Lol!....we can always depend on otb for his usual descriptors...

"womyn".... "big knobs"...."Grrls"?....etc...

Always the same old same old....he could recycle his posts from years gone by on this subject and nobody would notice.

I just congratulated one of Australia's best cartoonists on an excellent toon of McGuire for a weekend paper - saying to him "Brilliant! - How do you do it ?"

He replied, "with disgust"

Suseonline:

“Foxy, I agree that most people reacted unfavorably to Ed's comments because he was making jokes about drowning a woman and was willing to put up money, thus not only laughing about drowning someone, but also big-noting himself and his financial worth.
A truly odious character.”

It just sounds like you are bitter that he has more money than you. Sour grapes. You want to see him suffer because he has money. What relevance is there in the fact that he has money? Don’t you have a genuine argument without resorting to cheap shots about his bank account?

If he is such an odious character then why do you help draw attention to his existence by joining in the chorus of those attacking him? Don’t you have the courage of your convictions and act like he is truly odious in which case you would ignore him?

By jumping on the bandwagon you are just contributing to the ‘dumbing down’ of the issue of men’s violence toward women. Your own selfish need to make someone else suffer just contributes to trivialising real issues of violence toward women. This is not a real issue. No one was ever going to be hurt but let that not get in the way of a good lynching!

“So anyone that does not find exception with his words, and those of his laughing hyaena cohorts, is condoning what he said....”

Anyone who draws attention to his words at all is jeopardising proper perspective in the true battle to protect women from real violence. Why aren’t women outraged about that or don’t they really care?

Dear Suse,

As I said earlier, it is irrelevant that Mr McGuire may not have
intended any harm. The fact of the matter is that it was said.
With the severe problem of domestic violence that exists in this
country any on-air comments by Mr McGuire, North Melbourne chairman
James Bradshaw and fellow Commentator Danny Frawley should not
be taken lightly given the fact that their words carry weight and
they're powerful men in positions of influence. The language used on
this occasion by those involved was insensitive, inappropriate, and
disrespectful. The normalisation of language like this in our
society only contributes to the problem.

See you on another discussion.

Dear Poirot,

I don't take any notice of otb's rants simply because he does
not argue in a logical manner with sound reasoning. He uses
unreasonable generalisations and argues on an emotional level not
a mature intelligent one. The art of reasoned intelligent
argument is a skill not easily acquired. And as I've stated in
the past, no one likes or supports an abusive, illogical debater.

See you and Suse on another discussion.

"most people reacted unfavorably to Ed's comments"

Most people did nothing of the sort. It was a beat-up from the start, with all of the noise coming from social network stirrers who did the usual knee jerk reaction. Confected hysteria in the leftist echochamber.

Same as on OLO, very little reaction at all and all of it entirely predictable. - From fembot dinosaurs left over from the previous Millenium and last century. Frothing at the mouth or they might be except for the dry mouths of old age and false chompers.

No-one seriously believes there was any believable intention to murder. That is preposterous. Eddie's was just a throwaway line, a poor joke.

What is significant though is the organised, skillful manipulation of the media in response to what was a trivial event. That shows the leftist Emily's Listers and pre-thought in action. Although it is also clear that they cannot hold a front. Their feminist elitism ensures they have SFA grassroots support.

It is typical tactics for the organised Left, to quickly beat up confected outrage and faux rage. A big noise in the echo chamber and hope that the *bleep*storm gathers more broadly before any real probing questions are asked. If no storm gathers, it withers away and they try something else on another occasion.

Typically too, the main *bleep*stirrers on this occasion are asking for everyone to 'suck it up and move on'. No way they would want any rational examination of the claimed 'incident' and the politically correct over-kill.

Otb,

Judging by this thread, it's the likes of you who are foaming at the mouth over the issue.

You've unleashed a tsunami of invective targeting anything female and left....while the rest of us are looking on in mild amusement.

McGuire's folly isn't really that mind-boggling to the rest of us.

We realize it emanates from an immature and crass individual who gets his jollies from impressing his less than discerning mates.

Boy's club stuff.

You'll give yourself a hernia if you keep up the hysterics on this thread.

Perhaps you should find an alternative hobby?

Well said Poirot. Myn like OTB and Phanto would argue that black was white if it furthered their extreme paranoia about feminists and women in general.

I think they really secretly want to be like good ol' boy Ed, and be on TV and make all his money, because they feel that Ed is a manly myn who has 'done good', and wish a pox on all others who dare to question his masterful words and incredibly clever humour.
I mean really, how dare we?