Did you get that CJ? If you think there's anything untoward about a highly-paid celebrity sh-tting in a hotel corridor while completely smashed, you must hate footballers.

I love that Antiseptic, formerly a battered husband, began this thread as a way of externalising his fear of women and feminism, then mocks others with accusations of childish weakness. It's what psychologists call "projection" - "a defense mechanism which occurs when a person's own unacceptable or threatening feelings are repressed and then attributed to someone else." (Wiki)

Sancho, it's more a case of Antiwomen "obsessing", rather than mocking.

Antiwomen's "attempts" at mockery merely display his juvenile character. They are so amateurish, transparent and childlike that they don't even qualify as mockery.

It's just him "obsessing" because he thoroughly lost the debate. That's all he has left, his "obsession".

<<Why do you hate footballers so much, little fella?>>

A-Septic

Given that you are the author of this topic, the question should be:

"Why are you, A-septic, so fond of footballers, that they can do no wrong, ever, and are above criticism?"

Still waiting on your list of successful corporate footballers and evidence of any of your non-facetious conspiracies, I think the last one was...... ooops,

I looked.

WTF.

Sancho I think you can add confused sexuality to A-septic's psychiatric profile.

Fractelle:""Why are you, A-septic, so fond of footballers, that they can do no wrong, ever, and are above criticism?""

That's easily answered, dear, I'm not. Next question?

It does raise an interesting issue, though, which is why is this issue so polarising?

Why do people find football either fascinating or repellant? What were your personal experiences that gave you that attitude?

In my case, I played both Rugby League and Union and also Soccer. I was an indifferent player in all 3, but I enjoyed myself immensely and have retained the love of the game well into my middle years. I'm not blind to the faults of players, but I know they're young men doing the stupid things that young men do. As I said right at the start, let's not encourage bad behaviour, but we must recognise these are representatives of the rest of society. Go to any pub on a weekend and you'll see the same and worse than what the NRL players are being punished for.

What are others' experiences and how did they shape your attitude toward football?

Sancho:"I love that Antiseptic, formerly a battered husband,"

Speaking of projection...

For the record, I have never been "battered", nor have I "battered" anyone. Off you go and give the missus another touch-up and pretend she's antiseptic. Has she recovered from the last one yet, poor thing?

sock-puppet:"antiseptic antiseptic antiseptic"

Yes dear, so you said earlier.

I look forward to some genuine contributors having a go at my questions.

You've had 29 pages of people having a go at your questions, except they're not questions. They're statements of exquisitely paranoid belief which you won't let go of, no matter how often they're shown to be silly and truly pathetic.

You have made no substantial or convincing argument, just a continued tirade of "believe what I say or you're an idiot". If you think this thread has enhanced your credibility, then you may as well believe...I dunno...that a feminist conspiracy organises fake rape scandals to force women into positions of power within something as banal as Rugby.

Oh, wait...