Slip of the tongue?

[Yendor]

I was starting to think that I may have had Eddie McGuire all wrong and he actually was a good guy after the way he appeared to handle the racial slur against Adam Goodes on the weekend.

It now appears not. Slip of the tongue yeah right..........

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-29/eddie-mcguire-apologises-for-king-kong-comment-regarding-adam-g/4720152

Rant over.........

[MEGOMONSTER]

I heard this on the radio today, and said "holy .....k" at first then I look at my mate and we couldn't stop pissing ourselves laughing, I literally had to wipe my tears so I could where I was driving.

[Sir Roofy]

If they just get over it and play football we,d all be better off
and if everybody got on with life instead of rapping everybody in
cottenwool we would be better of also

as far as mcguire goes bolloks

[Yendor]

That's the thing. It was said on public radio, by someone who has publicly stated they are totally against it and will not tolerate it.

Not sure who's wrapped in cotton wool. Eddie's certainly in damage control.

[happygu]

I agree Yendor , it was totally inappropriate....

To come out so strongly against it, and then to forget what he said three days later.....

This is the height of hypocrisy from someone who has been in the media for long enough to know better.

Mic

[threedogs]

That plus the cheer squad dental bill , what was he thinking.
As Dr Phil says If it looks like a horse ,,,,,,,,,,
Be nice in this thread please its about Eddies slip of the tongue, what a clown

[mudski]

I swear im going to go to an AFL game one day dressed up as a bag of cotton wool.

[growler2058]

Plenty of white apes out there too


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[taslucas]

I dont get why he called it "a slip of the tongue"? So is it ok to think it but just not say?

[threedogs]

For a slip one guy was trying to say whoa eddy back off and Eddy kept talking away
Sorry Eddy you are a RACIST apology or not
Then Demetrou says lets forget about it and move on. Come on.
Good for the goose good for the Gander.
can't sweep it under the carpet cause its Eddy or can they

[taslucas]

im not a sports fan, One glance at a field of afl (or even more so) rugby players and i reckon they all look like apes! lol. Dont give an F what your skin colour is, Dont give an F what your background is, Dont give an F who your ancestors are, if you look like an ape ill say it! lol man up!!

Now lets spare a thought to our beloved rangas! How much sh!t gets flung their way hey? lol and they take it all in there slightly angry stride, hahaha go fanta pants!!

[Bloodyaussie]

im not a sports fan, One glance at a field of afl (or even more so) rugby players and i reckon they all look like apes! lol. Dont give an F what your skin colour is, Dont give an F what your background is, Dont give an F who your ancestors are, if you look like an ape ill say it! lol man up!!

Now lets spare a thought to our beloved rangas! How much sh!t gets flung their way hey? lol and they take it all in there slightly angry stride, hahaha go fanta pants!!
Here here... those poor bloody red heads dont get any breaks and no public apology!!!!

[growler2058]

im not a sports fan, One glance at a field of afl (or even more so) rugby players and i reckon they all look like apes! lol. Dont give an F what your skin colour is, Dont give an F what your background is, Dont give an F who your ancestors are, if you look like an ape ill say it! lol man up!!

Now lets spare a thought to our beloved rangas! How much sh!t gets flung their way hey? lol and they take it all in there slightly angry stride, hahaha go fanta pants!!

Hahahahahahahahaha ah well didn't science prove the rangas were a dying breed hahahahahahahahaha
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[Bloodyaussie]

Hahahahahahahahaha ah well didn't science prove the rangas were a dying breed hahahahahahahahaha
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Avo]

So will eddie now have to go to counciling aswell,he'll have a few collingwood supporters there for comfort.Just goes to show his mouth is still bigger than his head and brain.

