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Adam Goodes kicks goals for Australia's race industry : Comments

By John Slater, published 4/8/2015

The Adam Goodes saga says little about the state of race relations in Australia.

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A rich, powerful, media trained man KNOWINGLY sets out to harass an immature female and he is the victim? He thought she was 14, a good estimate as she was 13.

This is "White Ribbon" territory and he due to premeditation (he had enough time to well estimate her age) can never be forgiven.
Posted by McCackie, Thursday, 6 August 2015 9:10:51 AM
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Hi McCackie

It is not ok to shout racial abuse at someone even if they are rich and powerful, and a 13-year-old is plenty old enough to know that.

He didn’t “harass” her. Her behaviour was out of line. He pointed it out. The ground staff ejected her, not Goodes. He had no control over their actions. If her ejection was an over-reaction, they were to blame, not him.

As this olo contribution makes clear, the outcome of that incident actually reflects well on all parties

“She rang and apologised, Adam spoke with her and accepted her apology, they were reconciled, and the whole episode is an example of how to handle such a situation.”

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=17570&page=0

He also was quite understanding and protective of her after the incident, saying:

“But I think the … person that needs the most support right now is the little girl”

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/adam-goodes-retelling-of-mcg-ape-incident-distorts-the-truth/story-e6frg6nf-1227463695268

Casting her as Goode's victim in this incident is a cynical re-writing of history. Even she acknowledged that what she said was wrong.
Posted by Rhian, Thursday, 6 August 2015 11:19:21 AM
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Rhian, " a 13-year-old is plenty old enough to know that"

Is that so?

What about you try meting out similar abusive treatment, public humiliation and denial of the rights of a child minor and her grandmother carer at a local sporting fixture? You will likely be told very quickly to cease and desist or be escorted yourself from the ground.

It is a strange, unfortunate feature of crowds (Bystander Effect?) that it is possible that even good caring parents, mothers, can remain transfixed, frozen while child abuse being committed before their very eyes at the ground and on television.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-social-thinker/200911/why-don-t-we-help-less-is-more-least-when-it-comes-bystanders

What is very worrying is the entrenched, systemic and extreme political correctness that predisposed, enabled and even 'justified'(sic) then and later, the very sorry handling of the child minor, her elderly grandmother carer and her family.

The public should be treating the outrageous treatment of the 13yr old girl, legitimised by some politicians and the feckless media (a Fourth Estate now dominated by tabloid 'journalism'), as the bellwether of the unforeseen negative consequences of the prevailing political correctness in Australia.
Posted by onthebeach, Thursday, 6 August 2015 12:21:26 PM
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Sorry, this makes the link easier,

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-social-thinker/200911/why-don-t-we-help-less-is-more-least-when-it-comes-bystanders
Posted by onthebeach, Thursday, 6 August 2015 12:24:18 PM
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Hi Onthebeach

“child abuse”? “bystander effect”?, The link you provide describes bystanders not intervening in the rape of a 15-year-old. By what possible measure could you see the events as comparable?

She was chucked out for being abusive. The age of legal responsibility in Australia is 10.

If the reaction was excessive, or if her parents or grandparents should have been engaged, blame the security staff not Goodes.
Posted by Rhian, Thursday, 6 August 2015 1:10:18 PM
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Thanks for being so patient Rhian.

chek
Posted by Chek, Thursday, 6 August 2015 1:50:00 PM
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