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  • WillieTheWaiterW Offline
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    FFS I already thought this guy was really trying to prove himself as a giant ballbag lately and this just confirms it.

    don't apologise on my behalf you twat

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11719190

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    @WillieTheWaiter jesus that really fucking pisses me off! I am more pissed off about that article, and JK having the fucking nerve to think he speaks on behalf of the game, and actually thinking this is a rugby issue, than the original case!

    And that fucking photo of the victims pisses me off as well. The media coverage is starting to turn me against them, is it just me or do they look like smug fluffybunnies in that photo?

    Fuck!

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    #141

    this should be yesterdays news...I expect with any investigation into the judges decision will drag it out even further.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/84774898/leading-defence-lawyers-defends-losi-filipos-discharge-without-conviction

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    @taniwharugby said in Appalling double-standard:

    Apparently NZRU were only aware of the seriousness of the charges this week, WRU were also not aware, although not sure when they found out the seriousness of it.

    Looks like it was the WRU that has dropped the ball here, and NZRU is collateral. I wonder what the media reaction to WRU & NZRU would have been if they sacked him during or before the court hearing, before becoming aware of the nature of the charges?

    That's the thing for me. I cannot for the life of me figure out why Steve Tew is getting put in the crosshairs by so many ''media commentators''. Wellington RU deserves all the negative attention it gets, but I cannot fathom why NZR and Tew (who only heard about the incident earlier this week) are bearing the brunt of the abuse.

    And I couldn't give two shits if Tew called the victims or not yesterday. It's nothing to do with him. Would we expect David White to call up the victims if a Central Districts under-19 batsman (maybe a relative of BFJ's . . . ) knocked over a couple of people after a few drinks at Turks in Hastings? No.

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  • SmudgeS Offline
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    @WillieTheWaiter said in Appalling double-standard:

    FFS I already thought this guy was really trying to prove himself as a giant ballbag lately and this just confirms it.

    don't apologise on my behalf you twat

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11719190

    JK appears to have been taking PR advice from David "I'm Sorry For Being A Man" Cunliffe.

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    @Smudge said in Appalling double-standard:

    @WillieTheWaiter said in Appalling double-standard:

    FFS I already thought this guy was really trying to prove himself as a giant ballbag lately and this just confirms it.

    don't apologise on my behalf you twat

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11719190

    JK appears to have been taking PR advice from David "I'm Sorry For Being A Man" Cunliffe.

    I doubt it, Silent T's advice, based on his experience, would have been to STFU...

    Also, I see Neil Sorensen has been apologising to the victims and NZ on NZRU's behalf.

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  • No QuarterN Online
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    I'm going to write them a letter apologising on behalf of all of NZ. It's the least I can do.

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    @No-Quarter said in Appalling double-standard:

    I'm going to write them a letter apologising on behalf of all of NZ. It's the least I can do.

    not from me bro, I meant to punch that dude when I was 20 when him and his 2 mates told me to give them my shoes at 2am when I was drunk on my way home from town...best defence is a swift offence was my thinking.

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  • jeggaJ Offline
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    christ I hope Bonocock doesn't get wind of the current apologyfest, Twitter doesn't have enough bandwidth to cope.

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  • WillieTheWaiterW Offline
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    @No-Quarter lets not forget he was a school kid at the time so we need someone to apologise on the behalf of all school children.
    he was drunk at the time, so need someone to apologise on behalf of all the drinkers
    he's an island boy so will need someone from that perspective to say sorry also.
    Cunliffe can apologise on behalf of men.
    should someone from the law society apologise too? I mean it's their fault he got off...

    where does it end?

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    @WillieTheWaiter said in Appalling double-standard:

    @No-Quarter lets not forget he was a school kid at the time so we need someone to apologise on the behalf of all school children.
    he was drunk at the time, so need someone to apologise on behalf of all the drinkers
    he's an island boy so will need someone from that perspective to say sorry also.
    Cunliffe can apologise on behalf of men.
    should someone from the law society apologise too? I mean it's their fault he got off...

    where does it end?

    I think Wellingtonians need to offer the rest of NZ an apology too,!

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    @taniwharugby said in Appalling double-standard:

    @WillieTheWaiter said in Appalling double-standard:

    @No-Quarter lets not forget he was a school kid at the time so we need someone to apologise on the behalf of all school children.
    he was drunk at the time, so need someone to apologise on behalf of all the drinkers
    he's an island boy so will need someone from that perspective to say sorry also.
    Cunliffe can apologise on behalf of men.
    should someone from the law society apologise too? I mean it's their fault he got off...

    where does it end?

    I think Wellingtonians need to offer the rest of NZ an apology too,!

    They can throw in an apology for forcing Winger and Gracie onto us while they're at it.

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    The reason why anyone is having to apologise is because the WRU handled this whole episode so badly. As soon as Losi plead guilty to assault he should have been stood down until the WRU completed a full investigation. The backlash would have been significantly less if Losi Filipo had already been sanctioned, and the WRU was seen to be investigating the incident and taking it seriously. But the WRU dithered, and this issue subsequentkt blew up in people's faces.

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  • StargazerS Offline
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    @taniwharugby said in Appalling double-standard:

    @WillieTheWaiter said in Appalling double-standard:

    @No-Quarter lets not forget he was a school kid at the time so we need someone to apologise on the behalf of all school children.
    he was drunk at the time, so need someone to apologise on behalf of all the drinkers
    he's an island boy so will need someone from that perspective to say sorry also.
    Cunliffe can apologise on behalf of men.
    should someone from the law society apologise too? I mean it's their fault he got off...

    where does it end?

    I think Wellingtonians need to offer the rest of NZ an apology too,!

    He's not from Wellington. Not sure what you call people from Porirua ...

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  • jeggaJ Offline
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    On behalf of Porirua Id like to say gfy.

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  • jeggaJ Offline
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    That was a group gfy, I don't want anyone to feel left out of a p town apology

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    @Stargazer said in Appalling double-standard:

    @taniwharugby said in Appalling double-standard:

    @WillieTheWaiter said in Appalling double-standard:

    @No-Quarter lets not forget he was a school kid at the time so we need someone to apologise on the behalf of all school children.
    he was drunk at the time, so need someone to apologise on behalf of all the drinkers
    he's an island boy so will need someone from that perspective to say sorry also.
    Cunliffe can apologise on behalf of men.
    should someone from the law society apologise too? I mean it's their fault he got off...

    where does it end?

    I think Wellingtonians need to offer the rest of NZ an apology too,!

    He's not from Wellington. Not sure what you call people from Porirua ...

    they all look the same from where I'm sitting!

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  • MokeyM Offline
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    Holy shit, this apology orgy is getting almost Canadian in its intensity.

    Blanket apologies are just stupid. There is no need to envelope all the guys who aren't fucktards up into this sanctimonious horseshit. Go away, JK.

    The WRU could have handled this a lot better, but this is not the NZRU's issue. Nor is Steve Tew to blame (and quite frankly, expecting him to call the victims is grandstanding rubbish.)

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    The story that never ends...I almost feel sorry for the guy, I bet after he thought he had dodged a bullet on the conviction he thought he could get on with his life and try to put it behind him, now, it has exploded and almost everyone knows who he is, what he looks like and is right now probably one of the most talked about (probably most hated in some cases) person in NZ right now.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/84798507/police-appeal-losi-filipo-sentence

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