Stop the Bombing! Essendon’s nickname a crass insult to modern society - Tony Mahoney

[Gydafud]

Nope, Sun is a name, it's what we call our star - every other star is a star until it's named.

The Sun is refereed to as The Sun because it is OUR sun. Much like the The Moon is our Moon. But there are many more Moons and many more Suns out in the void.

 

[SBYM]

Coz that's how its said in Old English.

You need to read my post in relation to the one above it...

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Ah, yes they did.

Ah, no they didn't.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Glasgow Rangers cheating that led to them being turfed out of the SPL.

Lol, they didn't.

What form of cheating?

 

[Dave]

Lol, they didn't.

What form of cheating?

They went broke. I guess in some people's minds thats cheating

 

[Oneiros]

Well, they got busted cheating on their taxes!

 

[Harris Pilton]

EFC have sullied the name of bombers in general. They should change their name out of contrition.

 

[The_Reaper]

Nope, Sun is a name, it's what we call our star - every other star is a star until it's named.

Nah. Sol is the name of the star - hence the solar system.

The sun is a star but each planet's star is it's sun as well.

So there are many suns but only ever one solar system

 

[_Christoh_]

The problem with the journalists point is Essendon are named after a plane, not a bloody suicide bomber. A 12 year old can make the distinction.

I find Demons and Saints more offensive even tho it's not by much.

 

[MaddAdam]

Lol, they didn't.

What form of cheating?

Um, the tax cheating that saw the club disbanded?

 

[MaddAdam]

They went broke. I guess in some people's minds thats cheating

How did the Huns go bust?

 

[Ice-Wolf]

MAD (mutually assured destruction) policy ensured decades of small scale conflicts and proxy wars.

EFA

 

[Ice-Wolf]

IMO the only nickname in the AFL which isn't somewhat silly is the blues, afterall, they are the blues, and it goes back to a history of naming your side after the colour the team wore.

Shows a severe lack of imagination.

 

[DJ Dupree]

That guy can * off. Stupid pompous irksome self-righteous w@nker from a country world renowned for it's limp-wristed and effeminate glorification of ceremony and process over actual results in every single sport they ever participate in.

Leave our teams, and our names, to ourselves. We're fine without your input. Good sir


* off

 

[Cursed Cat]

We can bash essendon for a lot of things but I somehow dont think when the picked the bombers nickname they could have predicted the future.

Poor call and silly article.

precisely - reminds me of the ridiculous outcry when some sensitive souls wanted to change the name of the 2nd Lord of the Rings film being released at the time from 'the Two Towers' because it evoked Sept. 11 bombings..

 

[DaVillaBlues]

What about Sheffield United 'The Blades' ? Anyone mentioned them (can't be bothered trawling through 11 pages of this thread)

 

[Harris Pilton]

That guy can **** off. Stupid pompous irksome self-righteous w@nker from a country world renowned for it's limp-wristed and effeminate glorification of ceremony and process over actual results in every single sport they ever participate in.

Leave our teams, and our names, to ourselves. We're fine without your input. Good sir


**** off

Thanks Dupree, a very nice example of irrational ad hominem. I'll save that.

 

[DJ Dupree]

Thanks Dupree, a very nice example of irrational ad hominem. I'll save that.

Good.

 

[Jesse Custer]

This is such an important issue.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

Should have asked instead to shut down the Daily Telegraph for such an idiotic headline as "Suicide Bombers".

Exactly - I was going to write his issue is or should be with the newspaper not the footy club.

 

[Fire]

The Sun is refereed to as The Sun because it is OUR sun. Much like the The Moon is our Moon. But there are many more Moons and many more Suns out in the void.

You're actually wrong.

Try and find a definition of 'sun' that doesn't refer specifically to Sol.

 

[Gydafud]

You're actually wrong.

Try and find a definition of 'sun' that doesn't refer specifically to Sol.

http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/exoplanet-exploration/

"As we came to understand that the stars in the sky are other suns, and that the galaxies consist of billions of stars, it appeared a near certainty that other planets must orbit other stars."

Sun is kind of like a relative term, other planetary bodies in other systems have their own "sun" but our "Sun" is the one present relative to Earth.

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/ph...-difference-between-a-star-and-a-sun-beginner

"A star is called a "sun" if it is the center of a planetary system. A large number of planets have been found that orbit other stars, thus making these stars officially "suns."

 

[chargers 09]

I was going to ask you to elaborate, then I rememberred what it was

Can you elaborate? PM perhaps.


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[chargers 09]

Can you elaborate? PM perhaps.


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Ignore.


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[Fire]

http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/exoplanet-exploration/

"As we came to understand that the stars in the sky are other suns, and that the galaxies consist of billions of stars, it appeared a near certainty that other planets must orbit other stars."

Sun is kind of like a relative term, other planetary bodies in other systems have their own "sun" but our "Sun" is the one present relative to Earth.

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/ph...-difference-between-a-star-and-a-sun-beginner

"A star is called a "sun" if it is the center of a planetary system. A large number of planets have been found that orbit other stars, thus making these stars officially "suns."

What dictionary supports this usage?