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I read that he used a slur to describe him. The context of the phrasing wasn't given. It's a pretty nasty and relatively common slur specific to first nations people, as far as I'm aware. I'm not going to repeat the slur.

How could that possibly be construed as racist?

This is a topic about racism against First nations people, that might give you a clue why anti-black is the main theme.

It's not enough to be "against racism" is it? You need to be actively anti-racist. (And bring anti-racist doesn't mean that you don't do, say, think or act in a way that is racist at times. It means calling it out when you see it, and owning it and trying to improve when you get called out.)

I understood that we have manufacturing capacity of AZ far greater than demand. I assume we are shipping some of that over there? Still with a combined population of nearly 300 million in those countries alone, even sending them a spare 1 or 2 million jabs a month is ineffective help. I guess it all adds up.

If this is the case though, what I said should have put it at ease. It isn't about the age group (or generation if i want to be semantic). Boomer has become synonymous for a state of mind, regardless of age/generation. If it does apply to you because that isn't how you behave, then there was nothing to be offended about. But if you keep insisting you were offended maybe the label sticks?

Ok so if no one mentioned ageism, why did you take offence at linking racism to boomers? If you are concerned that OP was saying "all people of a certain age are racist" then there it is. If you don't think OP was relating it to age, what was your problem with their statement?

What a weird comment. Alt-right is a phrase made up by neo-nazis to describe themselves. There is no such thing as "Alt-left", it's a phrase made up by centre right "alt right" sympathisers as a way of trying to shift the Overton window further right by claiming extremists on the left are of equal threat as those in the right. They aren't, as demonstrated by the fact that no security or intelligence agency are worried about them. But that isn't relevant here. What is relevant is that when young people rag on baby boomers, they aren't ragging on an age group, they are ragging on people who emulate and embody a particular state of mind. Regardless of who wrote that article, it served as a reference for this particular point.

Did all of those people have access to vaccine and the financial support structure to self quarantine for a month prior to returning though? A purpose built quarantine centre here is what was needed.

I think anyone disparaging baby boomers isn't actually being ageist. Baby Boomer is a statement of mind. If it doesn't apply to you, it isn't aimed at you. https://www.theoccidentalnews.com/opinions/2019/11/19/ok-boomer-attacks-a-mindset-not-a-generation/2899726

I understood (thought I read it?) that he was after a reasonable sum, expecting he would have a bit of a break out year. I'm not sure he'd get the money anywhere else either though, so it comes down to where he thinks the opportunity is. It is clear Melbourne thought he was ready to step up this year, looking to trade TMac out. I can't believe they would have faith that TMac has 2 more years. They'll roll the dice, but they won't put all eggs in that basket after 2019 and 2020. So they'll want to hang on to Weid unless they can get another ready made back up. Also, I think he has been stiff in that I think he is competing with TMac and Jackson for a spot, not with Brown, who plays a different role.

I'm with you on this. The fact that it was normal for him to throw a racist slur in normal conversation is deeply worrying. It wasn't in the heat of the game. He can't claim "These types of words were ingrained in my speech but I know they cause hurt so have been trying to actively remove them from conditioning. Unfortunately in the pressure of the game I relapsed. There is no excusing my words, but I am actively trying to improve myself." I bet he would never refer to someone he knew well with those words, but he did about someone he didn't know well. As an experienced leader this is unacceptable, and he deserves to pay the consequences.

George Floyd comparisons shouldn't be made and if they are, they before a misunderstanding of the George Floyd situation. A policeman used his position of power as a way to injur, humiate and eventually kill a human for whom he had a duty of care. In addition, the particular police civilian relationship is fraught with racism and other issues related to social inequality. George Floyd was pinned for nearly 9 minutes in a clear abuse of power, and it cost him his life. Jack Viney stuffed up. It presented a risk of injury, sure. It looks terrible. I am ok with that act being banned and a suspension resulting. But he was effectively wrestling with someone who pulled him in, and applied pressure for 5 seconds in the heat of that 2-sided confrontation before moving on. There was no power distance, no imbalance, no indifference [censored] to race or social status. The only time the incidents should be compared is to point out they are not related.

Getting high rated kids cheap is good, but I think there is often a bit to be said for the mid-late draft opportunity that F/S presents. Knowing that we can take other players that we rate similar to Taj without losing access to him is great. Getting a pick 40 rated kid at pick 60 for example is a neat bonus.

I didn't take any issue with your post LH, nor did I criticise what you had said. I just (quoted your post and) added extra context for anyone who may misinterpret you and accidentally reinforce their existing misunderstanding that "the vaccine is meant to prevent infection but because some people still get infected it clearly isn't effective". I also share your concern about the numbers and stats being thrown around in the media. These often have very specific academic or clinical definitions but are being misinterpreted in lay terms.

Just to be clear for anyone reading this, despite many people thinking it is the case, the vaccine does not in any way stop you getting infected. It isn't a physical barrier that prevents the virus from getting into your body (like a mask or physical distance). What the vaccine does is prepares our bodies immune system so that we can effectively fight it off, once infected. So for many vaccinated people, when exposed to the virus, their immune system will fight it off super quickly and they might not test positive or show symptoms. In other people the virus will take hold a bit more and they'll test positive but only have mild to no symptoms. In all these vaccinated people because the infection is fought off faster and easier, they have less viral load and are less contagious.

I recall it was because Maloney chose to bump, and while taking evasive action to avoid being bumped, he hit his head on the ground and was knocked out, which they claimed was therefore Maloney's fault.

Finish 3rd and get an away final against the Cats but at Marvel for the larger capacity.

Joeboy - Late to party ? Pretty good summary. Appreciate your recognition of Brayshaw. Was a big part of our early dominance.

Did we look tired, or did we take foot off pedal in the last? I've got no worries if we did. We iced Salem up. Rested TMac. Rested Gawn forward. Let Jordan run almost the whole last quarter to take load off the other mids. With the draw, percentage is effectively irrelevant for us, so managing fatigue between long flight days is always welcome. That being said, we scored 1.6 in the 4th quarter. If it had been 4.3 we'd be praising how hard we went until the end.

Let's see how we go under the roof at Marvel tomorrow!

14 days has been set by governments because it is a risk approach: >95% of people who are infected will test positive within 14 days of exposure. But symptom onset can happen as soon as 1 day, and in the majority of cases it happens between 2-5 days. So 7 days will still probably allow 80% of infections that were going to appear to appear. And if they are playing then leaving, the chance of being negative in the morning of day 7 and positive in the arvo of day 7 is very very low.

As long as it is within the official medical advice. ie a 25 year old should not be making a health risk assessment with their doctor RE the risk of the AZ with the "you need this to go to footy finals" over their head.

Yeah, just screen shots out of the AFL app, stats tab. My position on rucks at stoppages is that they are useless but necessary to stop the other ruck having an advantage. I'm not convinced that any ruck has a substantially positive hit out to advantage vs hit out to disadvantage ratio, so their value comes in neutralising the ruck contest then assisting with body position in the contested ball situation. This is why Grundy is good, imo. But Max's value is his around the ground aerial threat, reading the play, intercepting, marking rebounding from 50. Combined with Lever and May, at its best it makes our defence impenetrable. But he has been off his clean marking game recently. It hurts us. I haven't checked heat maps to see if this has been a positional thing. Our forward line has been underperforming, and Jackson is down on ourput, has Max been spending more the forward to try to counter this (and thus less time back intercepting)?

And at the same time Jackson's involvement has dropped off a bit.