Steve Tew: New Zealand ready for a gay All Black
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<p>Maybe I am a dinosaur, but I am more concerned about the guy who complained. He said he wasn't offended but he was worried somebody else could be offended. I have a dislike for people who get outraged or offended on behalf of others.</p>
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<p>He wasn't offended but he thought someone else might be offended?</p>
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If he was offended or offended on behalf of others (as ridiculous as that seems), perhaps a better course of action would have been to approach the player directly or contact the Chiefs organisation rather than slander him as some kind of criminal on social media and in the media.
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<p style="margin-left:40px;">I am pretty sure the guy is gay and he felt the comments were directed at him.</p>
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<p>If he was offended or offended on behalf of others (as ridiculous as that seems), perhaps a better course of action would have been to approach the player directly or contact the Chiefs organisation rather than slander him as some kind of criminal on social media and in the media.</p>
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<p>Not sure if you've been following the similar drama involving Kevin Roberts but the perennially outraged might have ended his career <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82669968/saatchi--saatchis-kevin-roberts-in-hot-water-over-gender-diversity-comments'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82669968/saatchi--saatchis-kevin-roberts-in-hot-water-over-gender-diversity-comments</a></p> -
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Not sure if you've been following the similar drama involving Kevin Roberts but the perennially outraged might have ended his career <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82669968/saatchi--saatchis-kevin-roberts-in-hot-water-over-gender-diversity-comments">http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82669968/saatchi--saatchis-kevin-roberts-in-hot-water-over-gender-diversity-comments</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>I did see that and thought it was fucking ludicrous.</p>
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<p>When I first saw the headline and read the article my first reaction was "ffs is that it?" . </p> -
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<p>Bigot. I'm reporting you to the Cock</p>
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<p>Get a load of the expression on Bono's face! He looks sooooo g g g .... . Ummm.</p>
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<p>These younger mates of mine who are especially happy coined a phrase years ago, as the mad correct-speak noose tightened on the more common terminologies familiar to my older generation. Whenever we were out in public and they wanted to alert one to the likelihood that some public figure <em>(usually someone manly admired by myself and my other mate who are the token straights in that group)</em> was an especially happy (and g..) fella they would come out with "Hey Mick, you are aware that Johnny Sattler / Sam Scott-Young / Dermot Brereton is an especially happy fella aren't you?"</p>
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<p>They would giggle like girls at my customary response: "Youse blokes really are an evil pack of .oof..rs" - oh dear, I cannot properly finish that snippet.</p> -
<p>I fucked up a Tinder date last year by accidentally joking about Gays and Blacks, I thought it was so blatantly obviously a joke but in retrospect I probably didn't read my audience very well ( a bit like my whole time on the fern really ) She was definitely morally outraged on behalf of every ethnic minority on the planet and gave me the evil glare for as long as it took to chop the rest of my Panhead APA. </p>
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<p>I didn't even bother protesting with the "I have black/gay/lesbian/dwarf/blind/deaf/religious/disabled friends" line ( apart from the dwarfs I think I do in real life ). Once you're in that deep there's really only one direction you're gonna go......</p> -
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<p>I fucked up a Tinder date last year by accidentally joking about Gays and Blacks, I thought it was so blatantly obviously a joke but in retrospect I probably didn't read my audience very well ( a bit like my whole time on the fern really ) She was definitely morally outraged on behalf of every ethnic minority on the planet and gave me the evil glare for as long as it took to chop the rest of my Panhead APA. </p>
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<p>I didn't even bother protesting with the "I have black/gay/lesbian/dwarf/blind/deaf/religious/disabled friends" line ( apart from the dwarfs I think I do in real life ). Once you're in that deep there's really only one direction you're gonna go......</p>
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<p>You dodged a bullet there mate. She was probably a closet lesbo anyway.</p> -
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<p>I fucked up a Tinder date last year by accidentally joking about Gays and Blacks, I thought it was so blatantly obviously a joke but in retrospect I probably didn't read my audience very well </p>
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<p>Nuns...no sense of humour. (The Kurgan).</p> -
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<p>I fucked up a Tinder date last year by accidentally joking about Gays and Blacks, I thought it was so blatantly obviously a joke but in retrospect I probably didn't read my audience very well ( a bit like my whole time on the fern really ) She was definitely morally outraged on behalf of every ethnic minority on the planet and gave me the evil glare for as long as it took to chop the rest of my Panhead APA. </p>
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<p>I didn't even bother protesting with the "I have black/gay/lesbian/dwarf/blind/deaf/religious/disabled friends" line ( apart from the dwarfs I think I do in real life ). Once you're in that deep there's really only one direction you're gonna go......</p>
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<p>given you are 6ft 8, most are probably dwarves to you, so you have a full house! </p> -
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<p>You dodged a bullet there mate. She was probably a closet lesbo anyway.</p>
