Troy Broadbridge Missing

[Thrawn]

I agree with you, but the fact is people in the public eye will always get more attention, even under tragic circumstances.

True.

 

[celtic_pride]

Actually to add an even more personal perspective for me, I have just found out the name of his wife and I actually knew her (from a few years ago) I am so glad she's safe, she's a great person, but boy this is a big shock and I do hope and pray for the both of them, but it must be an terrible situation.
However I recently lost a friend to an drowning in Warrandyte, and his body wasn't recovered for an week, and the longer the week went on, the worse the concern and fear that he wouldn't be coming back.
I can only pray and hope he is okay but it looks pretty tragic. I am so sad for Trish and his family.

 

[mayhem39]

I agree with you, but the fact is people in the public eye will always get more attention, even under tragic circumstances.

agree, and a lot of ppl here relate to football.

 

[Joffaboy]

Terrible news, terrible tragedy.

Sounds bleak for Troy Broadbridge, but heres hoping he is discovered safe and well.

I hope everyone reflects on what a tragedy this disaster is and refrains from using the word tragedy in future when relating it to football. A tragedy team so and so lost, a tragedy so and so is injured etc etc.

A tragedy is 60,000 dead, and millions displaced. A tragedy is millions of grieving families. A tragedy is the Boxing Day tsunami.

Oh and please take the religious doctrine outside of this thread. I haven't preyed for the victims. After all which god to pray to? Hindus have hundreds, Muslims have Allah, Christians have the Father son and Holy Spirit. And Buddists, well.......
Considering this distaster was non descerning in its killing regarding faith, I am confused.

 

[celtic_pride]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

nope, TP came out with his post straight away claiming he was sure that he was gone, he loves the attention with posts like that, he is the forum Shock Jock and forum wierdo.
So for God's Sake have a look at the rest of his postings before you stick up for him again.

Okay fair enough I've just gotten a big shock myself, with the news and Now I've just read in the paper (2 minutes ago) the name of his wife, whom I knew from a couple of years ago when I went to Reach Youth (the youth organisation run by Jim Stynes)
I am so gutted for her.
Having said that, I just found out the news of Troy Broadbridge when I logged on the net today, and didn't realise the context in which TP wrote that message.
So I apologize wholeheartedly if I erred in any way.

 

[AROB_DEES]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

We can still hope, celtic... no matter if the odds are against us or not.

What I want to know is how Broadbridge is any more important than the thousands of others who have died? I am upset and hopeful as with other people on this thread, but we need some perspective on this. Unless you're a relative or friend (or even know him personally), how is his disappearance more shocking that that of the hundreds of others?

Hes not more important than the 60,000 others but he his part of the football community so of course we are going to talk about him.

 

[The Fireman]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

We can still hope, celtic... no matter if the odds are against us or not.

What I want to know is how Broadbridge is any more important than the thousands of others who have died? I am upset and hopeful as with other people on this thread, but we need some perspective on this. Unless you're a relative or friend (or even know him personally), how is his disappearance more shocking that that of the hundreds of others?

I'm sure you will find Thrawn that we all treat the loss equally across the board, Troy is highlighted here because he is recognizable, a figurehead so to speak.
I don't think anyone here believes the possible loss of Troy to be more shocking than the loss of anyone else.

 

[The Fireman]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

Okay fair enough I've just gotten a big shock myself, with the news and Now I've just read in the paper (2 minutes ago) the name of his wife, whom I knew from a couple of years ago when I went to Reach Youth (the youth organisation run by Jim Stynes)
I am so gutted for her.
Having said that, I just found out the news of Troy Broadbridge when I logged on the net today, and didn't realise the context in which TP wrote that message.
So I apologize wholeheartedly if I erred in any way.

you didn't err mate, this whole thing is bloody terrible.

 

[Bestbird]

My Condalances to anybody who has somebody missing from this tragedy

I was one of the lucky ones, having flown out of Phuket on the 24th December

 

[Thrawn]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

I'm sure you will find Thrawn that we all treat the loss equally across the board, Troy is highlighted here because he is recognizable, a figurehead so to speak.
I don't think anyone here believes the possible loss of Troy to be more shocking than the loss of anyone else.

I disagree. I know why he is highlighted, but that doesn't mean he's any more important. That was my point really.

 

[The Fireman]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

Now you are using Broadbridge's probable death and using everyone's emotion to turn that against me.

If you believe that then you are sicker than I thought, your posts aren't taken out of context, they reflect you perfectly.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

What I want to know is how Broadbridge is any more important than the thousands of others who have died? I am upset and hopeful as with other people on this thread, but we need some perspective on this. Unless you're a relative or friend (or even know him personally), how is his disappearance more shocking that that of the hundreds of others?

Not more shocking as such but has a more immediate impact. We as a society are so desensitised to death and destruction shown on television due to the amount of violence and disaster related movies out there. We know they are not real. When a real life situation is being shown on television, we know it is real because it is on the news, but it doesn't look any more real than the works of fiction that we see. When you put a real face, a real name into the mix and it starts to mess with your mind a little bit. For many I think Broadbridge is merely a link to the reality of the situation.

Besides this, natural disasters are not a topic for the AFL board but Troy Broadbridge is. I'm surprised this event generally hasn't received more coverage on the SC&P board.

 

[Thrawn]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

Hes not more important than the 60,000 others but he his part of the football community so of course we are going to talk about him.

Of course, I am not disputing that. After all, this is a football forum.

