Opinion Non-Crows AFL 4: The Centre Cannot Hold

[GrommoT]

Come on Barty, let's go party!

 

[hey shorty]

Very rarely do you see an Aussie that's so far and away the best sportsperson in their field, and do it with the grace and humility she does.

 

[FR0GGY]

Cheers for the spoilers

 

[brucetiki]

And so lovely to see Evonne Goolagong Cawley present the trophies too!

Barty and Collins played in the 3rd round here last year (Collins won in 3 sets) - I paid $10 to see that match! Little did we know it would be a preview of a Grand Slam Final less than a year later.

 

[GrommoT]

Cheers for the spoilers

Sozz

 

[FR0GGY]

Sozz

all good, my fault haha

 

[GrommoT]

all good, my fault haha

In other news, Aussies win Men's Doubles

 

[brucetiki]

Barty joins Serena Williams as the only active players to have won a Grand Slam on all 3 surfaces

 

[beartoo]

What a great speech by Collins. That must be so hard after losing a major.

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[hey shorty]

Barty joins Serena Williams as the only active players to have won a Grand Slam on all 3 surfaces

Nadal and Djoker ??

 

[brucetiki]

Nadal and Djoker ??

On the mens side yeah - my apologies.

For the women it’s just Ash and Serena.

 

[brucetiki]

Let’s not forget whoever wins the mens doubles, it will be the first All-Australian mens double win at the Australian Open since the Woodies in 1997

 

[GrommoT]

Congrats Nick and Adelaide's own Thanasi

 

[hey shorty]

Aussie tennis looks good

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Nadal and Djoker ??

So can Nadal get the record number of slams which Djoker could have had if he bothered to get the vaccination...

 

[MarcusP2]

So can Nadal get the record number of slams which Djoker could have had if he bothered to get the vaccination...

And he'll be banned from the French Open too.

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[FullyBigKPro]

Pinot not my favourite, but ok when decent fruit & flavour in a cooler climate

Ashton Hills do a decent one.

Grenache - Kay Brothers & Kalleske both do good drops.

Yangarra High Sands Grenache (Mclaren Vale 2017) - absolutely outstanding drop if you enjoy a nice velvetty smooth Grenache, perfect with Lamb/Kangaroo.

 

[Mego Red]

You do realise why Muslims can’t promote alcohol right? It’s more than discomfort for them.

There is a world of difference between ‘My beliefs are this and I have to do this to stick to my beliefs’ and ‘These are my beliefs. You will conform to them or else’.

At no stage has she vilified the LGBTIQ community with her decision to sit out the game. She believes her religion means she couldn’t wear the guernsey GWS were going to wear last night, so she made herself unavailable. Now, if GWS decide to have an Australian Christian Lobby themed guernsey next week, their LGBTIQ players would almost certainly sit out the game because their sexuality would mean they cannot support wearing that guernsey.

Look, this is the last I'll say on it because people clearly have set beliefs.

But if she had said she was sitting out indigenous round because she couldn't support wearing that guernsey, then I'm sure people would see that as an act of vilification. She doesn't need to release a press statement on her dismissal of LGBTIQ players to be clearly prejudiced.

It's an acceptance round, and she's refusing to accept them. Simple as that.

You can think that's excusable on the grounds of superstition, and I guess it is. But I wouldn't want to play with someone who thought I was unacceptable.

 

[ams4crows]

How mentally tough is Ash with the weight of a nation on her shoulders and down 5-1 in the 2nd set just calmly works her way back in to that set and won it.

Ash is amazing, she is clearly the number 1 womens player in the world, her back hand slice is what unsettles so many players, they just don't know how to handle it. Plus her serve is super reliable.

 

[1990crow]

Aussie tennis looks good

Except for men's tennis. Long way off being back in the semis or final.

 

[1970crow]

Yangarra High Sands Grenache (Mclaren Vale 2017) - absolutely outstanding drop if you enjoy a nice velvetty smooth Grenache, perfect with Lamb/Kangaroo.

The 2018 is OOS at $200/bottle. It had want to include an Uber credit in there somewhere to get me home.

 

[1970crow]

Look, this is the last I'll say on it because people clearly have set beliefs.

But if she had said she was sitting out indigenous round because she couldn't support wearing that guernsey, then I'm sure people would see that as an act of vilification. She doesn't need to release a press statement on her dismissal of LGBTIQ players to be clearly prejudiced.

It's an acceptance round, and she's refusing to accept them. Simple as that.

You can think that's excusable on the grounds of superstition, and I guess it is. But I wouldn't want to play with someone who thought I was unacceptable.

It's you with the set belief. If you can't see the difference between making a decision based on genuine religious grounds and straight up bigotry then I don't think you'll ever understand. You keep using analogies that don't stack up. And she clearly accepts them, but marketing the cause is a step too far.

 

[GreyCrow]

So Margaret Court was right all along

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Elaine:
Do you believe in God?

David Puddy:
Yeah...

Elaine:
Is it a problem for you that I'm not religious?

David Puddy:
No.

Elaine:
Why not?

David Puddy:
I'm not the one going to hell.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]