[Yendor]

For a slip one guy was trying to say whoa eddy back off and Eddy kept talking away
Sorry Eddy you are a RACIST apology or not
Then Demetrou says lets forget about it and move on. Come on.
Good for the goose good for the Gander.
can't sweep it under the carpet cause its Eddy or can they

I'm not sure what is was. You could easily see how hurtful the comments were to Adam and then for Eddie to turn around and make those comments..........maybe he thought it was funny.

[Sir Roofy]

I swear im going to go to an AFL game one day dressed up as a bag of cotton wool.

ill put a ten bucks on it

[Bloodyaussie]

I've met the fraarkin tard and he is what you see an asshole.. arrogant self centered patronising and why does my auto spelling thingy not work anymore??

[Yendor]

I've met the fraarkin tard and he is what you see an asshole.. arrogant self centered patronising and why does my auto spelling thingy not work anymore??

He seems to put his foot in his mouth very often.

Mark, I'll kick in $10 bucks...........we will need photos.

[vwace]

goodes needs to suggest that him and eddie should get in a ring together. gloves and head gear on. few rounds would be good

[Sir Roofy]

How about we look out side the square theres the good and not so good
so lets think about the towns camps sqwats that many have passed threw
and not stoped at, the not so good think of the houseing bores and roads
thats the good
no matter whats done or said its the dudes in the tall ships that started
all this its been going on for twohundred years
its a no brainer,and theres some damd good footy players up north im sure
they wont takeit to heart if they get the chance to play afl

[Yendor]

goodes needs to suggest that him and eddie should get in a ring together. gloves and head gear on. few rounds would be good

I think Adam might have to get in line. I'm sure the girl from the weekend would want first go at Eddie.

I hear the AFL has let Eddie off lightly..........bit of a mockery of what they have been trying to achieve of late.

I guess Adam should just feel lucky that he has had the opportunity to play AFL.

[threedogs]

Didn't, buy Eddies tearfull story, he should bear the full force of the law proving no one is above it, not even his highness
But he'll get off light with what 10K fine wow

[Drew]

I've missed this. Is it about the ape remark?

[macca]

We dont see much of him here except on that quiz show just before the 6 oclock news, I dont watch those shows so he has a fairly low profile in our house any way.

Gee you blokes dont like him, he has certainly got some people baying for blood.

A news headline tonight said Goodes was not sure if he was playing in this weekends round, was it all that bad? Then it turns out to be a reporters beat up. Bloody media at their finest again.

As Roofy said get on with the footy and show the public the real sportsman that you are.

[Yendor]

We dont see much of him here except on that quiz show just before the 6 oclock news, I dont watch those shows so he has a fairly low profile in our house any way.

Gee you blokes dont like him, he has certainly got some people baying for blood.

A news headline tonight said Goodes was not sure if he was playing in this weekends round, was it all that bad? Then it turns out to be a reporters beat up. Bloody media at their finest again.

As Roofy said get on with the footy and show the public the real sportsman that you are.

I didn't realise that it was his ability as a footy player or sportsman ship that was questioned.

The comment was made on public radio by someone who within a week had publicly condemned a teenage girl for similar comments.

As far as I am aware the comments were not endorsed by the AFL, nor was he acting in an official role for the AFL at the time of the comments.

[ktmarty]

I saw him on tv saying " If the Collingwood board want to me stand down, i'll stand down. If the AFL want me to stand down, i'll stand down "

As John Elliot use to say " PIGS ARSE !!! "

[Clunk]

I wonder if a Caucasian fella was called an ape, would cause such an outcry!!!!!!??????

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[happygu]

I saw him on tv saying " If the Collingwood board want to me stand down, i'll stand down. If the AFL want me to stand down, i'll stand down "

As John Elliot use to say " PIGS ARSE !!! "

He only said whilst the 'inquiry' was being held....he presumed to just walk straight back in afterwards without blinking.....

Mic

[kevin07]

how is all this s@#t racist listen to what he said he was obviously stating his large physique his physical stature his bulging muscles can i explain it anymore this talk is playing into the hands of dogooders and their f%@kwit friends the most racially vilified person in this country is your average white male.why you say because some not many other races of people feel inferior to us so they say we are racist,so they can justify their feelings.KEV

[Bloodyaussie]

Yeah ok............

