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Mr Miyagi
Joined: 14 Sep 2018
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Anyone watch the Crows vs Swans game? His off-air comments about the coin toss were actually on air. |
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Mr Miyagi
Joined: 14 Sep 2018
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swoop42
Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you?
Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Location: The 18
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If she was managing a walking stick (I assume she had prosthetic legs on) I can only assume Ed didn't see that and was making some lightweight banter about her ability to toss a coin in the belief she was an able bodied person.
If he knew she was disabled it wouldn't be a good look.
If his tone of voice conveyed a seriousness not required over the issue of coin tossing then he needs to have a Bex and a lie down.
Hopefully it was just a foot in mouth moment with no disrespect ever intended. _________________ He's mad. He's bad. He's MaynHARD! |
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Redlight
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
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Well, she's either capable of tossing a coin and Ed's comments are correct, or she isn't, in which case she shouldn't be tossing the coin. |
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magpieazza
magpieazza
Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Location: Griffith N.S.W
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People are soooo effing precious.
If anyone thinks that Eddie intended to hurt someone, then they need to look at themselves and they need to get a box of man sized tissues.
F@#$ing so sick of people that cant take a joke. _________________ Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero. |
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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Oh ffs, you won't be able to criticize anything at all soon!
Did she toss it good or not?
You don't toss a coin with your legs! Harden the #$%@ up. _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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ronrat
Joined: 22 May 2006 Location: Thailand
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I commented at the time to my girlfriend saying not being able to toss a coin is un Australian. It was a general comment that was not meant to be offensive to anyone but just a throwaway comment. I could throw 2 up pennies when I was 8 . Not hard. Its a money making scheme that to be honest we can do without.They want to speed the game up and have this waste of space. Years ago the captains did it sometimes in the room but Ted Whitten was cheating so they got the umps to do it. If people are going to be offended about this with faux outrage then allow the away captain first pick and in finals the umps will do it. _________________ Annoying opposition supporters since 1967. |
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simon tonna
Joined: 24 Oct 2013 Location: carindale
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Taken out of context AGAIN _________________ no second chances |
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think positive
Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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OMG poor Eddie, I just tried to explain it to my daughter and was laughtoo hard to get there! I mean come on! It’s actually a compliment he didn’t realise this ladies disabilities, shespretty amazing. I wonder if she’s upset by it. _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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BEAMER09
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he was overdue for a m-kia. _________________ COLLINGW09D |
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Abdul The Bull
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Redlight wrote: | Well, she's either capable of tossing a coin and Ed's comments are correct, or she isn't, in which case she shouldn't be tossing the coin. |
True. Treating people differently is the very basis for discrimination. _________________ There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binary and those that don't. |
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MatthewBoydFanClub
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: Elwood
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People are so precious. We’ve lost all ability to laugh at ourselves and then it’s all about retribution when we think we’ve been offended. Eddie is a paid entertainer. He makes lightweight banter to entertain TV viewers and if they get bored with him, they switch TV stations and then Eddie’s job is at risk. Sometimes the jokes miss their target as he rattles off the jokes. If you think about what you’re saying before you say it you miss the moment and the opportunity is lost. Sad that Eddie’s friendship with Adam Goodes is severed because of the reference to the King Kong stage show because Eddie is the least racist guy on Earth. People say things they either don’t mean or they use puns or play of words to make clever connections that they think will entertain, but others see another way that they see as a put down or a hurtful comment. The bottom line is that the intent is to entertain. He doesn’t have a malicious bone in his body (unless what he says is directed at the Carlton FC in which case you take 100% seriously). |
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MatthewBoydFanClub
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CootaPie
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As someone who both works with the disabled every day and is a long-time Collingwood member I found McGuire's comments last night re the coin toss to be absolutely disgraceful, embarrassing and his attempted apology pathetic.
A previous post actually described McGuire's comments as a "compliment". WTF. |
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sherrife
Victorian Socialists - people before profit
Joined: 18 Apr 2003
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CootaPie wrote: | As someone who both works with the disabled every day and is a long-time Collingwood member I found McGuire's comments last night re the coin toss to be absolutely disgraceful, embarrassing and his attempted apology pathetic.
A previous post actually described McGuire's comments as a "compliment". WTF. |
Yeah this is disgusting. Eddie has to go IMO. First the despicably racist comments at Adam Goodes, then so much else. He's obviously an absolute oblivious macho creep. Time to change the culture. _________________ I would be ashamed to admit that I had risen from the ranks. When I rise it will be with the ranks... - Eugene Debs |
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