(09-21-2023, 04:49 AM)Lods date Wrote:People are free to feel whatever they want about such ceremonies.The media focus on the boo comment only makes things worse, that's Newman the media personality at work generating focus on the rest of the commentary using a throw away line.
To actively advocate the booing is taking it to the extreme...and a recipe for some ugly scenes on a day that should be a celebration for all of us.
The media should be debating the real issues on both sides of the argument, but instead they go for the cheap thrill.
Overall, Newman's comments, Thorpe's comments and the media focus, just strengthen the resolve of extremists on either side and the vast majority of us suffer.
btw., Is the wider message misplaced, that sport should remain at arms length to politics and religion? I suggest if this question is asked in isolation free of tinsel it would get resounding support, maybe it would have been a better referendum question!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"