Re: Rugby Tri Series

by Mick Sawyer on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 10:58

I

think Rice's biggest failing was to not engage her brain before putting finger to keyboard/touchpad. Not that what she tweeted was OK - it wasn't. But she's paid the price and apologised. I'm happy to assume she was just being oafish and insensitive (and a poor sport). I'll need a lot more proof before I lump her in with the homophobes.

aye.

by Mick Sawyer on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 11:01

Absolutely top bloke and seriously one of the best sportsmen the country has ever produced. Apparently he was a gun golfer within a year of taking it up, he was a pretty good goal kicker as well.

....... a way above average cricketer as well.

by G.Wood on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 11:39

Red wrote:It amazes me how many people accused of racism, being a homophobe etcetera manage to use the 'I have so many friends who are black, gay" as a defence.

Had Rice uttered it verbally in the heat of the moment, you could almost excuse her on the grounds of euphoric brainfade. The fact though that she chose togo to the effort to locate her twitter account and broadcast it to the world is more indicative of her true colours.

Nice tits.

If you call someone a qunt it doesn't mean you hate qunts.

by tac on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 11:52

to be fair, for many bogans f#gg#t is just another term of abuse . . .it's been seperated from its gay context . . . these guys are just too farkin dumb to understand . . .

by Mick Sawyer on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 11:57

It amazes me how many people accused of racism, being a homophobe etcetera manage to use the 'I have so many friends who are black, gay" as a defence.

Did she say that?

by Zat on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 14:12

The words 'foggot' and 'gay' are used as insults by many people, to mean much the same as, say, '*sh!t*'. As in an inept, foolish, or contemptible person.

While not saying what Rice did was acceptable, had she called the Jaaps '*sh!t*', would there be as much fuss?

Moral of the story is, temper your words - in any situation - to the audience.

by embee on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 14:15

Did she apologise to the Saffie Rugby players?

by Zat on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 14:20

Stupid f*cking forum. Shen my post above says *sh!t* it should read sh:theads

by Hass on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 14:25

Zat wrote:Stupid f*cking forum. Shen my post above says *sh!t* it should read sh:theads

That would still be offensive to sh!theads - for all their faults they don't deserve to be compared to South African rugby players.

by embee on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 14:30

If she had said Motherfarquers would people who have had sex with women who have had children be offended ...

by Zat on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 14:32

She may have been constrained by twitter's 140-character limit per 'tweet'. Of course, had she said 'jaapies' that still would have fitted in.

by Bradman on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 16:53

G.Wood wrote:
Mick Sawyer wrote:
Woody is right, he's a Leeegie waiting to happen.

aye, cepting his attitude to tackling. Feck he's awful.

averse to tackle - can't be a spiv then

Never heard of Andrew Johns?

by G.Wood on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 16:57

by Bradman on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 16:57

JGK wrote:I've met Ealsey and his lovely wife a few times through our kids' school.

Absolutely top bloke and seriously one of the best sportsmen the country has ever produced. Apparently he was a gun golfer within a year of taking it up, he was a pretty good goal kicker as well.

If he had played AFL, I reckon he would have been one of the ATG ruckmen.

His nickname says it all. "Nobody". Because 'nobody's' perfect.

by Bradman on Wed 08 Sep 2010, 16:59

G.Wood wrote:Nope

Should read the court lists more.