 

[Joffaboy]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

And you reckon I love the attention? All you ever do is have a go at any single post I make and try to turn it into something its not just so that I get negative attention all the time. All I ********en said is that if he hasnt been found by now he was probably not alive and you turn it into some big ********en drama.

You're the worst attention whore in here. You can't stand the fact I take the ******** out of St Kilda at every opportunity I can get and you try these little games to get people to turn against me. Now you are using Broadbridge's probable death and using everyone's emotion to turn that against me. You are without doubt the most pathetic person on this forum.

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to take your little attention seeking rant against Fireman to PM? This thread is not the forum for your indignant grandstanding.

Oh BTW in this instance I didn't find your initial post offensive. Mabye a tad lacking in tact, but then again the way things are going, it is probably true.

 

[The Fireman]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

I disagree. I know why he is highlighted, but that doesn't mean he's any more important. That was my point really.

Thats just it, Im saying the people on here don't believe that One possible loss is anymore important than another, thats my point.

 

[Thrawn]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

Not more shocking as such but has a more immediate impact. We as a society are so desensitised to death and destruction shown on television due to the amount of violence and disaster related movies out there. We know they are not real. When a real life situation is being shown on television, we know it is real because it is on the news, but it doesn't look any more real than the works of fiction that we see. When you put a real face, a real name into the mix and it starts to mess with your mind a little bit. For many I think Broadbridge is merely a link to the reality of the situation.

Besides this, natural disasters are not a topic for the AFL board but Troy Broadbridge is. I'm surprised this event generally hasn't received more coverage on the SC&P board.

Fair enough.

 

[Total Package]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to take your little attention seeking rant against Fireman to PM? This thread is not the forum for your indignant grandstanding.

Oh BTW in this instance I didn't find your initial post offensive. Mabye a tad lacking in tact, but then again the way things are going, it is probably true.

Hey clown. Just in case you notice its not my attention seeking rant. It was The Fireman who decided it was his duty to try and convince Celtic_Pride that he was wrong and that my initial post was meant to be some sort of sick crack at Broadbridge. Just in case you notice its never me that starts these ********en threads yet I am always the one who has to try and defend myself.

 

[The Fireman]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

I am always the one who has to try and defend myself.

ever wondered why?

 

[celtic_pride]

This whole thing has really numbed me really and I feel so helpless that I can't do anything really to help, apart from give money for aid, which I will.
It is so terrible when you hear stories of Broadbridge, and that poor little baby Melina Heppell who was swept away from her father's arms.
It is so incomprehensible and senseless.

 

[Joffaboy]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

Hey clown. Just in case you notice its not my attention seeking rant.

Why respond then? Send Fireman a PM and ask him to refrain from accusing you of something you hadn't done. However you want to continue the flame war in a thread that is totally in appropriate.

It was The Fireman who decided it was his duty to try and convince Celtic_Pride that he was wrong and that my initial post was meant to be some sort of sick crack at Broadbridge.

Well thats up to Fireman and Celtic_Pride to sort that out. I am sure Celtic_Pride has a brain and can come to his own conclusions about your initial post. Somefound it offensive and disrespectful. Others like me, didn't. What your fragile little ego has to do with the possible death of a young man in this monumental tragedy has to do with it is anyones guess.

Just in case you notice its never me that starts these ********en threads yet I am always the one who has to try and defend myself.

Thats right Frank, you have never started a flame war on bigfooty have you?
If you truly believe that, you are quite, quite delusional.

Please dont respond t this, the thread isn't supposed to be about you and your rightousness, but about a missing footballer. Leave it at that.

 

[SaveFeriss]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

Hope this doesn't sound insensative. But when was the last time a natural disaster cost so many lives?

 

[superstar]

TP was not responsible for the disgraceful conduct in this thread. He merely stated that in all probability Troy would not turn up safe after he was swept away to sea. Given about 60,000 have perished, I would hardly consider this to be an insulting statement at all, merely reality. His chances of survival are not at all good.

Others have seized the opportunity to push their personal agenda against TP by turning this thread into a slanging match. Pathetic.

And the religious debates are just as fickle and irrelevant. Create new threads for your bull********. Lets keep this one for updates on the missing footballer.

 

[Joffaboy]

TP was not responsible for the disgraceful conduct in this thread. He merely stated that in all probability Troy would not turn up safe after he was swept away to sea. Given about 60,000 have perished, I would hardly consider this to be an insulting statement at all, merely reality. His chances of survival are not at all good.

Others have seized the opportunity to push their personal agenda against TP by turning this thread into a slanging match. Pathetic.

And the religious debates are just as fickle and irrelevant. Create new threads for your bull********. Lets keep this one for updates on the missing footballer.

Fair enough.

As I said I found no offence in the initial post. Sad that it had to turn into a flame war on this thread.

That was my point as well superstar, no room for poster to poster flames, or religious debates on this thread, plenty of others for that sort of thing.

 

[tess]

I am disgusted in the way some of you have allowed this thread to become a bitchfight! I am more disgusted in the so-called moderators and ADMIN of this forum that have allowed this crap to be posted within such an important thread! You people should really be ashamed of yourselves.​

I hope Troy is found, my thoughts are with his family, and the Melbourne FC supporters that read this.

 

[SaveFeriss]

Re: Troy Broadbridge

Hope this doesn't sound insensative. But when was the last time a natural disaster cost so many lives?

Anyone