I know I am not the only one yelling a big WTF to this bit of news....
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25166475-5005962,00.html
Regular readers may remember* my lack of respect and, indeed, interest in football players and anything they have to say, or in fact what people have to say about them, but I just had to read this article.
These quotes are my favourites at the moment:
"He talked about the glassing, he said it wasn't like it has been portrayed," Mr Cleary said.
"He said 'I know I am a big man, I know I can be intimidating' but he said 'I am not violent towards women'."
It wasn't like it has been portrayed?? Perhaps a glassing isn't domestic violence at all? Perhaps it only counts as domestic violence if you, I don't know, kill the woman involved? Perhaps girlfriend Kate was behaving in a very similar way to that poor singer in the news at the moment (the name of whom escapes me, sorry)...being a 'bitch', or speaking when she shouldn't, or some other 'crime' which means a violent 'retort' is okay.
The media articles, and particularly the comments around these two stories are really fucked up. I've been appalled at a lot of the public comments, which basically seem to take a line like: really, what's your damage girls? Don't you want your men to act like...men? Maybe you should watch what you say....
Why is the media, and parts of the public, making excuses for these women bashing arseholes? What, they come out and do a 'poor me, I'm brooding and complex and I have problems in my life' and suddenly it's okay to be a cowardly, rat like piece of shit?
Is anyone else finding the coverage around violence against women terribly disturbing at the moment? Especially in light of the recent DV murders here in South Australia.
*see http://femikneesm.blogspot.com/2008/02/respect-for-women-for-dummies.html
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Matthew Newton would be rolling in his grave. Yeah it's total BS, even suggesting Carey could play such a role in society. It's time for him to move quietly in to the background.
This is perfect. Now someone is finally paving the way for Shane Warne to launch his Anti-drug campaign.
I reckon the reason editors run such bullshit 'stories' is that they get a strong reaction from people, regardless of if the story has merit or is in fact 'news'.
maybe he didn't glass her at home? maybe it was begbie style down at the pub?
but seriously though, it was in a hotel wasn't it? in florida? that's not where the genius lives, maybe his extreme intellect concludes that it is therefore not 'domestic'
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