Eddie and the 12 year old could possibly attend the same racial vilification course together...Who ever would have thought this could happen.

Cassa said..

I always thought of him as a complete d..k head, he has just proved that, with his latest comments on his morning show .
Absolutely unbelievable after the weekend situation.

Yep , spot on .

Step down from all your media gigs Eddie , stick with being a collingwood supporter , that,s your lot.

I got to agree with most of you , I was teased as a kid at school cause I was the Suntanned one,!! upon a 6 mth stint at school in the UK, It was relentless from the shaved head variety, really , really white ones.
Got to the stage where I would give it back to them as much as I got ,(lucky for me there was a 6ft fence betqween us), then I had to run like sh,t to get home so as no to be flogged. Didn't care what I was called , so have to say toughen up lads it's ONLY words.
Still, Eddie needs a good anal probe

lotofwind said..

You bunch are about as bad as the media....
Who here hasnt made a joke or comment that was just in a joking maner that could have been taken as a raciest insult, even though you know your not raciest and were just makeing a joke about whats been on the media.
I think if I searched most of the regular users posts on here I could find things that could be bent into worse insults to peoples race or religon.
Seabreeze twitter posters at its best.

Lotofwind is right, the name that is.
This is about the head of an AFL club who has just apologised to a player because of a foolish statement made by a 13yr old, THEN gone and done worde himself!!
Goodes and the rest of them need to toughen up. BUT ,It's about Eddie, we are saturated with him and he goes and does this!
IT'S Not about us.

FFS!!!! OMG EDDIE

Eddies crocodile tears seem to be a front to save his multi million dollar salary. HTFU McGuire!!

www.google.com.au/search?q=define+racist&rlz=1C1CHKB_en-GBAU423AU423&oq=define+racist&aqs=chrome.0.57j60l3j0j60.2766j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Racist: a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others

OK much as I'm NOT a fan of Eddie I don't think he fits that description.

I do think he has made a very poor judgement call in trying to be funny about a racist issue. Not wise considering the position he has concerning said issue.

I think Adam Goodes has every right to say that it offends him... why does that make him weak i.e. comments of HTFU Goodes?

Anyway, I reckon this is one of the most interesting conversations on racism for years, it's really made me think long and hard about the issue and clearly it has for others too. That's got be a VERY good thing. I just hope we don't have Eddie to thank for that

The whole shebang really has highlighted how......well...dumb people can be. I mean people can't seem to understand that calling a black man.....an "ape" is a horribly racist thing. I mean FFS. NO!,..... calling a red headed man a "ranga" is NOT the same thing. That's an insult. Referring to a racial heritage in a demeaning way is what we're talking about here. The "ape" comment is saying the person is less than human, less intelligent etc etc. It's plain ugly, it's a deep, deep insult, and to see and hear people on here and elsewhere saying things like Goodes should "harden up" or "get over it" makes my blood boil. And NO! it's not the fricken same to call Ablett the milky bar kid. That completely misses the point. If anyone thinks that then they just don't understand the power relationship and history of racism. Some people need a bit of education. Its what Harry O'brien referred to "casual racism".....and boy it's alive and well here isn't it!

Cassa said..

I remember the old saying -sticks and stone will break my bones but names will never hurt me.

That old saying is probably responsible for more suicides than any other.

^^^ Suicides, bullying, discrimination, harassment - the list goes on.

As for this discussion - paddymac & log man...your comments are spot-on & represent the real issue here!

Harry O'Brien's comments carry a lot of weight & I was very impressed with the way he was able to express where the issue lays - not with the simple/stupid comment, nor the subject or target - but more the fact that it seemed to be an inherent & sub-conscious comment, with the aim of getting a laugh...using a racist slur...during the 'indigenous round'...from someone whom less than 24 hrs earlier had to address racism within his own club!?! I don't think it can be dismissed as a simple 'slip of the tongue' in this case.

As for Ed - go away! (and that's coming from a Collingwood supporter!)

rod_bunny said..

log man said..

I mean people can't seem to understand that calling a black man.....an "ape" is a horribly racist thing. I mean FFS. NO!,..... calling a red headed man a "ranga" is NOT the same thing. That's an insult. Referring to a racial heritage in a demeaning way is what we're talking about here.

How is calling someone a ranga different??
Both are insults.
Both parties were born with the supposed "defect" - a red head cant change all his hair colour any more than a black man can change his skin colour.
Both are variations on the same sub-human "theme" - Orangutan and Ape.

Is it the intent? One is often made in jest, taking the p1ss out of ginger mate, so its OK?



Weirdly enough I've never heard of 'ape' on its own used a insult against aboriginals*, now everyone has, worldwide, it has just been added to the vocabulary of everyone who never made the connection before.



*(maybe this is why most people think Goodes reaction was over the top)

Your "point" may have some validity if there were a race of redheads.....and those redheads were discriminated against over time......or they were used as slaves......bought and sold.......their lands removed from them .......their culture destroyed.......their children removed from their families to never be reunited......but no , I can't think of a red headed group that has been treated like this, can you?.......no....so?

Your comment shows you don't understand what's going on here, so maybe a rethink by you might be a good idea.

Google "the last Tasmanian" shown on ABC a couple of years ago. I dare you to watch that show and remain unchanged.

www.perthnow.com.au/sport/st-kilda-saints/garry-lyon-says-sorry-to-stephen-milne-on-behalf-of-the-footy-show-ng-f45ff9bcccbb6481929683e3db4cd430

I think it would be much better if supporters at football games were no longer able to call any players names as they might get offended. I don't care what colour they are, white, brown, grey, yellow, or pink. It's sport and this whole thing has been blown so far out of proportion its not even funny.

What a load of sh$$.

WARNING - coarse language

Australia in 2 minutes

as an Australian with convict heritage, i find the above video insulting, racially villifying and hurtful. Due to emotional anger i may not be able to work this weekend.

Rex, the origins of aboriginals being called apes is due to scientists in the 19th and 20th centuries believing that aboriginals were the missing link in evolution between apes and humans.

worrier said..

Maybe we can have eddie and robbie water house both of the air for a while
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i'd rather eddie and tom waterhouse dissapear .


But this thing is all out of proportion . I get called a white c$$$ by aboriginals down the road consistently . They are being racist towards me so why can't i call them a stupid black cu$t ?