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Fear of God?

His mother told the court: “Mrs Brandley said she had not hit him or pushed him against the door frame. She did admit that she had verbally threatened him and prodded him in the chest.

“She said she wanted to put the fear of God into him and that he would be frightened of her.”

- Teacher who tried to put fear of God into pupil guilty of assault, The Guardian, July 31, 2001.

2. He could be the most hated man in the music industry, and he’s only 19.

Tech-head Shawn Fanning created Napster while studying at Northeastern University, and in the process, he brought MP3 sharing to the masses. He also managed to put the fear of God into the recording industry, which sees the new technology as an agent of outright piracy. Specific artists like Metallica and Dr. Dre, as well as the industry as a whole, have turned their legal dogs loose on Napster’s scent.

- Fanning Speaks, MTV.com, February 1, 2001.

3. Paul Hogan has lashed out at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) again.

The Australian actor, who is best known for his role in Crocodile Dundee, branded the organisation’s unsuccessful attempts to find him guilty of evading tax payments between 2005 and 2010 as “ridiculous”.

Hogan told Macquarie Radio that he is furious at people criticising his decision to return to Australia for his son's upcoming nuptials, saying: “Some bureaucrat says I’m a flight risk and it’s stupid. I have to get permission to come back to the country to attend my son’s wedding.