Carlton Supporters Club

Just to "balance" up the racism debate, I read today the disgustingly abhorrent stuff online directed at the young Jewish boy Sheezel who will be drafted tonight. WTF is wrong with these parasites? Find these people and put a bullet between their eyes, they are no good to anyone and beyond rehabilitation if that's the way they think and behave. The kid hasnt started his career and he has to put up with this crap. The world is farked.

But we don't have any far right extremists in Australia 

Absolutely abhorrent behaviour and you wonder why young Sheezel is the first Jewish draftee (Goldstein's mother isn't Jewish).  The perpetrators should be exposed, stripped of any club memberships, banned from attending matches, placed on a watch list and prosecuted for hate speech (I can't quite bring myself to go to the "bullet between their eyes" step but it's bloody tempting. 

Best wishes to young Harry.  I hope he gets to a club where he'll thrive and be supported against anything the nazi filth may throw at him.

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story:

First of all, "coon" was a common derogatory term commonly applied to Indigenous Australians and other people of colour in Australia from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.  It made a comeback in the late 20th century and I have witnessed its use to demean and belittle Indigenous friends and colleagues ... and there are no raccoons in Australia.

It seems either side of this debate wants to spin things accordingly, but the fundamental outcome of the forced rebranding is the same. And of course the people responsible for the decision to rebrand aren't going to point the blame at themselves. Those that protested and basically forced the name change aren't going to take responsibility for the job losses.

As for the other bullcrap excuses, like the $54M annual loss, I'll treat that spin with the disdain it deserves. Some basic knowledge of the industry would highlight / expose the truth that a rebranding of a major retail item brings a one off annual write-down like this. Market analysis, packaging, websites, advertising, POS, registered trademarks, everything from curtain-siders and billboards down to stationery items like business cards, the cost is enormous but it's mostly a one off. They knew all that long long before they pulled the trigger.

Coon is a racist term and should have been changed decades ago.

Colonial beer having to change their name was ridiculous.

What's the spin behind the National Party rejecting The Voice?

I heard for the announcement the Nats had an Indigenous Party member on hand. Are they claiming The Voice as proposed is bogus, bits and pieces of commentary I have read suggest it was spun that The Voice proposal doesn't go far enough in giving Indigenous Australian's an official role to play in the political forum.

Yet politically the actions seem to be the exact opposite of the declared intent.

Millennials will accept this as a right of opinion in a post truth era, no matter how obviously bogus the spin is.

Politically, I neither for or against, in fact I'm fairly disinterested. But I do expect elected officials and parties are held to account, and on both sides of this debate there appears to be disingenuous behaviour. One side states it supports the cause while throwing roadblocks in the way, another side campaigning for equality effectively rejects the proposal because it's not positively biased enough for them to recommend proceeding. Somewhere, hidden in the dirty details, away from the public's prying eyes, lives motive. Why don't they just spit it out their dirty little secrets!

I don't blame people for having a bias, an opinion or a belief, just don't push it on me by stealth!

It was crap tasting cheese anyway!