Not Worth A Thread - Random Bulldog Discussion

[Mattdougie]

1st world boredom is what your expressing

Pure symbolism

I find it offensive - but will you stop?

You can't be offended your white

Or so he assumes

 

[yebiga]

In this discussion it's been about blackface.

Mikes examples above also fit the bill.



Not sure if this is directed to me specifically or just people in general, but I have not once said I am offended by what happened with the kid. You don't need to be personally offended to recognise that something is offensive to others.


OK fair enough, the response was short and dismissive. For that I apologise.

For using the term white privilege, I totally disagree. Judgemental? It's more like the opposite of that. Uneducated? Do you agree ethnocentrism is a big problem in the inability to curbing racism in society? Can you not see how they are intrinsically linked?

For you or anyone:
http://www.cpt.org/files/Undoing Racism - Understanding White Privilege - Kendall.pdf
https://www.sinsinawa.org/peace-justice/white_privilege.pdf



I think gender and race privilege is a lot less arbitrary than class privilege but they are often all closely interlinked any case.


Sure it's not as bad as it has been historically, but that does not mean it is gone completely. Look at what's happening in the US currently, or in our own prisons.


To put some questions out there to everyone, knowing that certain actions are offensive to large groups of people, why is so hard to stop doing them or defending these actions? Should we not just take that on board and simply modify our behaviour? I mean isn't that what you would do if someone told you something was offensive to them? What's the big deal if you can't paint your face black anymore? Are we now in a place where this behaviour is carried on and defended just to make a point that we won't be told what to do?

It just makes me so sad that it seems like nobody even cares.

Goodnight

Their is a difference between caring and your use of the word.
This may come as a surprise - you don't care. You think you do but any momentary logical assessment is proof positive your dealing entirely in fictions.

It quoxitic - medication?

 

[yebiga]

You can't be offended your white

Or so he assumes

I am beyond color.
I am Ali g in the country
My life is lived thru social media,
I meet no one real and do nothing real
I watch tv and it tells me to care and be nice to people
I am not not nice but the people I meet say nothing real just weather and sport and crap.
So I have to care about tv stories
About people I have never met
Don't know anyone really but I try to care for indigenous people from my living room I channel love towards and pray for them

I am on medication to help curb an anger I don't understand
I fear that given an opportunity I would love to kick people and goose step naked thru the park.

 

[maddog37]

Wowee oh boy

 

[dogwatch]

Well done to fpcookie for trying to carry the argument about how racism manifests itself, and specifically black face. Not a bad discussion of an incredibly complex and layered issue. I thought he did pretty well without much support. Some of the counter arguments made good points too. Interesting that it morphed into disadvantage and class issues. (Disadvantage is the flip side of racism and many other "isms" - the advantaged don't usually mind what they are called as long as they can keep a hold on the wealth and/or power.)

I love that we can actually have a discussion like that on a footy forum though, even if it's off topic. I felt like I was on Big Philosophy for a while there, not Big Footy!

Cheers also to yebiga for his creative contributions ... Big Poetry!

 

[compact72]

Next topic? Sick of this racism shit.

Let's try not get political in a footy forum. It will never end well

Everybody have their own opinions and have expressed them. let it be

 

[Yojimbo]

Racism is just a distraction from the real issue of AFL fantasy
price fluctuations, a very sad distraction.

 

[Pugz89]

Well done to (Disadvantage is the flip side of racism and many other "isms" - the advantaged don't usually mind what they are called as long as they can keep a hold on the wealth and/or power.)

Could take it a step further and put this on a global stage. Something like. 4% of the world's population owns 95% of the wealth of the world or something drastic like that.

That flows onto all the elite/nwo/illuminati stuff as well but I'm sure most Probs aren't keen on that convo.

 

[Wocka]

....my cats breath smells like cat food.....

 

[Fossie 32]

....my cats breath smells like cat food.....

Too modest, that def needs its own thread

 

[King Harold]

....my cats breath smells like cat food.....

Don't feed it cat food.
I'm not that sharp but that should work.