[billy bleed]

Racism simply has no place in society - Regardless of where or how it originated.

We can make all the excuses we want and attempt to justify it, pack it, present it.. Whatever.. It simply does not belong.

Eddie knew exactly what he was doing but did not think about the consequences because he is white and privileged unlike many indigenous folk..

He should be stood down by collingwood IMHO. If not where is the lesson in all of this? Where are the consequences?

Racism and discrimination is about the centuries of harm caused and it is deeply rooted in the psyche of those who are the victims..

You keep picking at the scab and it will never heal!


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[Bob]

Racism simply has no place in society - Regardless of where or how it originated.

We can make all the excuses we want and attempt to justify it, pack it, present it.. Whatever.. It simply does not belong.

Eddie knew exactly what he was doing but did not think about the consequences because he is white and privileged unlike many indigenous folk..

He should be stood down by collingwood IMHO. If not where is the lesson in all of this? Where are the consequences?

Racism and discrimination is about the centuries of harm caused and it is deeply rooted in the psyche of those who are the victims..

You keep picking at the scab and it will never heal!


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Agree wholeheartily Billy
Well said

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[patrolmq]

I thought Eddie was just making a references to King Kong because the guy had a beard. How was it turned into a racist thing? I don't know the guy, but when I saw pictures of him, I couldn't even tell if he was foreign, I instantly thought the joke was about his beard (which does look a bit like King Kong's). If he was white born in Australia and had a beard like that and someone made a joke about King Kong, it would just be a joke and nobody would think anything of it.
I am foreign, my wife is foreign and I definitely think some Aussies have a serious problem with non-Australian born or non-white people (ironically even if their parents or grand-parents were born overseas!) as we've seen in the news recently- threatening to kill and cut up people in public is sick (yet somehow almost no action is taken), but this was clearly a joke about the way the guy looked like king kong and there was no mention of a connection with race what so ever. I don't see what the issue is. More fuss is being made over this than the numerous people who have been publicly threatened with death or torture for not being a white Australian recently, which is somehow ok as long as the victim does not press charges, despite the video evidence. What f'ckd up priorities.

[threedogs]

Patrol mq I think you have it wrong the person in question Adam Goodes is of Aboriginal decent and for Eddie to compare him to King Kong is totally unexceptable.
He is above the law IMO, I did not buy his crocidile tears, Grow a set Eddy stand down if you're that passionate about Racism. Thats all I'm saying on this subject

[kevin07]

racism is the one of the most hated things in society i personally despise it having been a victim of racial abuse and being bashed by 7 people just because of the color of my skin racism pisses me off and what else pisses me off is people reading racism into things that are not purely because of the color of their skin. my son has more hair in his crack and on his back than any all of his multicultural mates and they call him wolf is that racist as well stop this pandering to the do gooders and leave his remark as it was intended bit of a luagh over large frame i hope no one takes offence to that large remark cause i said large i mean large not fat. has anyone relised this hits my cranky nerve.LUV KEV

[Yendor]

I find it really strange that some of you are comparing what names you call your mates? to the events of the past week.

So you would walk up to some you don't know in a park or on a bus or in the supermarket and call them the first name that comes to your head?

kevino7, sorry I must of missed the reference that it was about his large frame, do you have a link for this?

