My sentiments Indy. Football was created so intelligent, nice people could get out on the streets at least one day a week without being assaulted & offended by some drunk, drugged up, boof headed, knuckle dragging football thug. ;-) That's why I don't watch football at all anymore.

Are The Simpsons racist?

http://bartsblackboard.com/files/2010/01/the_simpsons.10x19.mom_and_pop_art.jpg

Cheers,

Tony

H! very well said, cut a great hole in the curtain of bitterness and Bile.
This country, like every one, has true racism.
All true racism is evil.
But this nit picking thread is not targeting that.
And damaging those who are victims of racism.
I truly believe in naming things as racist, that clearly are not, we continue to let true racism live.
Think with me, this thread, at first about a stupid thing, is so very weak on substance.
It lets people say, and they do, strike me! any thing we say is called racist why bother to change?

I truly believe in naming things as racist, that clearly are not, we continue to let true racism live.
Belly,
As you well know I have stated many times that the real racists are the ones who incessantly bleat victim. Just imagine if every whitey started complaining every time we hear one of those racist rants on radio & Tv. we'd have no time to do anything else.
In my opinion those who so selfishly & constantly search for loopholes to play victim are causing many innocent & decent real indigenous who are in fact the majority, a lot of pain.

Oh yeah, individual.

If I had the time this morning (which I don't) it would be fascinating to list all the excuses on this thread for the fact that there's an endemic mentality at places like "the footy" to racially abuse players on the field...undertaken from cowardly bravado amidst the relative anonymity of the crowd.

Here's what happened in the wake of Winmar taking a similar stand.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/gallery-e6frea6u-1111119566987?page=9

Good old Sam Newman decided that it was appropriate to wear blackface because Winmar chose not to appear on McGuire's "Footy Show".

Just imagine what he would have dressed up as if Nicky Winmar had worn a beard......

Are we racist?

John Oliver says Australians are the most "comfortably
racist" people he's ever met. But of course he's wrong.

Eddie Mcguire has admitted his remark was racist.
But of course, he's wrong as well.

And look at our country's history...
Hordes of the "Yellow Peril," gave way to the
"White Australia Policy." But that was then,
this is now and why would anyone want to bring it up -
right?

The Cronulla Riots - the Lebs were to blame for that
in Sydney, of course. After all we grew here, they flew
here... And talking of Lebs - they're to blame for all
of Sydney's problems - of course.

Nah, we're not racists at all - no way!

Lets all link hands and keep offering each other
a partisan belligerence and continue being conceptually
and ethically impaired. After all why should we change
anything in our lives or even try to understand other
people. We want everyone to be exactly the same as us.
I can call anyone I want any name I want - I've been
doing it for years, as have my parents - nothing wrong
with that. And anyone who objects to it or calls me
a racist is un-Australian. So there.