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Once reported the result was inevitable - once it became public it hurts the AFL's image. If it wasn't public it wouldn't have. It's like accusing the young woman in Salem who spurned your advances to be a witch. Fate acompli. The mechanism moves from there.
Except that's not what happened here. The first anyone heard about it was after the AFL had finished their investigation and had submitted reccomendation for punishments.
 
The whole thing was handled in a way to ensure the players each got a chance to respond and apologise. Why are we making things up?

It doesn't matter where they did it, it would still be innapropriate and worth critisizing. If they had done it in an actual private venue (i.e a player's house) it would still be innapropriate but we probably would never have heard about it.
They didn't get a chance to respond to apologise, they got a chance to be punished. The AFL is a witch hunt. They were all guilty immediately because the AFL is run by people with negative moral fiber in Andrew Dillon, Laura Kane and other sycophantic psychopaths.
 
Pretty sure CCTV not being used as intended here. Nothing illegal took place.
It’s not a criminal fine

It’s to do with behaviour clause’s in the contracts the players have signed

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
 

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People are allowed to be idiots if they want, I mean who the hell do these people think they are and regulate satire and dumb jokes and being foolish - just be law abiding.
Yeah they are I agree.

I just don't understand all of the people who get upset and spend so much energy defending their right to be that way. Then they get upset when people call it out, holding a mirror up to their dickish behaviour. And wonder why the world is against them and shit.

It's a self awareness thing more than anything I suppose.
 
Why is it different?

They werent there. It didnt target them. They saw it after the fact and were unhappy with what they saw.
If you can’t see the difference between holding a dildo (10 years ago) and a skit surrounding sexual assault I don’t think we have anything worth discussing
 
Correct. That's your view.

Some people have no lines.

Sense of humour seems to be one of the innate human traits that can't be taught.
Yes
But the AFL have lines, the players agreed to behave within these lines when they signed a contracts

And the players seemingly crossed them and are now getting punished by the AFL for doing so
 
If you can’t see the difference between holding a dildo (10 years ago) and a skit surrounding sexual assault I don’t think we have anything worth discussing
And here showeth the hypocrisy of the modern muddled mind. You are right, society tries to tell us these days that pride parades with naked men with dog masks and their **** out and women walking around with strap-ons on are totally normal, even in the vicinity of children and members of the public going about their day, is totally normal and a part of accepted society because they're just "expressing themselves", but making a dark joke about an insensitive subject is inappropriate. And people wonder why there is a culture clash.
 
The theatrical and artistic quality are irrelevant. It's the doing of it that is the issue. Secondly, it's advertised like most movies are with trailers and what not and ads etc. So 'public' are exposed to it even without seeing the movie.
If you have a problem with a satirical movie existing then God help you, because nobody on earth can
 
And here showeth the hypocrisy of the modern muddled mind. You are right, society tries to tell us these days that pride parades with naked men with dog masks and their **** out and women walking around with strap-ons on are totally normal, even in the vicinity of children and members of the public going about their day, is totally normal and a part of accepted society because they're just "expressing themselves", but making a dark joke about an insensitive subject is inappropriate. And people wonder why there is a culture clash.
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They didn't get a chance to respond to apologise, they got a chance to be punished. The AFL is a witch hunt. They were all guilty immediately because the AFL is run by people with negative moral fiber in Andrew Dillon, Laura Kane and other sycophantic psychopaths.
This is the bit I'd like to know more about.

I disagree with the folks here saying "oh they didn't complain at the time, so play on", or that they shouldn't raise it with the AFL (raising with the club would be better, but they for a number of reasons may have preferred the AFL and they are free to do that)

It's the AFL handling of this that warrants the most scrutiny. Not the pub or the offended party. Did the AFL offer the chance to make this a teaching moment for the players? Did the AFL try to get the players to apologise, or to understand why xyz is not on? I would hope they did.

If they just went straight down the suspension pathway then IMHO that is not well handled (unless, and again I'm not across the details) the behaviour was off the charts bad.)
 
A time and place to joke about a terrorist bombing a tower?? Can’t imagine this great timing for it. Some things just aren’t appropriate for humor due to the sick nature of it. You can try all you want, but you will probably be that weirdo or loser people look down on. Each to their own.
Yes, a time and a place.

I mean, I have seen people joke on TV about Germans just following orders. If that can be done about the worst thing that has ever been done, then yeah, 9-11 is not off limits
 

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Will also be interesting if said pub loses their liquor license out of this though probably not the smartest idea to have released these things that happened on your premises without you intervening
They'd only lose liquor licencing if there was improper service of alcohol, nothing to doing with people being distasteful.
 
This is the bit I'd like to know more about.

I disagree with the folks here saying "oh they didn't complain at the time, so play on", or that they shouldn't raise it with the AFL (raising with the club would be better, but they for a number of reasons may have preferred the AFL and they are free to do that)

It's the AFL handling of this that warrants the most scrutiny. Not the pub or the offended party. Did the AFL offer the chance to make this a teaching moment for the players? Did the AFL try to get the players to apologise, or to understand why xyz is not on? I would hope they did.

If they just went straight down the suspension pathway then IMHO that is not well handled (unless, and again I'm not across the details) the behaviour was off the charts bad.)
A gift-wrapped opportunity to punch down on a small club and look tough and righteous 👍
 
You are right, society tries to tell us these days that pride parades with naked men with dog masks and their **** out and women walking around with strap-ons on are totally normal, even in the vicinity of children and members of the public going about their day, is totally normal and a part of accepted society because they're just "expressing themselves"
Wait, this is an actual thing?
 
This is the bit I'd like to know more about.

I disagree with the folks here saying "oh they didn't complain at the time, so play on", or that they shouldn't raise it with the AFL (raising with the club would be better, but they for a number of reasons may have preferred the AFL and they are free to do that)

It's the AFL handling of this that warrants the most scrutiny. Not the pub or the offended party. Did the AFL offer the chance to make this a teaching moment for the players? Did the AFL try to get the players to apologise, or to understand why xyz is not on? I would hope they did.

If they just went straight down the suspension pathway then IMHO that is not well handled (unless, and again I'm not across the details) the behaviour was off the charts bad.)
Exactly, I think this is the crux of the issue. I just have zero faith in the AFL handing out any sort of fair result because they are inherently biased and corrupted as we have seen with their draft concessions, biased treatment of certain clubs, inconsistent treatment between players of different races, different treatment of crimes v thought crimes plus the saccharine commercial gloss they require to put over everything.
 

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