The Craccum Archive

Between March and October, 1998, Lindsay Perigo wrote a regular column for the University of Auckland's Craccum magazine. These ruthless, maverick, politically incorrect articles are collected here for your perusal, enjoyment, and as ever, to rattle the cage for liberty.

• Fraudsters and Force-mongers
  A strange alliance between nihilistic modern art - and the Religious Right.

• The Vacuum
  At Auckland, even the rabid fervor of the Left has been sucked into the void of nihilism.

• Classroom & Courtroom Correctness
  How "correct" are racism and murder?

• News Flash!
  The North Island secedes from the South!

• Right Plus Left = Wrong
  Time to rethink a cozy, two-dimensional political spectrum.

• Life, liberty... and the Human Rights Commission
  ... according to which you have the right to shut up and obey.

• Universities - Nanny's Thought Police
  Before you dare speak a word, remember: Big Sister is Watching.

• Persecution, Prohibition, Political Correctness ... and Pleasure
  When it comes to bigotry and ignorant Puritanism, the trendy PC brigrade and the religious Right get along just fine.

• Nanny's Child Molesters of the Mind
  State education and the manufacture of mediocrity.

• Pedagogical Panic
  In a free educational market, the best education would flourish, and charlatans wouldn't have much chance. This makes the AUS a little nervous.

• Of Tactics & Traitors
  Unexpected voting advice in the name of freedom.

• Bombs Awry
  The post-modern punk has no clothes - and it's not a pretty sight.

• The Pursuit Of Anti-Excellence
  What's the politically correct way to succeed in sport? Don't.

• Barbarians vs Beethoven
  To those suffocating in today's cultural sewage: a reminder.

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