Adam Goodes racially slurred incident

[tigs2011]

Can someone answer how many times this has happened to the CFC

Winmar
Goodes
Monkey
Anymore?

A sad reflection of some in society and a few red neck supporters out there

In saying that she is 15 and her face will be all over the news and ban her they should, but be mindful of her mental state. It may have long lasting effects.

I'd ban her mum for sitting there looking like a twit. If that was my daughter I would've given her an almighty wack like my father used to give me.

There was another young kid that was abused by a pies fan.

Daisy Thomas pointed out who did it if I remember correctly

Joel Wilkinson from GC.

[Tigeritis™©®]

She's 13. How was she allowed to be escorted out without an adult is mind boggling to me as a father of daughters.

It doesn't excuse what she said but I wouldn't want any blue coat walking my daughter anywhere by herself no matter what she's done.
Says a lot more about her parents as far as I can tell they're pathetic.

Not only that but the way social media is today she may as well cancel all her accounts today for her own good.

Last thing, if the media want to create a circus of this incident I suggest they target her parents for "bad parenting" and make them squirm for either not educating her properly in the first place or for being just plain poo parents in general.

[Yeahright]

Was told she called him an ape

[one-eyed]

Goodes wants the 13-year-old girl to call him and apologise rather than publicly hang her out to dry.


"I'm pretty gutted to be honest. The win, the first in 13 years, to be up 47 points against Collingwood, to play such a pivotal role just sort of means nothing," Goodes said.

"To come to the boundary line and hear a 13 year old girl call me an 'ape', and it's not the first time on a footy field that I've been referred to as a 'monkey' or an 'ape', it was shattering."

"It's not her fault. She's 13, she's still so innocent. I don't put any blame on her. Unfortunately it's what she hears, in the environment she's grown up in that has made her think that it's ok to call people names."

"It cut me deep, and it affected me so much that I couldn't even be on the ground last night to celebrate a victory, to celebrate indigenous round. I'm still shattered, personally, it's tough."

"I'm loving the support of my friends and family, and people in the social media, it's fantastic, but I think the person who needs the most support right now is the little girl. People need to get around her. She's 13. She's uneducated. If she wants to pick up the phone and call me and apologise I'll take that phone call, and I'll have a conversation with that girl about, 'you know what, you called me a name, and this is how it made me feel'. And it's school stuff."

"I don't know if it's the lowest point in my career, but personally, I don't think I've been more hurt by someone calling me a name than I was last night. Not because of what was said, but because where it came from: a 13-year-old girl. It just hit me that it's not a Collingwood issue, it's not an AFL issue, it's a society issue. It's an issue of what are our parents teaching our kids?"

"I just hope that people give the 13 year old girl the same sort of support because she needs it, her family needs it, and the people around them need it. It's not a witch-hunt, I don't want people to go after this young girl. We've just got to help educate society better so it doesn't happen again."

Full article: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-05-25/goodes-gutted-by-incident

[Yeahright]

"To come to the boundary line and hear a 13 year old girl call me an 'ape', and it's not the first time on a footy field that I've been referred to as a 'monkey' or an 'ape', it was shattering."

Now it looks like I don't have inside info 
Good on Goodes though, absolute champ

[Smokey]

Well done Adam Goodes.  Could not have responded better - he nailed the problem and the solution.   

[Rampstar]

Some people should harden up. Everyones out to hang this young girl. What a joke, sure what she said was inappropriate but the reaction has been over the top and weak IMHO. The socialists and the do gooders have completely lost the plot IMHO.

[Rampstar]

Was told she called him an ape

lol ... is all this nonsense today about a 14yo girl calling an AFL player an Ape. I remember the days of the primary schoolyard and that has to be the lamest sledge Ive ever heard. As I said in the other thread some people should harden up.

[Eat_em_Alive]

Some people should harden up. Everyones out to hang this young girl. What a joke, sure what she said was inappropriate but the reaction has been over the top and weak IMHO. The socialists and the do gooders have completely lost the plot IMHO.

Just heard on SEN, that the girl has contacted Adam Goodes to apologise.

Just received a phone call from a young girl apologizing for her actions. Lets support her please#racismitstopswithme #IndigenousRound
— Adam Goodes (@adamroy37) May 25, 2013

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-25/goodes-gutted-but-places-no-blame/4712772?section=sport

[Tigeritis™©®]

That's great.
All we need now is the parents to apologize for being bad parents.

[Phil Mrakov]

Some people should harden up. Everyones out to hang this young girl. What a joke, sure what she said was inappropriate but the reaction has been over the top and weak IMHO. The socialists and the do gooders have completely lost the plot IMHO.

Just heard on SEN, that the girl has contacted Adam Goodes to apologise.

Just received a phone call from a young girl apologizing for her actions. Lets support her please#racismitstopswithme #IndigenousRound
— Adam Goodes (@adamroy37) May 25, 2013

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-25/goodes-gutted-but-places-no-blame/4712772?section=sport

Thanks for adding the date

[Penelope]

Some people should harden up. Everyones out to hang this young girl. What a joke, sure what she said was inappropriate but the reaction has been over the top and weak IMHO. The socialists and the do gooders have completely lost the plot IMHO.

You can see how lynch mobs were easily stirred up in days gone by cant you?

Given the age of the girl involved, Goodes himself should have initiated the contact to explain to her why he found the comment inappropriate and how it made him feel.

As it is his sooky lagging has hung her out to dry publicaly . Without knowing the girl no one really knows if this is something she deserved or not. ( if a child that age commits a crime they are given anonymity by law)

I challenge anyone here to honestly say they have never made a comment that could be construed as racist or bigoted.

[Penelope]

ha, just read this after making a comment in another thread,

agree with what he said, but really he should have contacted her himself and left this out of the public domain.

[tigs2011]

She's 13. How was she allowed to be escorted out without an adult is mind boggling to me as a father of daughters.

It doesn't excuse what she said but I wouldn't want any blue coat walking my daughter anywhere by herself no matter what she's done.
Says a lot more about her parents as far as I can tell they're pathetic.

Not only that but the way social media is today she may as well cancel all her accounts today for her own good.

Last thing, if the media want to create a circus of this incident I suggest they target her parents for "bad parenting" and make them squirm for either not educating her properly in the first place or for being just plain poo parents in general.

[Dubstep Dookie]

She's 13. How was she allowed to be escorted out without an adult is mind boggling to me as a father of daughters.

It doesn't excuse what she said but I wouldn't want any blue coat walking my daughter anywhere by herself no matter what she's done.
Says a lot more about her parents as far as I can tell they're pathetic.

Not only that but the way social media is today she may as well cancel all her accounts today for her own good.

Last thing, if the media want to create a circus of this incident I suggest they target her parents for "bad parenting" and make them squirm for either not educating her properly in the first place or for being just plain poo parents in general.

Mr T, probably the same bad parenting and education that allowed her to balloon to about 20+kgs overweight at age 13.

What a healthy start to life they have provided her, all round.