Support of Goodesy

[Meg]

Though, as far as I know, we're yet to have an Andrew Bolt column, claiming that the woman in the crowd has been victimized.

Amazingly, in his blog Bolt has referred to the Betts' incident and said "It?s not playing the racist card to give something its proper name."

And then received a tirade of angry comments from people berating him! (I despair at the number of people who assert that throwing a banana at an indigenous man is not a racist act.)

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/andrewbolt/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/what_irritates_him_most_is_a_racist_being_called_out/#commentsmore

[Meg]

Caroline in The Age today too. Good on her.

AFL has responded to Eddie Betts issue much better than to Adam Goodes booing

Thanks for the link. Excellent article.

[dejavoodoo44]

Amazingly, in his blog Bolt has referred to the Betts' incident and said "It?s not playing the racist card to give something its proper name."

And then received a tirade of angry comments from people berating him! (I despair at the number of people who assert that throwing a banana at an indigenous man is not a racist act.)

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegr.../#commentsmore

Gawwddd, I think that might be the first time that I've actually agreed with Bolt? Maybe, he's a bit busy and he got a work experience kid to write his blog today, or something?
Though, reading the comments section under his articles is always a strange experience. To quote the Beatles, "All the lonely people, where do they all come from?" But in a less charitable perspective, it's easy to see why that they're lonely.

[top40]

Even before hearing the Caroline Wilson commentary, I got really angry hearing the AFL's forceful response to the Betts incident. Why wasn't such appropriate force not used with Adam Goodes, particularly the Eddie 'King Kong' comment?

Disgraceful!

Good on Caroline Wilson for pointing this out.


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[barry]

Iinteresting that the two main people called out for racism at AFL are young single white females.

[goswannies]

The uproar from fans & Gill over this banana chuck (which is wrong on many levels, but slightly ambiguous When compared with Chin's King Kong gaff). The girl is crucified by club & community (not unjustified) but the fat controller has to do a little counselling & is laughed off as another Eddie verbal slip. Neither were acceptable, but the fat man got off easy.

IMO Gills stance on this and relatively weak stance to Chins in comparison is deplorable.

[AnnieH]

You know what I actually love about the "lady" throwing the banana... she wasn't a 13 year old girl.
Not one troll out there can say, leave her alone, she's just a child.

She deserves to be crucified.
If I were the PAFC, I'd make her sit through the respect classes, THEN ban her for life.
Giving her a lifeline to welcome her back at some stage, is not OK.
People like her never learn.

[Sandridge]

The uproar from fans & Gill over this banana chuck (which is wrong on many levels, but slightly ambiguous When compared with Chin's King Kong gaff). The girl is crucified by club & community (not unjustified) but the fat controller has to do a little counselling & is laughed off as another Eddie verbal slip. Neither were acceptable, but the fat man got off easy.

IMO Gills stance on this and relatively weak stance to Chins in comparison is deplorable.

Very, very, very good point. In America, McGuire's comments would have had him unemployed and stripped of all positions of responsibility. Here, he got a slap on the wrist and had to endure a little embarrassment before his life returned to normal.

[goswannies]

Very, very, very good point. In America, McGuire's comments would have had him unemployed and stripped of all positions of responsibility. Here, he got a slap on the wrist and had to endure a little embarrassment before his life returned to normal.

Until the inevitable next time. He's like our own Prince Phillip

[stevoswan]

Until the inevitable next time. He's like our own Prince Phillip

....and just as 'teflon coated'.

[bodgie]

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[stevoswan]

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That is sheer rolled GOLD!! Hilarious!

[Faunac8]

You know what I actually love about the "lady" throwing the banana... she wasn't a 13 year old girl.
Not one troll out there can say, leave her alone, she's just a child.

She deserves to be crucified.
If I were the PAFC, I'd make her sit through the respect classes, THEN ban her for life.
Giving her a lifeline to welcome her back at some stage, is not OK.
People like her never learn.

Crucifixion is one of the terror tools that Isis use to control people so probably an ideal situation to get the message across . As for your sweeping statement when you say "people like her" could you be a little more specific and enlighten us as to her personality and moral compass? You obviously know her very well.

[Faunac8]

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In this case a picture paints a million words and you just know some Colin wood supporter is already sporting this as a back piece ????????

[stevoswan]

Crucifixion is one of the terror tools that Isis use to control people so probably an ideal situation to get the message across . As for your sweeping statement when you say "people like her" could you be a little more specific and enlighten us as to her personality and moral compass? You obviously know her very well.

"Terror tool??" Let's just cool our jets a little! It may be a sweeping statement, rather like some people saying Hawk and WC fans can't be racist because they don't boo their indigenous players, and while it's true we don't "know her very well", the banana throwers actions give us plenty of insight into her character, personality and dare I say it....her views. It's time to call it as it looks/is and stop defending the indefensible, thereby allowing this 'casual' and sometimes 'deep seated' racism to continue to fester, blighting our game and society in general. Giving the perpetrators of these actions the benefit of the doubt implies that you may be comfortable with this type of behaviour. I would hope not. Think about it....a black man....a banana (and thrown at him with malice)....seriously, no racist connotations there? Get real.....