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- Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 112760
Re: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231
Not very good as in should have killed a bigger total ? Or not very good as in oh dear, more deaths ? Have just spent a day shooting with afrikaaners gun enthusiasts, and even they think America has a crazy gun problem. They're totally nuts. They keep holding up Australia as an example of, "look wh...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 112760
Re: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231
Horrific news to wake up to. As horrific as it is perhaps the worst thing is the reaction of most in the UK and esp in the USA , beyond the small minority on social media is "oh another one" maybe extending to "that not very good is it." Not very good as in should have killed a bigger total ? Or no...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Look closer to home fella. It's your hooker that's the racist one. You haven't done your homework son. Now that your rugby and cricket teams are dusted, you have ample time to reread Mog and Toro's comments. Once you've completed said task, please report back to me for further reading. “Education i...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Not ones with a political agenda, no. You're dismissing all academic writing on racism as being invalid because it all has a political agenda? :lol: You do realise you are arguing for reverse racism which has long been a political agenda of the far right? Reverse racism? You've gone through the loo...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Physical violence perpetrated by women against men is typically not as serious because men are far stronger than women. Of course nobody is saying women should be allowed to go around belting men with tyre irons. Just that in a one-on-one fist fight between a man and woman, you're typically not wor...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Man these are some really fvcked up people in this thread. Physical violence is less important if its against men? Racism against whites doesn't matter. What the hell is wrong with some of you. No wonder we as a species suck so much. :thumbdown: That's a very misconstrued summary of what's been tal...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Man these are some really fvcked up people in this thread. Physical violence is less important if its against men? Racism against whites doesn't matter. What the hell is wrong with some of you. No wonder we as a species suck so much. :thumbdown: Nobody said any of it doesn't matter. Physical violen...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
No, you are completely wrong. Speak up, investigate and learn is the way to improve things. If it is the incident that we are all being referred to then I simply don't agree with you. If he was racially abused, it is an act of hatred. The person spewing the abuse would want to see the effect the in...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Big Wendall Sailor said something pertinent about twenty years ago. When asked by a journalist how it made him feel that someone in the crowd had called him a "black c-word", he replied, "well, I suppose it's pretty offensive to be called a c-unt". My respect for him sky-rocketed after that. Gettin...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:28 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Brain Injury and Career Length
- Replies: 80
- Views: 3141
Re: Brain Injury and Career Length
Since your references to 'traces' is from the text in the article linked in the OP, did you notice this in that article? "With an average age of 60 when they died, most of the former players in the study played rugby before it became professional in 1995." The key words are "an average age of 60 wh...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:09 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Brain Injury and Career Length
- Replies: 80
- Views: 3141
Re: Brain Injury and Career Length
I wonder what the prevalence of "traces of CTE" are in the average, non-rugby-playing population? I'm not trying to belittle the importance of protecting player's heads. Just questioning what does "traces" mean, and how does this scale against a "control"? I have heard that even heading a soccer ba...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
The link posted by Jensrsa: https://x.com/rugby_ap/status/1716564478597169192?s=20 ... if that's it at the 8 second mark, most clearly heard at 12 seconds, then it's totally absurd. And whatever it is, it doesn't sound like "white c-nt". It sounds like "uur karn". Which as someone else has pointed o...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Big Wendall Sailor said something pertinent about twenty years ago. When asked by a journalist how it made him feel that someone in the crowd had called him a "black c-word", he replied, "well, I suppose it's pretty offensive to be called a c-unt". My respect for him sky-rocketed after that. Getting...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:06 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Brain Injury and Career Length
- Replies: 80
- Views: 3141
Re: Brain Injury and Career Length
I wonder what the prevalence of "traces of CTE" are in the average, non-rugby-playing population? I'm not trying to belittle the importance of protecting player's heads. Just questioning what does "traces" mean, and how does this scale against a "control"? I have heard that even heading a soccer bal...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Way for all of you to not answer the clear example I gave you, well deflected. I replied to the being 'educated' comment in the same way, don't pin that on me. You have one definition that you hang your whole argument on and accuse me of dismissing it to fit my narrative? Did you read ANY other def...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Anyone educated would understand it is a way more complex issue than using the simplest definition out there to try and show that this case would be the same if it were the other way round. Some of you argue that because you think that's how it should be, but you really know it's not. Simplify it m...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Is it wide side or wide kant? Flailing now. We were assured it was wit kant. Pronounced white in this instance. Wide side in Afrikaans is wyd kant. The wyd would sound like veight and the kant would sound like, well, cvnt. "Veight cvnt" is phonetically what "wide side" would sound like in Afrikaans...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
This thread is stupid. I'm out.
