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Only if it was a 13yo girl Freeze

I look at it this way....booing is like the behaviour of a school yard bully and unfortunately it seems most of us have an element of this behaviour within us....cheer for your team and your team's players, scream your bloody lungs out if you like but is it really necessary to throw negative energy in the form of booing in anyone's direction. "You're shit, you're fat, you're stupid, you're black, you're white, you're poor, you smell, nah na a nah na, booooooooooooooo" it's all the same to me, call it bullying, call it racism, prejudice, call it teasing or picking on someone.....no one likes to be bullied or taunted so why do we take such pride in denigrating others for our own satisfaction especially considering most of us would have been on the receiving end at some stage in our lives....so much for a simple wish like peace on earth when these are the behaviours we take joy from as a society.

I am not very often a fan of Alan Jones but he said something that made me think about the issue with Goodes, if there are 74 other indigenous players in the AFL and they are not being booéd for the aboriginality then why is Goodes, perhaps it is the man and not his origins!

Dirty Weekender wrote: I look at it this way....booing is like the behaviour of a school yard bully and unfortunately it seems most of us have an element of this behaviour within us....cheer for your team and your team's players, scream your bloody lungs out if you like but is it really necessary to throw negative energy in the form of booing in anyone's direction. "You're shit, you're fat, you're stupid, you're black, you're white, you're poor, you smell, nah na a nah na, booooooooooooooo" it's all the same to me, call it bullying, call it racism, prejudice, call it teasing or picking on someone.....no one likes to be bullied or taunted so why do we take such pride in denigrating others for our own satisfaction especially considering most of us would have been on the receiving end at some stage in our lives....so much for a simple wish like peace on earth when these are the behaviours we take joy from as a society.

So you just said that boooo is the same as "your black"? That probably sums up where we are at with this stupid debate and how the divide will get even bigger in society. Its actually disrespecting people in general and this is driving a wedge bigger between cultures and the authorities. People do not like being told they are something that they know they are not, all because of one mans sensitivities. Boy I have respect for blokes like Ballantyne now, never thought Id see that day but based on this I do now.

The AFL should have a new motto in 2016.

AFL : "Peace on Earth"

Another nail in the coffin for the basic footy fan.

Lets all remember that if Dockers or Eagles play Cats or Kangaroos in finals that everyone cheers for Joel Selwood or Brent Harvey when they win a free kick. NOT BLOODY LIKELY.

if a highly paid professional athlete who is black, white or brindle can't take a crowd making a particular type of noise which is directed at him or her, then that person should give it away. it's not as though the crowd is throwing bottles or physically intimidating that person...its just a noise for fu*ks sake the same as a cheer but is interpreted differently.

disagree on that, plenty of examples of racist behaviour to professional athletes all over the world from crowds, especially to soccer players in Europe(monkey noises etc).
it happened to Symonds in India.
its not needed as Goodes believes its racist so out of respect to him it should be stopped, if you dont like that then dont go to the footy.
the AFL should have stepped in a while ago and got all parties together asked for it to stop as now football has become a political environment, the Eagles look stupid as Priddis and the club are asking people not to boo yet said nothing when Watson got booed by the Eagles crowd.

Another interesting read....

theconversation.com/players-may-have-to-...soutphommasane-45369

There's 20 kids in a school playground....19 constantly boo one child very time he/she walks towards the others... Now try explaining to that one kid how this is in any way a positive experience and that he/she is not being picked on.

MarkOlsen wrote: disagree on that, plenty of examples of racist behaviour to professional athletes all over the world from crowds, especially to soccer players in Europe(monkey noises etc).
it happened to Symonds in India.
its not needed as Goodes believes its racist so out of respect to him it should be stopped, if you dont like that then dont go to the footy.
the AFL should have stepped in a while ago and got all parties together asked for it to stop as now football has become a political environment, the Eagles look stupid as Priddis and the club are asking people not to boo yet said nothing when Watson got booed by the Eagles crowd.

bullshit...Goodes can think what he likes..as long as the boos don't have a racist intent by the perpetrators why should they stop? that's why people pay good money to attend contests like sporting events so they can cheer on their heroes and throw crap at the opposition. should dockers supporters stop booing Boomer Harvey in case he interprets it as a commentary on his height and takes offence? cant see the difference personally. its very easy to play the racism card when you can't accept people dont like you just like Gillard cried misogyny and wouldn't accept the fact she was a hopeless PM. trotting out PC when it suits is very convenient.