Thanks to John Worsfold last week, saying we cannot change the teams that play on ANZAC Day because it might offend Kevin Sheedy!
Here I was thinking ANZAC Day was about the ANZAC's and other Diggers, and the spirit of courage, mateship and FAIR PLAY, and how absurd it was to have a club convicted of deliberately cheating being allowed to play on this special day.
But apparently ANZAC Day is actually about Kevin Sheedy, and making money for Essendon.
My bad.
In all fairness, we really should pay tribute to Kevin Sheedy.
After all, he was fighting in both World Wars and single-handedly turned the tide in the battle of the bulge.
He was the one who sent the original ANZAC's over the edge to certain death.
It was Sheeds throat-slitting gesture to the Japanese emperor that prompted the bombing of Darwin, and his scarf-waving celebrations that inspired the massacre at the Somme.
If it wasn't for Sheedy accusing Churchill of sniffing eucalyptus oil, the Allies may not have won the Battle of Britain.
It was Sheedy who flew the Enola Gay and dropped the atom bomb, and even named his footy club in honour of this historic moment.
Then as a special tribute to the Vietnam veterans, Sheeds even managed to have his club sponsored by Agent Orange for a year.
Now his tireless work at the UN has given us the peaceful world we all enjoy today, with no violence, no abuse and never ever any thoughts of cheating to gain an unfair advantage over others.
The man has done it all. Where would we be without him?