Play Nice Dusty Incident #chopstickgate [$5k suspended fine - Club Statement Page 229 of Thread]

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To get outraged by Rita would mean i would have to give a shit about what she writes.
She is doing her job to perfection i'd say ;)
I don't care two hoots about Rita, but I do care about the role of the media and it's importance to a free society.

What irks me about people like her is that they debase what should be an honourable profession dedicated to informing citizens so we can make informed decisions about matters of importance.

Yeah, I'm being idealistic, I know.

But the issue with Rita is that she doesn't even try. She uses her platform to advertise her supposed moral and intellectual superiority to such an extent that there's just no evidence that she grasps what journalism could or should be.

I get that even the best journalists will fall short of the ideal, but, as I say, she doesn't even try.

A pox on her and all her ilk.
 

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I don't care two hoots about Rita, but I do care about the role of the media and it's importance to a free society.

What irks me about people like her is that they debase what should be an honourable profession dedicated to informing citizens so we can make informed decisions about matters of importance.

Yeah, I'm being idealistic, I know.

But the issue with Rita is that she doesn't even try. She uses her platform to advertise her supposed moral and intellectual superiority to such an extent that there's just no evidence that she grasps what journalism could or should be.

I get that even the best journalists will fall short of the ideal, but, as I say, she doesn't even try.

A pox on her and all her ilk.
Unfortunately for the good journos it just reinforces perceptions that modern scribes are only employed for click-bait trolling and very little on the craft. There are exceptions of course like Jake Niall and Tim Lane but they're a dying breed. As old mate Derryn used to say "shame".
 

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I don't care two hoots about Rita, but I do care about the role of the media and it's importance to a free society.

What irks me about people like her is that they debase what should be an honourable profession dedicated to informing citizens so we can make informed decisions about matters of importance.

Yeah, I'm being idealistic, I know.

But the issue with Rita is that she doesn't even try. She uses her platform to advertise her supposed moral and intellectual superiority to such an extent that there's just no evidence that she grasps what journalism could or should be.

I get that even the best journalists will fall short of the ideal, but, as I say, she doesn't even try.

A pox on her and all her ilk.
Mega liked for the ye olde plague wish at the end of the post.
 

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Time for my partial mea culpa. I'm not going to apologise to Dusty per se, he still needs work, rather I'm going to state disappointment...this has cheapened future claims of violence.

I did assume that Tracey was telling us the truth straight up, had nothing to do with the fact that it was Dusty, could have been the Chimp...point being, to level a claim like she did, with all the hoo haa that would inevitably follow, she just had to be convinced about this.

I did want the cops involved so the facts would be defined..and good thing they were...seems Tracey hasn't recollected correctly. Just one corroborating account was required. This bullshit about not wanting to go on the record because of our fan base (& Rita's two faced crap) is saying the tiger fan is bereft of morals when we wear yellow and black...so frankly they and anyone else who runs this line can GAGF.

A big emotional chuff about nothing.

Dusty should have been home tho...he got to a point where common sense was in zero supply.
I was pissed off that Dusty found himself in this position. Still thinking the same way. It's a warning to those in this type of situation - just don't go there.

The outside world aren't your mates. What others might get away with due to anonymity doesn't work if everyone knows your face.

That said there is no way this story should have been blown up the way it was and I dislike the whole violence against women being dragged into the debate.

It's the whole rape thing over again. Someone makes a statement and then the issue gets whitewashed. You just don't go there unless it's for real. It just doesn't work for real victims.

Crying wolf just dissipates the message of women who are really threatened.
 

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Seriously wtf are the afl now investigating. The fact the police report didnt come back the way they wanted. Thought they investigated the issue and took it to the police the whole situation is bullshit.

AFL will try find something to get dusty on so he misses some weeks , bookmark it .
 

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Just seen that one of the threads on the MB has been locked because, wait for it, they don't want two threads where Richmond fans can fling shit at oppo fans but it is obviously ok for oppo fans to fling shit at Richmond fans in multiple threads. Double standards.
 

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AFL will try find something to get dusty on so he misses some weeks , bookmark it .
Yet they let the likes of other ppl play when they give drugs to younger players. The afl is ******. Dont believe hes done anything wrong. Shouldnt be punished at all. The afl should investigate themselves their embarrassing.
 

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Just seen that one of the threads on the MB has been locked because, wait for it, they don't want two threads where Richmond fans can fling shit at oppo fans but it is obviously ok for oppo fans to fling shit at Richmond fans in multiple threads. Double standards.
see, i find that funny. As they fear the sleeping tiger that much

We win a premiership half of BF will get red-inked
 
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