Dear Poirot and Suse,

Many people condemned Mr McGuire's comments - judging
from the reader's posts on social media. Including
Victoria's acting top cop ( Acting Chief Commissioner -Shane Patton)
who joined the condemnation of Mr McGuire. This information is
on the web and easily available. Hence my earlier post about
the problem of objectivity.

If senior Victorian police believe that McGuire has done anything wrong why aren't they arresting him and allowing him the right to defend himself in court?

Otherwise, why the hell are two senior police, an acting Commissioner and acting Deputy Commissioner commenting in the first place and on such a trivial issue as a childish spat between TV 'personalities'?

It is not as though there is a shortage of real crime that a police force or police 'service' :( in Victoria should be interested in,

<Deep anger at core of Apex gang causing havoc on Melbourne's streets
MAY 24, 2016

SOUTH central Melbourne became more like South Central Los Angeles on Saturday as rioters swept through the CBD terrifying locals and tourists alike.

Havoc descended on Federation Square with metal chairs from the city’s famous Brunetti's cafe used as weapons on nearby Swanston St, as gang members fought with both the police and among themselves.>
http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/deep-anger-at-core-of-apex-gang-causing-havoc-on-melbournes-streets/news-story/f4e886da66594d4ea38cb323ea069612

Eddie McGuire didn't threaten anyone. He was employing the common language, images and humour of the working class. Or as those snobbish, superior, educated, middle class feminists see them, the LOWER CLASS.

Of course it is entirely possible that administrators might be elevated to the higher echelons of the Victoria Police 'Service' without much exposure to the bulk of the population they should be SERVING as well, which is ordinary working families, blue collar workers and those on set incomes, including welfare. However if they ever do come across ordinary working men and women they would certainly encounter the more 'basic' humour and satire used by the common folk that the well-off, always privileged educated middle class fembots are so scandalised by and wilfully misinterpret.

However, the middle and upper classes always had pretentious elements who needed to demonstrate their status and moral superiority over those lower class blue collar working families.

That is the way of the censorious, educated middle class feminists of Oz. The self-entitled, judgemental, ever-complaining snobs who unashamedly swing from the taxpayer's teats and are resolved to continue doing the same.

Well Onthebeach, I think those feminist top police officers were just adding their obviously common views on the pathetic behaviour of a man that many men and boys look up to, in a time where we as a society are trying to stop violence and disrespect towards women in our society.

If we all have female friends and family members we care about then we should agree with their efforts to prevent crime against women. And don't start going on about all the male on male violence also happening in our society, which is every bit as serious, because in this case it is very much about women.

You are well in the minority in your old-fashioned views on this subject OTB, and you know it.

“because in this case it is very much about women.”

It is not very much about women it is about one woman. It is an exchange between Maguire and Wilson. One person in relation to another person. One is a man and the other is a woman. Why does their gender matter? Is disrespect towards a man less disrespectful than to a woman? This is an issue between two adults. The fact that their spat is played out in the media is totally irrelevant.

If people are influenced by the opinions of media personalities then that is their particular problem. People should never be influenced by anyone else. They might agree or disagree with personalities but that does not imply that they have been influenced. Everyone has to take responsibility for their own opinions and not blame someone else for them.

Maguire was not expressing any opinions – he was telling us what he would like to do to Wilson. He is entitled to say that and because he is given a microphone by his employers he is entitled to say that on the radio. If you do not like that then get him sacked or turn off the radio. Everyone has a right to say what they would like to do because free speech is a right afforded to everyone. They do not have a right to drown anyone but they do have a right to say that they would like to. Once you try and take away a person’s right to free speech then where does it stop?

This not about protecting violence toward women at all. It is simply about a mob trying to deny someone free speech. What Maguire said is not going to contribute anything to the level of violence at all. No one can be ‘influenced’ to act violently. If a man hears Maguire’s comments and then goes home and murders his wife can he then claim it was all Maguire’s fault for influencing him?

I wonder how many feminazis would like Trump to have a heart attack?

runner,

"I wonder how many feminazis would like Trump to have a heart attack?"

What a weird little run-by post.

You're truly of astounding intellect, aren't you....