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
The only thing I take issue with is this, white men are not one homogenous group across the world any more than any other group is - I have no problem in agreeing this is the case for the middle classes and above, but poor people have massive disadvantages wherever they are from and whatever their ...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
White men in 2023 are literally the most privileged humans to have ever existed in the universe The only thing I take issue with is this, white men are not one homogenous group across the world any more than any other group is - I have no problem in agreeing this is the case for the middle classes ...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
But according to your other right-on brothers you can't be racist unless there is also systematic oppression. I don't know who my other "right on" brothers are. Racism by my definition is type of insult or discrimination based upon race, ranging from a benign joke to herding people from concentrati...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Can black people be racist? Of course they can. It's the degree of offence taken that is questionable. White men in 2023 are literally the most privileged humans to have ever existed in the universe. Personally I find it a bit off when they're running around looking to be offended and play the vict...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:37 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Have to agree with Toro on this. Racism isn't just bigotry. A degree of systematic oppression is required. Can black people be racist? Of course they can. It's the degree of offence taken that is questionable. White men in 2023 are literally the most privileged humans to have ever existed in the un...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
Or he has morals and values that differ to your own. Yeah, dumb ones. As if one needs to be a genius to recognise the difference between racial slurs directed at people who have suffered centuries of extreme prejudice, apartheid, lynchings, slavery, etc. ... and you ... toffy white English gent. Mu...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/sports/other/england-s-curry-accuses-boks-hooker-mbonambi-of-verbal-abuse/ar-AA1iDVsG FFS who gives a shit? Some softy Curry must be. A "snowflake" maybe? Or he has morals and values that differ to your own. Yeah, dumb ones. As if one needs to be a genius to recognise the ...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
- Replies: 1295
- Views: 28033
Re: Tom Curry accuses Mbonambi of racial abuse
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/sports/other/england-s-curry-accuses-boks-hooker-mbonambi-of-verbal-abuse/ar-AA1iDVsG ENGLAND FLANKER TOM Curry has accused Springboks hooker Bongi Mbonambi of calling him “a white c***” during last night’s World Cup semi-final in Paris. As clearly heard over the ref mic, ...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
- Replies: 265
- Views: 7097
Re: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
If that was the reason on its own he would have blown the whistle when it happened Not really. Well he did before when Koch's knee went down so it's reasonable to assume he'd be consistent. Depends on the circumstances. Look, I'm not saying it was the correct call. I'm saying I don't know because I...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
- Replies: 265
- Views: 7097
Re: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
You almost never see what the refs see - or you might see one thing, they see another. I would have felt more aggrieved about awarding the fair catch. I reckon England would have turned that ball, as the Saffer ran off the mark before claiming it. Exactly this. And the commentators also often get i...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
- Replies: 265
- Views: 7097
Re: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
https://i.ibb.co/hLVwskx/IMG-0291.gif Shit that is really rough in England. Textbook boring in It looks rough, but as already pointed out we don't see what the referee is seeing. And the referee gets it's right far more often than the commentators. It's a myth that they don't know what they're refe...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
- Replies: 265
- Views: 7097
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:09 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
- Replies: 265
- Views: 7097
Re: Bin O’Keefe and that last scrum.
You almost never see what the refs see - or you might see one thing, they see another. I would have felt more aggrieved about awarding the fair catch. I reckon England would have turned that ball, as the Saffer ran off the mark before claiming it. Exactly this. And the commentators also often get i...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:47 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Springboks vs England . RWC Semi Final thread
- Replies: 1644
- Views: 27923
Re: Springboks vs England . RWC Semi Final thread
One of the worst displays of rugby ever but still engaging, just don’t know how they got there, I had written them off completely F-ck off with these shit comments. What do posters think they're doing saying every game is a shit, horrible performance way below expectations etc.? You get out there y...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Springboks vs England . RWC Semi Final thread
- Replies: 1644
- Views: 27923
Re: Springboks vs England . RWC Semi Final thread
RWC finals are always tight nervy affairs. SA has given 2 masterclasses in a row on how to win such games. NZ has just given masterclasses on how to give away yellow cards in such situations. There was nothing from either team today that suggests NZ are in trouble. It is time we have more confidenc...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Springboks vs England . RWC Semi Final thread
- Replies: 1644
- Views: 27923
Re: Springboks vs England . RWC Semi Final thread
What a game. :o One of the worst displays of rugby ever but still engaging, just don’t know how they got there, I had written them off completely F-ck off with these shit comments. What do posters think they're doing saying every game is a shit, horrible performance way below expectations etc.? You...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Springboks vs England . RWC Semi Final thread
- Replies: 1644
- Views: 27923
Re: Springboks vs England . RWC Semi Final thread
The Springboks are choking.
That said England have stepped up big time.
That said England have stepped up big time.
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Would Ireland have beaten the All Blacks last night?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 480
Re: Would Ireland have beaten the All Blacks last night?
It was a coin toss the first time and it would have been a coin toss the second time. There's nothing between those two sides besides luck. That is, the bounce of the ball, 50/50 call here and there and whoever happens by sheer coincidence - better sleep or whatever - to turn up 1% more switched-on...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:09 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Would Ireland have beaten the All Blacks last night?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 480
Re: Would Ireland have beaten the All Blacks last night?
It was a coin toss the first time and it would have been a coin toss the second time. There's nothing between those two sides besides luck. That is, the bounce of the ball, 50/50 call here and there and whoever happens by sheer coincidence - better sleep or whatever - to turn up 1% more switched-on....
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ no.7s & bleached-tip flat-top hair-dos
- Replies: 120
- Views: 2685
Re: NZ no.7s & bleached-tip flat-top hair-dos
I suppose Richie also bleached just the tops of his jersey's shoulders. I already debunkced that photo. That was Grandpa's, not mine. Obviously photoshop. MOG, check out Jordie’s bleached-tip flat-top in the background here. https://scontent.fhlz4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/394765451_18392181658...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: All Blacks V Los Pumas. RWC 2023 Semi Final thread.
- Replies: 1387
- Views: 24549
Re: All Blacks V Los Pumas. RWC 2023 Semi Final thread.
That's that, I'm going to bed. Congratulations All Blacks. I didn't really expect Argentina to win - but who knows? There's been much bigger upsets - but I was hoping for a closer game than this. Nothing against the Argentinians. The All Blacks are just terminators. Get a life you nation of sad sack...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests
- Replies: 9628
- Views: 323184
Re: Israel declares state of war
It was their country and they were being disposed by people with a tenuous 2 millennium link to the region. What do you expect them to do? I have 35% Anatolian Farmer DNA linking me back to Turkey 6 thousand years ago. I wonder will the Turks allow me to exercise my birthright and have some land th...