Dear Phanto,

You ask -

Why should Mr McGuire donate money to the cause of violence
towards women more than any other cause?

Because he did speak about drowning a woman (and allowing others to
join in).

You also ask -

Are you suggesting that he should do it to show he is
against violence towards women.

No, I'm not. However that would probably help
his image and add credibility to his insistence
that he didn't actually mean for someone to hold
Caroline Wilson under water until she drowned.

No, I do not think Mr McGuire should pay that kind of money as a
"punishment." Instead it would show people that he is more
than willing to take a stand against the issue of violence
against women with a $50,000 pledge to one of the most
worthwhile causes in the country

“Because he did speak about drowning a woman (and allowing others to
join in). “

He spoke about drowning a journalist because he does not agree with her opinion as a journalist. Why should women journalists be treated differently than men journalists. He was not ridiculing her for being a woman but because he disagreed with her views as a journalist. Any real journalist would be horrified to be treated differently just because of their gender. They dish it out and so they they have to be prepared for what they receive in return. I have seen Caro Wilson ridicule Eddie Maguire on national television so does that constitute violence towards men?

Do you really think he would drown her? There is a world of difference between saying something and doing something. Have you never said that you would like to harm someone? I have seen you ridicule people on this forum does that mean you are a violent person?

“No, I'm not. However that would probably help
his image and add credibility to his insistence
that he didn't actually mean for someone to hold
Caroline Wilson under water until she drowned.”

Why should he or anyone else care about their image? Why would he need to add credibility to his insistence? You would have to be extremely gullible to think he meant what he said.

“No, I do not think Mr McGuire should pay that kind of money as a
"punishment." Instead it would show people that he is more
than willing to take a stand against the issue of violence
against women with a $50,000 pledge to one of the most
worthwhile causes in the country”

Why should he have to take a stand? He is under no obligation to champion any cause at all. What evidence do you have that he has not already taken that stance? I have seen you ridicule men does that mean that you agree with violence towards men?

The feminist thought police have always had difficulty distinguishing between fantasy and reality. Without the fiction of sloppy science and unsupported narrative they would have nothing to go on.

It is all a monstrous lie, a bluff of the thought police from Emily's List. The mateship of the leftist Grrls who play favourites. In this case, to coordinate a nasty take-down to demonstrate their power and warn others off. That is the power of the political correctness they are buffing up for even bigger outrages.

Any wonder that young women run screaming from the bagging, negging feminists. The dinosaurs of the previous Millenium and last century.

Why So Many People are against Feminism
http://hubpages.com/politics/Why-So-Many-People-Are-Against-Feminism

Love your standards, otb...

This from sports writer, Erin Riley on twitter this morning:

"Apparently Sam Newman called me a piece of sh..t on the Footy Show tonight. Nice to see lessons being learned in footy."

Do all the lads on this thread approve of our airwaves being employed for such jollity?

Those footy blokes are less cultured than a bunch of ten year-olds behind a bike shed.

Poirot:

Why do you feel the need to tell us that? A man verbally abused a woman. This is newsworthy?

He used the airwaves to abuse her. She too is on the airwaves is she not? It seems she has the same power as him. A bit like Caroline Wilson really. It is a spat between two media personalities.

If we do not like what is happening on the airwaves we do not have to tune in. If we do not like the fact that two equally matched human beings abuse the airwaves for their personal grievances then we do not have to put up with it. The power belongs to us.

So far you have no good reason to report the event.

Or do you need to tell us that a man has been aggressive toward a woman and that it somehow is evidence that men are more violent to women than vice versa. Men are more violent than women – we already know that – but are they more aggressive? Women are as equally aggressive and you are a perfect example of that. Your posts are littered with put downs, sarcasm, taunts, belittlements, patronising and insults. The very things you accuse Maguire and Newman of. It just proves that some women are as aggressive as some men.

Let us talk about aggression. There is no need to argue as to which gender is the most violent because the statistics speak for themselves. The behaviour of Maguire and Newman is aggressive but no more aggressive than women demonstrate.

Why did you ask the ‘lads’ for their opinion? Why not ask the ‘girls’ as well? Are you afraid some of them may disagree with you?

phanto,

"He used the airwaves to abuse her. She too is on the airwaves is she not? It seems she has the same power as him. A bit like Caroline Wilson really..."

So she's on the airwaves too!

That absolves childish men using their positions in the media to undertake blokey conversations on air - musing about drowning journos, referring to them as excrement, etc...

You appear to be suggesting that these women should dish out the same immature sledging to these fellas...just like a playground slanging match.

I don't really give a toss what these puerile wingnuts do when they're bonding in their clubhouse soirees - that's their mentality and I accept that.

"... The behaviour of Maguire and Newman is aggressive but no more aggressive than women demonstrate."

Righto - I'm sure you can provide an example of professional women in the media using their positions to do the same to male sporting personalities.

Off you go....