Mad Monday...

[BG32]

Bump.

Dawes is the one in the Geelong jumper...

So was Frawley there?

 

[basashi]

Just wondering which category you think this case falls into?

As I see it, and using the above paradigm, the only possibility is the second one, meaning that Terlich and Georgiou were really making a comment on a recent example of sexual abuse in order to take a stand against it in general within the wider community?

As I really see it, your first comment is correct. A costume is worn for comic effect, and given my belief their efforts were aimed simply at a cheap laugh, I fail to see how it could be anything other than a flippant attitude to a grown man preying on young girls. As I said in a previous post…hilarious.

In any case, what I think means little since you were also right in that they shouldn't have their behaviour (to a certain extent) regulated by others…being decent human beings should do that for them. What a shame...

They're both adults and can do what they like. Doesn't stop me thinking they're a pair of dickheads but...

Gilligan's Island was an insensitive portrayal of the plight of the peoples of the Pacific Islands.

And what of the offense caused to those who have dedicated their lives to marine navigation. .... for Gilligan to ruin the compass like that is unforgivable.

 

[basashi]

GILLIGAN YOU INSENSITIVE BASTARD! !!

 

[Rod Stroker]

More initials please! Make it even more difficult to understand.

CBF

 

[radiojake]

Man, we really need Fev just to walk around Melbourne with a giant dildo again so we can just lambast him for being a dickhead...

way more easier that way...

 

[Klaus]

Man, we really need Fev just to walk around Melbourne with a giant dildo again so we can just lambast him for being a dickhead...

way more easier that way...

Even Fev wouldn't be as stupid as the Melbourne boys. If Fev did something like that the media would camp outside his house for a few weeks.

 

[want2spoodge_pettifer]

dressing up as Lebron James in blackface is ill-advised, but not racist.

Wait.. are you actually serious? And in full belief of what you just said?

 

[Bennett.]

Ah shit, here we go.....

 

[mottrain]

Wait.. are you actually serious? And in full belief of what you just said?

So seriously why wasn't there the same strong outrage from the moral brigade when the black guy did that as a white dude hey?

 

[want2spoodge_pettifer]

So seriously why wasn't there the same strong outrage from the moral brigade when the black guy did that as a white dude hey?

Think about this. Think about this historically; think about this from a power play perspective; think about this from the perspective of a people that have been marginalised constantly throughout the course of modern history.

Complaining about 'white-face'. Man, we whites sure have it bad.

 

[Handsome.B.Wonderful]

Think about this. Think about this historically; think about this from a power play perspective; think about this from the perspective of a people that have been marginalised constantly throughout the course of modern history.

Complaining about 'white-face'. Man, we whites sure have it bad.

No one is complaining about white-face, that's the point.

 

[Father Jack]

Whether or not you are personally offended, surely anyone could see that it was an outstandingly dumb thing to do?

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

Melbourne is investigating whether two of its players at Mad Monday celebrations have dressed up as Rolf Harris and a young girl.

A photo of the pair, posted on defender Dean Terlich's Instagram account features Terlich and teammate Alex Georgiou dressed up in costumes that appear to be the disgraced musician and a girl. Terlich is wearing a fake goatee, high grey wig, short tie, colourful shirt, blazer and rectangular glasses, all of which are trademarks of Harris.



Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/afl/afl-news/melbourne-investigating-whether-mad-monday-costumes-are-rolf-harris-and-a-young-girl-20140901-10b17o.html#ixzz3C2txZUUg

Great start to the offseason, Demons.

It's moments like this you remember that many footballers are totally clueless. There's bad taste, and then there's this. Before anyone trolls me about Bartel a few years ago, I thought that was crass too.

 

[FRUMPY]

Think about this. Think about this historically; think about this from a power play perspective; think about this from the perspective of a people that have been marginalised constantly throughout the course of modern history.

Complaining about 'white-face'. Man, we whites sure have it bad.

thought about all that and all i see is a guy dressing up as lebron james, no racial connotation at all. I guess people want to see what they want to see. people want to feel offended/outraged.

 

[numbat06]

Think about this. Think about this historically; think about this from a power play perspective; think about this from the perspective of a people that have been marginalised constantly throughout the course of modern history.

Complaining about 'white-face'. Man, we whites sure have it bad.

You are everything that is wrong with society, it's not racist,it's as simple as some white guy dressing up as a famous african american..stop trying to create something out of nothing wowser

 

[Lance Uppercut]

maybe I've missed something and been living under a rock, but why are people referring to Rolf Harris as a rapist?

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

heil hitler!

Godwins Law - time to close the thread.

 

[coryne]

I hear Essendon were going to do the same, but they can no longer show their faces at a Lawn Bowls club after the geriatrics kicked them out of their previous home

I have had like x10 "Likes" for a comment made back in 2012................... lol

 

[Illinois Nazi]

we all know about the historical significance of blackface but painting yourself black to look like a celebrity for a dress up has no significance to the blackface/racial past. it is a dress up FFS. Do you really think dressing up like michael jackson or lebron james and painting your face black is in relaity a racial taunt at black people and a laugh at the blackface history?

Surely if you wanted to dress up as Michael Jackson you'd paint your face white?

 

[NikkiNoo]

They didnt walk into a hospital of rape victims dressed as them and walk around scaring people

They turned up to a footy club celebration, anyone bringing in others misfortune is just wanting to be offended by something

Just to point out the obvious, but rape victims don't all end up staying in hospitals after they are r*ped. They are everywhere in society. Same with those who were victims of pedophiles. They don't go around with a brand on their forehead to make it obvious to others to stop them doing something offensive.

Maybe, just maybe people shouldn't be just plain stupid and insensitive in the first place? I know that's impossible but we can but hope...

 

[Topkent]

Just to point out the obvious, but rape victims don't all end up staying in hospitals after they are r*ped. They are everywhere in society. Same with those who were victims of pedophiles. They don't go around with a brand on their forehead to make it obvious to others to stop them doing something offensive.

Maybe, just maybe people shouldn't be just plain stupid and insensitive in the first place? I know that's impossible but we can but hope...

Well no shit sherlock, Not much gets past you aye!

 

[FRUMPY]

Surely if you wanted to dress up as Michael Jackson you'd paint your face white?

depends which decade - 80's black, 90's onwards white

 

[craigos]

So if I was to dress as Fritzl that would be........bad?? Hypothetically, of course.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

depends which decade - 80's black, 90's onwards white

2010's sort of purple and rotting.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

World War 2. It's right there in the name. Don't get me wrong, I think blackface should certainly be avoided, but suggesting that it is racist in all contexts because of exported US historical baggage is silly. dressing up as Lebron James in blackface is ill-advised, but not racist.

Hardly anyone would know or care if something was offensive in, say, Nepalese culture, so I guess my distaste for consideration of US taboo's is more because it is disproportionate to the treatment other cultures get from the majority of people than the fact that they shouldn't be considered at all.

Now that I've seen Jordan Lisle's effort, I would say that he was pushing the boundaries a bit there. No issue with making your complexion a bit darker to make the costume look more realistic, but his effort looked like a standard boot polish job, which is pretty tasteless.