Re: Rat Boy flagging off Rhino's fans : Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:19 am
TheElectricGlidingWarrior wrote:
There's no moral ground to be had. He faces overt antagonism and outright hatred from opposition fans every time he walks out on to the field, calls from opposition fans for one of their own players to injure him, attempts by said players to injure him, constant booing. All supposedly justified--and constantly defended--because he allegedly niggles in some unspecified way unique to himself and no other RL player. The sheer hypocrisy in feigning shock when he returns the compliment is laughable, and some are going one further by claiming his flicking the Vs is the reason he's booed rather than the other way round!
Hypocracy applies to a denial of a balanced situation. Where one party is singular and in the public eye and the other is an unidentifiable group, how can there be balance?
I note that you don't feel offended by your own fans "irrational" dislike of McGuire or Bailey. The latter has dealt with more animosity from opposition fans over the years than Tomkins has had to deal with and, as far as I know, has never acted in such a childish manner.
What saddens me is that he should be such a positive for the game, he is a genuine talent. However, with behaviour like that the positives are negated.
Finally, these unfortunate incidents have occured probably since spectator sports were invented. What is really wrong is kn0b jockeys like you and the media justifying it, closely followed by a lack of action by the relevant governing bodies.
