Well, it appears that my words may have reached all the way down under. From Vitale v The Queen [2020] VSCA 237:
Perhaps somewhat more detail than the legal principles involved required.Upon the hearing on 10 September 2020, the appellant remained unrepresented. He appeared via audio-visual link from a room at Barwon Prison. When asked by the Court what he wanted to say in support of his appeal, the appellant asserted somewhat truculently that the Court did not ‘give a fuck about [his] circumstances’. Notwithstanding that his tone and attitude were aggressive and disrespectful, the Court asked the appellant on several occasions to stop and listen to what the Court was saying to him. It is fair to say, however, that he conducted himself in such a way as to challenge the Court’s authority, continued to interrupt and loudly talk over the Court, and proceeded to deliver a vituperative tirade, the central theme of which seemed to be that the Court was treating him unfairly. Having for a time tolerated the appellant’s invective, the Court indicated to the appellant that if he had nothing further to say in support of his case, the Court would hear from the respondent’s counsel. Regrettably, shortly after counsel commenced to address the Court, the appellant stood up from the table at which he had been seated, took down his trousers, bent over, exposed his buttocks to the camera and pulled his buttocks apart so as to expose his anus, saying: ‘You just copped a anus [sic], if you want to talk to him again, let me know’. As the respondent’s counsel remarked somewhat understatedly, this behaviour was ‘not very helpful’.
Apparently, though, I can still say that the Moon Method has not been found frivolous. It just doesn't work that well.
