Clayton van Oliver

Great post. If white Australians are offended by this, imagine how Aboriginal Australians must feel every time Jan 26th rolls around, or, I guess, German and Turkish Australians could (would? Should?) feel every Anzac day, or Republicans feel on QB? Ridiculous that this is even a discussion and I only wish more Aboriginals had the platform that Goodes has to be heard on this issue. As a human being I'm proud of everything he's said on the issue, given the chances he's had to do so.

Erm... indigenous round. What's the big deal?

Nah, he looks like he's going to eat the camera. How's the eyes, pure disdain for such a stupid question. Total gold, this bloke is someone to build a team around.

I like "A dread of Demons"

Mate, Coco's Outback on Thorbekeplein usually shows matches (and sometimes has Paul Salmon sitting at the bar), or you can come over to my digs where my (Richmond supporting and now depressed) housemate has the Global Pass. There are many ways

That was amazing. I know what you're going through. Sitting in a hotel lobby in Amstetdam trying not to shout my guts out, greeting tourists, being annoyed when they come to ask questions and stop me watching this glory. Go the mighty Deeeeeees!

Not having looked at stats, and just going on impression, but the Russian is playing a blinder!

Melbourne I love you

Dawes! Takes a one-hander! In the wet!

Captain Magnificent!

And how was that not 50 against Dunn?

What is with this [censored] umpiring?!

What a grab!

Yea nah my bad. Sorry for derailing. Go you mighty demons! ...but just to more explain where I'm coming from, I grew up largely in Europe. My point of view derives from a society that knows full well the consequences of war and what should be learned from it. I will say no more on the matter. How's them Dees? Hope we can grab a win!

Mr Poos, it's a fair point and I understand that. I just have always felt like the biggest dishonour you can give anyone who has died (pointlessly or otherwise) in war is to create an illusion that it was something honourable for which they died. No ANZACs died to protect Australia. They died, like millions of others, because the modern age met the pre-modern age in an almighty cluster [censored] of dirt, bullets and an rapidly decreased sense that war was a noble thing to engage in. And because the British wanted a distraction against the Turks. I'd be all for remembering fallen soldiers, if it was also agreed that there should never be any more to fall, and that we as a species had moved past emotional tendencies towards violence. We haven't, so I see it as self-perpetuating. Respect fallen soldier = glorification of war = justification for war.

This bothers me every year, the whole ANZAC day thing. With no disrespect for anyone who has put their body or lives on the line for anything, I'm so sick of the glorification of war. Comparing war and football itself is completely ridiculous, but making a big song and dance about the ANZACs obscures the fact that war has always been and continues to be a tool of puppetry, with the fat cats on top pulling the strings and creating a social narrative around it that somehow justifies taking someone else's life. "Lest we forget" has always seemed to me to be the most absurd and offensive thing to repeat ad nauseum, when nobody has ever discussed what it is we are supposed to have learnt in order not to forget. As long as people are still being sent to kill other people, then we haven't learned [censored] all and there's nothing we are in danger of forgetting. Can't we have a round that celebrates not being a dick head? Deep apologies if this has offended anyone, but it gets up my goat every year.

Well that turned to [censored] pretty quickly

Bloody stoked to be in Freo for this game, pushed my flight back a week to be there, after the cricket on Wednesday too! First game in six years, be the only one this year also. Can't wait to see Hogan, Lamumba and all the boys get stuck in. Tough lot in front of the purple boards though. Go Dees!

Perhaps you can call it " Sh*t 'Appens"

So you're the one responsible, then...?

Well that was painless (if true). Didn't take 100 pages either...

To the drunken rant!

It's true, a fish pun would have definitely been of more value

So... we're still where we were 100 - something pages ago?

It was moray disappointment than anything else, indeed