 

[JEDi 44]

Don't feed it cat food.
I'm not that sharp but that should work.

It might start to get the smell of rigor mortis if you do that!

 

[Snake Livermore]

I am beyond color.
I am Ali g in the country
My life is lived thru social media,
I meet no one real and do nothing real
I watch tv and it tells me to care and be nice to people
I am not not nice but the people I meet say nothing real just weather and sport and crap.
So I have to care about tv stories
About people I have never met
Don't know anyone really but I try to care for indigenous people from my living room I channel love towards and pray for them

I am on medication to help curb an anger I don't understand
I fear that given an opportunity I would love to kick people and goose step naked thru the park.

Solid gold yebiga. Up there with choose life. Just read it out loud to Mrs Livermore in the car (she liked it but still reckons bigfooty is a waste of time).

 

[immortalmike]

Solid gold yebiga. Up there with choose life. Just read it out loud to Mrs Livermore in the car (she liked it but still reckons bigfooty is a waste of time).

legit wisest thing expressed on these boards.

 

[Fossie 32]

legit wisest thing expressed on these boards.

 

[Some Idiot]

Man, the trade and list management thread gets cluttered with so much garbage, it's hard to find the actual decent posts in there.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Man, the trade and list management thread gets cluttered with so much garbage, it's hard to find the actual decent posts in there.

I can't handle it. Worst thread on the whole board. The best one was the confirmed news thread from last year. No bullshit.

 

[timtamWB]

I can't handle it. Worst thread on the whole board. The best one was the confirmed news thread from last year. No bullshit.

The lin Jong thread gave it a run for its money when it was up.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

The lin Jong thread gave it a run for its money when it was up.

Jong and Boyd threads are both full of interesting posts but the list management one is literally unreadable.

 

[bobby2]

The best one was the confirmed news thread from last year.

I'll try to make another one of these now.

 

[dogwatch]

I know it's not everybody's cup of tea but for those who are interested in AFL Rankings (Champion Data) ...

Here are the WB player points and overall AFL rankings after the H&A rounds.



Here they are sorted by change in points over the H&A rounds (i.e. since pre-season):


And finally here they are sorted by movement in rankings (number of places) over the H&A season:

 

[Arkangel]

App doesn't normally work OS.

The Australian and OS apps are different. When overseas, you want the one called something like "Watch AFL Global Pass". You can purchase a subscription on (from memory) watchafl.afl.com.au.

 

[JEDi 44]

strange time to be putting on the semi finals.
Might struggle to get along

Fixtures/Results/Ladders

PETER JACKSON VFL 2016

FIXTURERESULTSLADDERCOMPETITION STATISTICSPREDICTMORE

NORMAL SEASONFINALS
SEMI FINALS

SEMI FINAL 1

Footscray Bulldogs


vs

Essendon

2:00 AM / Wed 7 Sep
T.B.A. (Map)

Selected Teams
Enter Results
MATCH CENTRE

SEMI FINAL 2

Williamstown


vs

Undecided

2:00 AM / Wed 7 Sep
T.B.A. (Map)

Selected Teams
Enter Results
MATCH CENTRE

This round has not been played yet.

 

[Yojimbo]

I know it's not everybody's cup of tea but for those who are interested in AFL Rankings (Champion Data) ...

Here are the WB player points and overall AFL rankings after the H&A rounds.

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Here they are sorted by change in points over the H&A rounds (i.e. since pre-season):
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And finally here they are sorted by movement in rankings (number of places) over the H&A season:
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Love it Dogwatch, but how can Stewart Crameri go down if he does
not play any football and how can Jake Stringer be ranked in the
top 100 on performance this year not even close to reality. Give me
the wise reflection of AFL fantasy price any day although your work
on the charts is excellent.

 

[BRG93]

The time has come to say Goodbye to Bigfooty it's been a great 5 Years
I've met some sensational people along the way who I have since become great mates with.

May our wait for a Flag be short, And the Celebrations long and lasting.

Cheers Guys