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Train Without a Station
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How is it "blinkered" so say that current fans have nothing to do with something that happened before most of them were even born?
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It isn't well made at all. Stop trying to rewrite history to suit your agenda.
Acknowledging what occurred would be far more positive for rugby as a whole. Is it too embarrassing to do so so you attack not even the messenger but someone pointing in the direction of the messenger?
My apologies. I will go back to following Eastwood since Pearson.
Acknowledging what occurred would be far more positive for rugby as a whole. Is it too embarrassing to do so so you attack not even the messenger but someone pointing in the direction of the messenger?
My apologies. I will go back to following Eastwood since Pearson.
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What happened in France in WWII has absolutely no relevance to Australian rugby fans in this country. Il be dammed if I let someone tell me I should be ashamed of what some foreign imperialistic nation from 70 years ago did.
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@miggie. Calm down no one has attacked you they just have a different point of view to you. We acknowledge it happened but I agree it has very little to do with me or Australian rugby.
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Phil Kearns (64)
The irony is that rugby in this country should be ashamed of its connivance with the apartheid regime in South Africa. For some weird reason, all the mungoes can talk about is Vichy.
No one is trying to rewrite history.
You are trying to rewrite history by claiming that this has some relevance to Australian rugby in 2015.
It's like trying to say that my wife as a Fine Arts student needs to take some responsibility and educate herself about the evils of Adolph Hitler because he too was a Fine Arts student prior to entering politics.
It is a complete red herring.
People can be well aware of the history whilst also realising that it has absolutely no relevance to rugby union today or to Australian rugby union fans.
OK everyone calm down. Miggie, no-one is attacking you, they are just trying to argue with you. This is what this place is about. You can either argue back or change the subject or just not post, it's up to you.
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The mods will step in if anything crosses the line. Hit the 'report' button if you think a post deserves attention.
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Phil Kearns (64)
One would think that if the worldwide rugby community should be ashamed of the actions of the Vichy government that Jews would not play rugby, and in particular that the game of rugby would be abominated in Israel.
After all, the worst sin by far committed by the Nazis (and their fellow travellers like the Vichy French) was the Holocaust.
But not only is rugby played in Israel, there is a national team which plays in national colours
Go figure.
After all, the worst sin by far committed by the Nazis (and their fellow travellers like the Vichy French) was the Holocaust.
But not only is rugby played in Israel, there is a national team which plays in national colours
Go figure.
WorkingClassRugger
Michael Lynagh (62)
That's because most people are able to recognise whether being able to play a sport or not was the least of people's issues back then. In the grand scheme of WW2 this argument and its legacy are insignificant.
BarneySF
Bob Loudon (25)
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
Mine was a rhetorical question. The answer is obvious to any reasonable person, so why do the mungoes keep going on about it?
WorkingClassRugger
Michael Lynagh (62)
What has Australian Rugby in 2015 got to do with it?
WorkingClassRugger
Michael Lynagh (62)
I'm not going down that rabbit hole.
Inside Shoulder
Nathan Sharpe (72)
so it seems we're all agreed.
Mascord is a wanker.
I'll print the t-shirts. Locally.
Mascord is a wanker.
I'll print the t-shirts. Locally.
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
If you really want to help rugby league in France, contact the Austrslian Rugby League bosses and tell them:
1. Stop changing the rules of the game unilaterally.
2. Use some of your wealth to finance a genuine international governing body.
3. Do something concrete to support international competition.
4. In particular,play at least one serious international series during the peak domestic playing season. This would necessitate turning your favourite cash cow into a normal interstate fixture, and by the way, if you want a national sport, you should involve Victoria as well on your interstate series, and stop poaching players from other countries where you are supposed to be promoting the game.
Rugby league in France was actually pretty strong after the war, if their international team is anything to go by. They toured Australia a couple of times, and were wildly popular here.
Go figure.
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