Posts by Che Tibby
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Men, on the other hand, are seen as always wanting sex and being incapable of choosing to not have it or be careful about it if the opportunity presents itself. It's an attitude that puts impossible pressure on women and at once stereotypes and excuses men. It's damaging for everyone.
right on, and an eloquent statement of what i was trying to get across. rugby players, or 'thugby" as they call it in melbourne, seem to actually fulfill the negative stereotypes much more than other men though.
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Satan's Slaves invited me back to their place I don't think I'd be in a huge rush to take them up on the offer.
the satan's slaves are lauded in the press, paid large sums to play, or held up as national heroes.
there's a slight difference there.
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No, Che, what I consider unacceptable is fucking naivete... But how about the notion that freedom comes with risks, and women... really have to take some ownership of their own safety.
um... yeah...
another way to look at it is this:
1. group of young women the pub with group of young men
2. group of young women the pub with group of rugby players
why does the latter seem like a bad idea?
there's obviously a risk involved in the former, but the latter automatically implies one.
why should that be?
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They geld thoroughbred stallions
heh. my first thought was to question to wisdom of these young women in going to a hotel with a rugby team. but then i realised i was being accepting of the risk these blokes present.
and that's the real story the papers overlooked. why the hell should young women have to consider risk when hanging with these guys? that is unacceptable.
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i saw the vilification, but the main message i got was, "players up to no good, possible rape being looked at by police".
what was confusing was whether the one selling her story was also the one talking to the police. and i don't think i'm alone in being under the misapprehension.
the media seemed to happy to mix the two up, and thereby make all these girls look bad, i.e. "they might have had it coming".
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I don't fancy pashing you
you say that now...
but ignore me. anjum has some actual and serious points.
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one of them stole a pedal-boat and two of them started pashing each other. Now that is how you party!
bro.
the next time we're out drinking, remind me to be the one who steals the pedal-boat.
heh.
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The veneer of civilisation is pretty thin.
i agree entirely. i went and saw 'prince caspian' the other day (lame...), and found all the messages of nobility, bravery and justice a little underwhelming.
the great majority of mankind is little other than self-interested and petty, but, that's what we have to work with.
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But scarey? Not to anyone who knows you.
i've been invited to have a beer in a black power HQ, if that was any indication.
though mostly as a reliable customer.
and being 6'5' has gotten me out of a few scrapes. managed a road-rage incident in melbourne by just warning the nutter not to try anything, "he'd regret it"
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My almost-18 son was in Palmerston North last Saturday night, minding his own business, walking with 3 friends to pick up their car.
on the other hand robyn, i was in palmie a few weeks back, and saw a van swerve to the side of the road and two thugs jumped out to chase a bunch of skaters, who ran like fck.
probably history there. but still, just that kind of town.
personally i've always relied on being big and scarey. but if you're in a situation where you're being assaulted for no sane reason, then the queensbury rules go out the window.
in short, fight dirty.
nothing like a decent squirrel grip or a plain old kick to the goolies to calm a bloke down.