suggestive of terrorist attacks, that it is too violent for children and that the scene of a SWAT team member using a flamethrower is violent," the board said in its statement.

"In its careful consideration of these concerns the board noted that the advertisement is clearly a depiction of a fantasy situation where SWAT-style teams are bringing Australians back to Australia for Australia Day.

"The Board agreed there are exaggerated and unrealistic situations which have a look and feel of a movie and that scenes of a SWAT member coming in through a window or ceiling are clearly in this vein."

A controversial MLA advertising campaign encouraging people to eat lamb has become an annual event on Australia Day.

The latest lamb ad cost $1.2 million to make and will run up until January 26.

In a statement the MLA said it welcomed the decision.

"The advertisement has been viewed more than 4 million times across media channels and feedback remains overwhelmingly positive."

Graic Gabtar posted:

Jesus some fuckers have got to lighten up. These humorless soft cocks obviously have nothing better to do.

BlitzkriegOfColour posted:

You disgust me.

Graic Gabtar posted:

Jesus some fuckers have got to lighten up. These humorless soft cocks obviously have nothing better to do.

open24hours posted:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-...aunched/7097688

freebooter posted:

PUA/MRA guys are obviously useless assholes but I can't really say I like the emerging trend of cancelling visas for political reasons.

Recoome posted:

The irony of Dutton describing it as "repugnant", when he himself is a pretty repugnant person

freebooter posted:

PUA/MRA guys are obviously useless assholes but I can't really say I like the emerging trend of cancelling visas for political reasons.

SynthOrange posted:

It's all about sweet potato mash these days.

The Peccadillo posted:

I don't know anything about the dude, but the article asserts he instructs dudes to choke women as a pick up technique, or something?

Seems like a smart nix, along with that dude who described how it was fine to grab and grope Japanese women in the street because there was a cultural dissensentive to do anything about it over there

Recoome posted:

The irony of Dutton describing it as "repugnant", when he himself is a pretty repugnant person

Recoome posted:

hey amethyst, what do you think of Australia's current mandatory detention policy?

Recoome posted:

hey amethyst, what do you think of Australia's current mandatory detention policy?

SadisTech posted:

there is nothing to be gained

Lid posted:

the worms: what do we do if Eminem wants to come back

The Peccadillo posted:

Next thing they'll deny Pietro Cortona a visa, for that awful painting of the Rape of the Sabines

Graic Gabtar posted:

I liked "Takes one to know one" more to be honest.

Amethyst posted:

Pardon me, I forgot that your humorous observation, while dull and tiresome, had a noble political bent. I shall laugh heartily at your slow witted jokes from now on.

Graic Gabtar posted:

Jesus some fuckers have got to lighten up. These humorless soft cocks obviously have nothing better to do.