News Andrew Thorburn is retaining legal counsel for wrongful termination by the Essendon Football Club. NOW WITH BIG BANGS

[Chief]

Posts arguing about the validity of transgender people and abortion and all that stuff are being moved. Stick to the topic please.

Thread bans will start tonight for people who cannot stay on topic.

Essendon Football Club CEO Announcement.

Further news:

• New Bombers boss responds to backlash after appointment that ‘spits in the face of every queer Essendon member’
• New Essendon CEO, Andrew Thorburn, involved in church expressing homophobic, anti-abortion views
• Victorian Premier Andrews slams absolutely appalling views of new Essendon CEO'S church
• New Dons CEO to lead 'inclusive' club despite divisive church links

• Thorburn resigns... Essendon Club Statement
• AFR article - paywalled

 

[Milanista28]

There was only a player who left in 2020 who had never made an AA squad at his time at the bombers who would then go on to make the best 22 team in 2022.

Saad was very unlucky to not make AA with us, he was great for us.

 

[Ando727]

I think it’s great. It’s two fleas arguing about the nature of the dog they live on

It is, but one flea knows they live on a dog, and it accepts that it doesn't know the precise origin of the dog. The other flea believes the dog was built in the owner's phantasmagorical workshop, and the owner's name is Jim. And Jim has always lived there.

 

[CharacterFirst]

Essendon apologizes to Andrew Thorburn

Religious freedom received an early Christmas present this year with Essendon Football Club today issuing an apology to Andrew Thorburn. The forced resignation of Andrew Thorburn in October, …

murraycampbell.net

 

[Chief]

Religious freedom... Jesus!

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Religious freedom... Jesus!

To be fair i know murray quite well personally and while i dont agree with all of his views on religion he is a thoroughly decent guy who actually genuinely does a lot for a lot of people that most of society doesnt help at all. As for the article i dont agree with all of it but i dont see anything particularly offensive either. Its an opinion piece.

 

[freddy mercury]

Pretty poor by essendon sacking this guy over an opinion and expressing his views and beliefs, especially after preaching the importance of inclusiveness and accepting of all people, no matter their religious or cultural beliefs.

 

[Danw0w]

Pretty poor by essendon sacking this guy over an opinion and expressing his views and beliefs, especially after preaching the importance of inclusiveness and accepting of all people, no matter their religious or cultural beliefs.

Denying other human beings basic dignity is not a belief.

 

[Del165198]

Pretty poor by essendon sacking this guy over an opinion and expressing his views and beliefs, especially after preaching the importance of inclusiveness and accepting of all people, no matter their religious or cultural beliefs.

You can't tolerate intolerance. That's not how it works.

 

[My_Username]

You can't tolerate intolerance. That's not how it works.

So I shouldn't tolerate your intolerance of intolerance?

Where does that line of thinking end?

How DOES that work?

 

[Chief]

So I shouldn't tolerate your intolerance of intolerance?

Where does that line of thinking end?

How DOES that work?

Come on. That's just silly.

 

[GWT6]

Pretty poor by essendon sacking this guy over an opinion and expressing his views and beliefs, especially after preaching the importance of inclusiveness and accepting of all people, no matter their religious or cultural beliefs.

Why do people think believing in a god gives you a free pass to do whatever you like?

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Pretty poor by essendon sacking this guy over an opinion and expressing his views and beliefs, especially after preaching the importance of inclusiveness and accepting of all people, no matter their religious or cultural beliefs.

Nah it’s fine he was a dodgy campaigner anyway, regardless of religion.

Hayne unleashes on NAB boss and chairman

The royal commission has slammed NAB's Andrew Thorburn and its chairman, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, for not learning the lessons of the past.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Gough]

Why do people think believing in a god gives you a free pass to do whatever you like?

His "church" is a joke anyway, it's sounds more like an assortment of drunks whinging about political correctness gone mad with a side hustle of tax free grifting. I don't think god has much to do with it at all.

 

[Sector 7G]

So EFC are going to make a donation to Thornburn's charity of choice the " Ethics Institute". So do they help kids with Cancer or something noble like that or or are they just a IPA think tank wrapped up as a Charity like the GG's leadership charity.

 

[MisterB]

Ethics Institute? Did this charity become an interest for Thorburn before or after the Banking Royal Commission that found he didn't give a stuff about his bank charging fees for no service?

 

[bzparkes]

So I shouldn't tolerate your intolerance of intolerance?

Where does that line of thinking end?

How DOES that work?

Do you want to end up like Sweden?

 

[RAPPA]

So EFC are going to make a donation to Thornburn's charity of choice the " Ethics Institute". So do they help kids with Cancer or something noble like that or or are they just a IPA think tank wrapped up as a Charity like the GG's leadership charity.

Shocked the nominated charity wasn’t the Human Fund.

 

[Pie eyed]

To be fair i know murray quite well personally and while i dont agree with all of his views on religion he is a thoroughly decent guy who actually genuinely does a lot for a lot of people that most of society doesnt help at all. As for the article i dont agree with all of it but i dont see anything particularly offensive either. Its an opinion piece.

I would point out that where he chastises Andrews for the comment "“I don’t support those views, that kind of intolerance, that kind of hatred, bigotry, is just wrong." he highlights the simple phrase Thorburn could have so easily spoken at the very beginning to snuff out the entire issue.

The actual problem was an still is that he did not "Loudly".

Religious freedoms my arse.

 

[My_Username]

Come on. That's just silly.

Not really.

'intolerance' is often a matter of viewpoint and perspective.

Who is to say what is and isn't acceptable intolerance?

 

[Chief]

Not really.

'intolerance' is often a matter of viewpoint and perspective.

Who is to say what is and isn't acceptable intolerance?

There are some pretty big, fat cases that form the bulk of it.

For all others go to first principles.

 

[Leeda]

Separating yourself from your religion in order to ingratiate yourself into the "fold"

Handlebars are required when dealing with an Essendon duckweed...

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[CharacterFirst]

Andrew Thorburn Vindicated (and before Jesus returns too!) - Stephen McAlpine

If there's one thing we know as Christians is that we won't always get vindicated in this age. The slurs and opprobrium may well stick this side of the Parousia, and we know that there have been millions of Christians who have suffered greatly for the sake of the gospel, including the loss of their

stephenmcalpine.com

 

[My_Username]

There are some pretty big, fat cases that form the bulk of it.

For all others go to first principles.

So, do we tolerate Islam?

After all, it has some pretty intolerant aspects to it, which some of it's followers consider to be valid.

 

[Father Jack]

Andrew Thorburn Vindicated (and before Jesus returns too!) - Stephen McAlpine

If there's one thing we know as Christians is that we won't always get vindicated in this age. The slurs and opprobrium may well stick this side of the Parousia, and we know that there have been millions of Christians who have suffered greatly for the sake of the gospel, including the loss of their

stephenmcalpine.com

Another article where Christians bleat about being persecuted when the teeny-tiniest thing doesn't go their way. Give me strength.

 

[GWT6]

Shocked the nominated charity wasn’t the Human Fund.

Money for people