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Can someone tell Gerard Healy that there are other ways of saying "right now" than "at the present time." Saying it every now and again makes you sound smart. Saying only that makes you sound like a dumb person trying to sound smart. For future reference: Right now At the moment At this stage Currently Going forward (probably avoid this one) I'm sure there are tons of others, and introducing even one into Healy's vocabulary will make him twice as bearable for me to listen to. Also, the word "horrendous" should be banned. It sounds like pointless grandstanding whenever I hear anyone say it. Dwayne "FROM THE PAINT, THIS COULD BE FOR NINE!!!!!!!! Elects not to go for it. Gives it some shoe! Horrendous!" Russell needs to be retired immediately, or at the very least banned from all Melbourne games.

Down with Dwayne Russell. Up with Anthony Hudson. Can't get enough of him.

And there it is. I was waiting for someone to make that joke. Congratulations, you win the major prize - a chipped coffee mug I bought at a garage sale three years ago. No deliveries. Pickup only.

Just alegedly hold a dangerous weapon for a couple of aleged minutes and you're right, it would seem . . . Alegedly.

Didn't they rest him almost all of last game? Also, I bet ruckman would ideally be suited to getting used to the crash and bash of weekly ruck work, so that they don't become sore after round one. Getting him used to the physical intensity is important, and obviously if he were too sore at all, they'd avoid giving him a run.

I think they look perfect. No more tomato-sauce red, no more Freo purple. Navy blue and blood red all the way, and I think they've pretty much nailed the jumper.

I was just trying to provide a concrete example of the kinship felt between people from that kind of background. You can say "oh dear" if you want, but hopefully the meaning of the message is conveyed. You needn't talk down to me for sharing a part of my life that I thought was relevant to the discussion.

One thing I'd like to mention about the importance of family to some Indigenous people is this: When I was a kid in Darwin, there was a black fella who lived with my father and me (who he considered part of his family just as much as you would consider your sister a family member). We went away for five days and when we came back, he had practically destroyed the place we were living in, injured himself and cut down a tree he'd planted and cared for, all because he was so aggrieved that his family had left him alone. And that was after less than one week. So you can imagine the sense of responsibility that a tribal leader like Liam Jurrah would feel to his family and community.

Well, I'm certainly NOT going to label them and be prejudiced towards them. What I AM going to do is make sure that people I know are aware of the issues going on in Central Australia, in the hope that they put some of their goodwill into the third world country sitting smack bang in the centre of the luckiest country there is. I've had a lot of interaction with Indigenous people during my life, and I know enough to know that I don't know what they're all like. But if they're anything like me, they don't want people interfering unnecessarily in their lives. They want support, freedom, protection, happiness and all the other things which you want. Liam Jurrah needs our support, just as everyone does through difficult times in their lives. Also, the Kony charity is not about raising money, it's about raising awareness for a bad man and the bad things he's getting people to do for him. Likewise, more good can be done in Australia for the Indigenous community by raising public awareness and political pressure than simply donating money to existing and ultimately flawed State and Federal government schemes.

Agreed. Anyone up in arms about Joseph Kony should have a look at what's going on in Central Australian communities like Yuendumu. People there are stabbing each other with knives, hacking members of their family up with machetes and becoming trapped in a cycle of poverty, drug addiction and violence. Indigenous people often feel an obligation to their own tribal law, even though carrying out the retribution and "payback" expected of them is likely to get them thrown in jail and lead to the their people being labeled "savages." We should clean up the mess in our own back-yard before even worrying about how to solve problems half a world away, because if we're not smart enough to help our own people, then we're definitely not smart enough to help people we only feel compassion for because we saw a thirty minute video on the Internet.

So you value the rules of a recreational sporting club over the rules of one of the oldest cultures in the world? I suggest you broaden your perspective a little bit. Of course, ideally Liam would have been able to fulfil his commitment to Australian, tribal and football law. But the first two take precedence in my opinion.

It seems obvious to me that he was simply trying to prevent a dispute from escalating and because he was at the scene and intimately involved, he was taken in for questioning.

I loved hearing the commentators cream themselves everytime Jones got the ball. It was like they all simultaneously looked at one another and went "Wait, you like him too? No way!"

Great to hear some positive news about Aaron Davey. To think that our best player from a few years ago could have fallen so far that just the promise of something good from him is a bonus; it's surprising.

Looks to be a likely type; lots of options with him. But I'm afraid some people might judge him by the colour of his skin and get worried about him nicking off home too soon, or even blowing up early in a game, especially if the AFL decides to go down the 2 interchange, 2 subs path.

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Just linked to your video on facebook, which probably won't do much. But hey, at least I'm getting the word out there as best I can!

Hopefully the fact that you can't spell his name right doesn't interfere with your ability to come up with the right Jurrah sauce. Hope your mate's right.

While I agree with you about the little things that Watts did, Jeremy Howe's been around less time than Jack. The difference is, he presents like mad. Whether that's because his role is to present or because Jack doesn't have the desire to do that is unknown.

I don't know either of them personally, but I'll bet that as an elder and community leader, Liam Jurrah's sense of responsibility and desire to be a positive role-model would stand him in better stead that Austin Wonaeamirri, who, it appears to me, is just a guy with no real experience as a leader and thus no sense that he HAD to represent his people in the wider community. Aussie was more comfortable at home than down here, and because he had no motivating drive to stay here, he didn't. I think Liam has that drive and incentive to prove himself in the AFL.

Talk about cannibalizing your list!

Do they seem like they'd be interested in footy? For some, it's just not their bag.

How on Earth you slap sense into someone in the Tiwi Islands when you're in central Australia is beyond me. Of course I'm worried too, but only to the extent that I'd be worried about a loved one who goes skydiving; the odds are in our favour that he'll come back soon. Nothing bad will happen.

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Frawley hasn't done too much right tonight. Having said that, he's got pretty big heights to live up to. Should have touched that on the line.