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Eddie was so 'outraged' and 'upset' by this at the time... how could he have known it was going to happen, on his show?
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Really? I thought Luke sounded shocked, and tried to distance himself from it.noddy04 wrote:What about Darcy....what a f ucken suckhole....oh yeah eddy we know what you meant and its ok cos your eddy etc etc.. Sucks Eddy more than he does BTaylor
It makes sense. King Kong and Apes and Goodes. Join the dots. I didn't think of it but I understand what Eddie was saying. Just not a good thing to say.mullet wrote:I am afraid I cannot understand how he can even have the thought. How would you even think that. I have seen all the King Kong publicity too and never once did Adam Goodes come to mind.
I can only think he must have been out of his mind, whether tired, or lack of concentration, who knows.
But it isnt up to me and how I feel, it is up to Adam Goodes and apparantly he is hurt badly again, what a week Adam.
One thing though, and it prob makes no difference to Adam, but I admire him a lot more than I did last week, and understand a lot more how words can cut deep.
But ok to think??saintspremiers wrote: It makes sense. King Kong and Apes and Goodes. Join the dots. I didn't think of it but I understand what Eddie was saying. Just not a good thing to say.
You don't know that.joffaboy wrote:OK, look the guy **** up. Has made a full apology, has taken ownership and says he feels embarrassed.
What do you want him to do? Top himself??![]()
I dont think it was intended to be racist at all. Just a dumb thing to do and inflamed "apegate" which is the worst outcome.
Eddie made a goose of himself, but has acknowledged he did and takes full responsibility.
More pressing race based issues than a dumb slip of the tongue surely?
SinCitySainter wrote:All the "holier than thou" stuff going on is this thread is nauseating.
We all have on occasion had racist thoughts because we are human and all have the frailties that go with being human.
Anybody who says they have never had a racist thought is either lying or horribly self deluded.......
So what. I have ears. I heard the context the comment was made. I can tell what he was trying to say. I can also tell it was inappropriate and wrong.SainterK wrote:You don't know that.
I don't know what lies in his heart of hearts, I don't know his motive, I don't know him.
I'll make any call I like Miss Bossy Boots. I didn't order you to agree with it. Get hysterical and frenzied if you must, couldn't care less about your fauz outrage.SainterK wrote:To dismiss it, to say its overblown, not our call...it's the call of those he has hurt.
Taken to taskSainterK wrote:If he was taken to task properly last time when he offended western Sydney, he maybe wouldn't of done it....again.
+1 st.byron so well articulated.st.byron wrote:SinCitySainter wrote:All the "holier than thou" stuff going on is this thread is nauseating.
We all have on occasion had racist thoughts because we are human and all have the frailties that go with being human.
Anybody who says they have never had a racist thought is either lying or horribly self deluded.......
Not suggesting that I haven't had and don't have racist thoughts. Like many people. It's the awareness you bring to them that matters. If you think something that's clearly racist and fully believe it and hang on to that opinion as truth, then that's condoning racism, whether you speak it or not.
If you catch yourself and go, "actually, that's just my prejudice, maybe I could think about that person differently", then that's the first step in eradicating it.
Without awareness it's only a matter of time before those thoughts become words.
SP, I was not being the "Thought Police". You were not forced to reveal anything. You were not water boarded or did I send a rat down a pipe towards your face to elicit a confession.saintspremiers wrote:Gee I never knew there was "Thought Police". If someone thinks something but never acts or says anything then you don't know what they are thinking.
So it's ok IMO to not like all races/religions provided you don't voice your opinion against them in any form that can be of harm!
When?Eastern wrote:Is Eddie McGuire a racist? Only HE can honestly answer.
Did Eddie McGuire make a racist comment? Definitely YES
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Your last two lines are a contradiction.SaintPav wrote:SP, I was not being the "Thought Police". You were not forced to reveal anything. You were not water boarded or did I send a rat down a pipe towards your face to elicit a confession.saintspremiers wrote:Gee I never knew there was "Thought Police". If someone thinks something but never acts or says anything then you don't know what they are thinking.
So it's ok IMO to not like all races/religions provided you don't voice your opinion against them in any form that can be of harm!
Granted, you have a right to think whatever you want which is part of your free will. But if you are silly enough to admit that it's ok to have racist thoughts, expect to be judged.
No they're not.saintspremiers wrote:Your last two lines are a contradiction.SaintPav wrote:SP, I was not being the "Thought Police". You were not forced to reveal anything. You were not water boarded or did I send a rat down a pipe towards your face to elicit a confession.saintspremiers wrote:Gee I never knew there was "Thought Police". If someone thinks something but never acts or says anything then you don't know what they are thinking.
So it's ok IMO to not like all races/religions provided you don't voice your opinion against them in any form that can be of harm!
Granted, you have a right to think whatever you want which is part of your free will. But if you are silly enough to admit that it's ok to have racist thoughts, expect to be judged.
no they are not. you are out of your depth.saintspremiers wrote:Your last two lines are a contradiction.SaintPav wrote:SP, I was not being the "Thought Police". You were not forced to reveal anything. You were not water boarded or did I send a rat down a pipe towards your face to elicit a confession.saintspremiers wrote:Gee I never knew there was "Thought Police". If someone thinks something but never acts or says anything then you don't know what they are thinking.
So it's ok IMO to not like all races/religions provided you don't voice your opinion against them in any form that can be of harm!
Granted, you have a right to think whatever you want which is part of your free will. But if you are silly enough to admit that it's ok to have racist thoughts, expect to be judged.
Correct.Eastern wrote:Is Eddie McGuire a racist? Only HE can honestly answer.
Did Eddie McGuire make a racist comment? Definitely YES
!!
Did Eddie call a black Australian an ape? That thirteen y.o. girl should be banned from football to teach her a lesson.Sobraz wrote:Joffa how is it that your willing to play the apologist for Eddie on one hand, yet on Friday night you were the one leading the lynch mob starting the thread about a 13 year old girl, who unlike Eddie, doesn't know any better and is merely an uneducated product of poor parenting??
Oh FFS why dont you go over the top. For a start, last Friday night nobody knew she was thirteen. As for subsequently, I still dont buy the fact she didn't know an ape was racist towards Goodes.Sobraz wrote:Eddie is the professional adult who has done plenty of finger pointing himself in his past, and you're happy to write it off as an honest mistake, yet you were also happy to paint a 13 year old girl as public enemy number 1 on Friday night...
How many fkn times do you have to be told.Sobraz wrote:But a 13 year old girl, who I'm sure now does understand the enormity of her racist words, is the real enemy...??