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<p>Dude I'm thrilled with the Maori hutt slut I'm with now and I pretty much called her that the second time I met her.....</p> -
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Not sure if you've been following the similar drama involving Kevin Roberts but the perennially outraged might have ended his career <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82669968/saatchi--saatchis-kevin-roberts-in-hot-water-over-gender-diversity-comments">http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82669968/saatchi--saatchis-kevin-roberts-in-hot-water-over-gender-diversity-comments</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>There has been a one woman crusade to have misogyny declared a hate crime and this has been accepted by the police in Nottingham. This has caused outrage in some quarters and has led to a stream of misogynistic attacks against said woman. The police are looking into the results. Ironic that the act is both cause and effect.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-36943676'>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-36943676</a></p> -
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<p>Not sure if you've been following the similar drama involving Kevin Roberts but the perennially outraged might have ended his career <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82669968/saatchi--saatchis-kevin-roberts-in-hot-water-over-gender-diversity-comments'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82669968/saatchi--saatchis-kevin-roberts-in-hot-water-over-gender-diversity-comments</a></p>
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<p>Mad Monday is keeping Chiefs management busy ...<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Chiefs in hot water over stripper fracas</span></strong></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">AUDREY MALONE</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Last updated 20:34, August 3 2016</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Chiefs players also hired a stripper on the night one of them was caught chanting a homophobic slur toward teammates.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Franchise bosses have confirmed a stripper was engaged by players for their post-season get-together at a Waikato hot pool and said he was "Very disappointed" and conceded the two incidents weren't a good look for the professional sports franchise.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Super Rugby team, which lost to the Hurricanes in their Super Rugby semifinal on Saturday, celebrated the end of their season at the Okoroire hot pools, near Matamata. Such occasions are known in rugby and rugby league as Mad Monday.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Chiefs CEO Andrew Flexman on Wednesday confirmed a player had hired a stripper. </span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Investigations were still ongoing as to which player it was who hired the stripper but there would be some very tough conversations with those involved, Flexman said.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Management were not aware the stripper had been hired and were not present when she was performing, Flexman said.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">He said if bosses had been aware they would have put a stop to the performance before it started.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The stripper, who performs under the name Scarlette and did not want to use her real name for safety reasons, was booked to waitress for an hour and perform a strip routine but she said the night turned sour when players behaved badly, including touching her despite her repeated warnings not to.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"I told them not to pull this stuff with me. It's not on, Scarlette said. "It was a pack mentality."</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But Flexman strongly denied the allegations of improper behaviour, saying the franchise had independent witnesses who saw nothing untoward toward the woman.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"You have got to remember this is one person's accusation and her standing in the community and culpability is not beyond reproach," Flexman said.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">However, he said players actions in hiring a stripper were not up to the organisation's own standards.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"I don't think it's a good look. Clearly it's something as an organisation, it's not good, and it's not acceptable."</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">When asked if hiring strippers was a common incident within rugby at professional level or within the culture of rugby elsewhere, including club level, he replied: "I don't know. I mean, I don't hear of it."</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Flexman believed it remained to be seen whether the stripper incident would impact on the relationship the Super Rugby franchise had with sponsors. </span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The team's major sponsors include Gallaghers, Waikato Draught, AON, Adidas, Placemakers and Generation Homes.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The incident comes after Chiefs player Michael Allardice on Tuesday apologised for chanting "here come the gays" toward teammates, who were in fancy dress costume.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pools patron, Brendan Barraclough, complained about the slur and received an apology from both Flexman and Allardice.</span></span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">In his apology for that incident Allardice said his behaviour yesterday "did not reflect the values of our team and organisation."</span></span></p>
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<p>Lucky you werent the end of year party planner M4L!</p>
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Kevin Roberts has got to the top of Saatchi and Saatchi which is no mean feat and it looks like this bullshit might be the end of his career there and people can't understand why despite being a bloviating arseclown Trump got the nomination? Here's your answer right here. <br><br>
Bizarre to think there are people out there who think it's fine to drop the Chiefs player in it because " I wasn't offended but I thought other people might be offended". Ffs what a bloody shirt lifter.