[patrolmq]

Patrol mq I think you have it wrong the person in question Adam Goodes is of Aboriginal decent and for Eddie to compare him to King Kong is totally unexceptable.
He is above the law IMO, I did not buy his crocidile tears, Grow a set Eddy stand down if you're that passionate about Racism. Thats all I'm saying on this subject

Well I guessed he wasn't say white Australian. I hate racism too, I gent hints of it all the time being English and once went nuts at some bogan for telling my Japanese wife to speak English to my kids (she speaks fluent English too), but I really thought the comment was regards the similarity of his beard being like KK. Listening to the recording, it wasn't obviously a racial slur to me, but when I heard about the ape comment from the 13 yo girl, which was treated as a racial attack, then this could clearly be treated as connected. I do wonder though, if he was Australian born, but not aboriginal, would it have been treated as racist? Would the 13 yo girls comments have been too? Did she say it because she's racist towards aboriginals or just because of his looks irrespective of his origins? I don't know what she was thinking. But the recent publicised incident that have happened on public transport where others have joined in have made me sick and prevented my wife from wanting to use public transport. I really think punishing these perpetrators should be a priority.

I do find it ironic when some Australians say they don't want foreigners in their country when their origins are in fact from outside of Australia and the aborigines are the indigenous people

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[Cuppa]

he was obviously stating his large physique his physical stature his bulging muscles

I thought Eddie was just making a references to King Kong because the guy had a beard.

Given the 'ape' remark by that young girl last week, of which we don't know the full content, but which was taken by the person at whom it was aimed as racist, & subsequently considered racist by others, including Eddie Maguire, then it seems absolutely clear that Maguire's King Kong references in relation to the same person were also racist. Just because they were said without thinking makes them no less racist. Racism is racism regardless of whether it's intent is to hurt. No one should be making excuses for Maguire, who's personal beliefs are plain for all to see.

I agree with Billy Bleed's post above, although I'm not convinced that Maguire actually did know what he was doing ...... which is worst knowingly being racist or ignorantly being racist?

I also don't find 'do goodism' that palatable. It's just another means of negatively stereotyping folks!

Cuppa

[TPC]

The fact that Eddie followed up his King Kong remark with a reference to the Ape remark suggests he knew what he was saying.
One of my best mates that I have known all my life is half Aboriginal and a fantastic bloke, I have often joked about his heritage never meaning harm and he has always laughed about it but I am starting to realize even this type of banter is not acceptable, he may be offended by my comments and just keep it to himself or others that hear may take offence.
I have never intended on being raciest but have decided I will try to think before I speak in future.

[Cuppa]

Good on you TPC.

[Bloodyaussie]

I dont give a f$£k who you are ... if you are asshole waste of oxygen not matter what your background then I have a dislike for you!!!!!

I am of pommy heritage with an Italian wife and have gone to most multi cultural schools in NSW and Vic and have and do have mates of all backgrounds... there are good people and bad in every culture, I know many dumb ass aussie that waste this planets air!

[kevin07]

I find it really strange that some of you are comparing what names you call your mates? to the events of the past week.

So you would walk up to some you don't know in a park or on a bus or in the supermarket and call them the first name that comes to your head?

kevino7, sorry I must of missed the reference that it was about his large frame, do you have a link for this?

well let me say this there is no link to what i said i dont think so anyway but also is there a link that says eddie called him king kong because he was comparing him to king kong because he is an indigenous man.? sorry yendor i think not

[kevin07]

last thing ill say on this matter is eddie your an idiot and you should know how to flap your gums better than that,and on the other hand if eddie likened me to king kong i would believe he was wanting to do nasty things to my back out with his front out.kev

[Yendor]

well let me say this there is no link to what i said i dont think so anyway but also is there a link that says eddie called him king kong because he was comparing him to king kong because he is an indigenous man.? sorry yendor i think not

Eddie is calling it a "slip of the tongue".

The link in my first post. Watch the video. He clearly states what making a reference about an ape to an indigenous person is referring to.

[threedogs]

Mick malthouse had it right saying Eddy is not the victim here, but his spin doctors and quivvering bottom lip make it so.
Here we are a week later and all is quiet. "Above the law" or what.
I too and many others here are like you BA have many friends and mates from all over the world, not every doz eggs perfect IMO.
But you get that on the big jobs. my advice is check your eggs before buying, trying to be PC which IMO is BS lol