Chef, can't believe the attitude of some people on this. It is basically a non-issue, fuelled by media because they have nothing better to do.
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I know my opinion is not shared by many others and they have their opinions and that's cool but that opinion, if it is a white opinion, is just another Eurocentric view. There are far greater, far reaching implications for what Goodes did and you really need to be an Aboriginal person to understand it IMO. I may be off the mark with this but I'm putting forward one more opinion of many I've read on this thread.
I'm not sure I agree with how Goodes went about this and I do think his spear throw was provocative, but that was his approach and he is living with the repercussions of that. It wasn't at the Carlton cheer squad they were just the face of a much larger audience, it was thrown right into the heart of middle Australia and a conservative Government in particular, and that is where the biggest back lash has come from. It was controversial and certainly did Goodes more harm than good within middle Australia but he has re-opened an important debate around Aboriginal disadvantage, land rights, the closure of communities and the gap in Aboriginal health. Every social media platform is now discussing these social justice issues and that was the intent of the spear throw and that is why he chose Indigenous round to do it. He is a leader of his people and he will go down as one of the most important Aboriginal leaders in recent memory, whether you agree with this or like it or not is inconsequential.
Wait so an invisible boomerang is ok but words are not??
I'm really struggling to understand this post from a context or reasoning perspective.
If however, players from the nationalities and or religions you mention feel they are being racially abused through booing then I give them full permission to throw invisible traditional hunting implements at the area of the crowd from which the booing is coming from, only after a dance of course.