@ACT-Crusader said in Blues vs Stormers:

@nzzp said in Blues Stormers:

Saturday night out at Eden Park coming up, and the chance for three in a row for the mighty Blues. Saw a bit of the Canes Stormers at the weekend; they looked pretty good in the first half. Going to take a bit for the Blues to get up.

How the Stormers win:
Smash the Blues physically, kick for corners, maul tries, capitalise on poor Blues kicks, win penalties from set pieces

How the Blues win:
give the ball some air, put it in the hands of Rieko and Melani, forwards go forward enough to give some quality ball to the backs.

Going to be good fun, I'm looking forward to it.

The rush defence of the Stormers was pretty effective too. If their midfield get decent ball they can be a real handful.

They are good at staying in a line, so even if they are a yard offside it is hard for the ref to pick up.

@Bones said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

@Catogrande that kid just slid off a cliff.

As long as it's not his kid then job done.

@canefan said in Christchurch Gunman in Mosque:

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Christchurch Gunman in Mosque:

@canefan said in Christchurch Gunman in Mosque:

@No-Quarter said in Christchurch Gunman in Mosque:

Muslim feminists that I referred to earlier talking about western feminists donning the hijab and why that's an incredibly misguided way of showing support for Muslim women, who don't all wear hijabs and in fact many are fighting against it.

None of this should come as any surprise to people that know even the first thing about the subjugation of women around the world, yet they still decided it was a good idea.

It was meant as a sign of respect, but someone was always going to get upset

Respect towards whom?

Those who died. Let's not play the cat and mouse game. Just state your position if you want to

The point is it was not respectful to a sizeable number of Muslim women, in fact the exact opposite. There are thousands of ways to show respect and support for the wider Muslim community without alienating many of them. Donning a garb that has been and still is used as a tool to oppress millions of women around the world was a very poor choice (that's being kind). That should have been obvious to someone that calls herself a feminist.

Muslim feminists that I referred to earlier talking about western feminists donning the hijab and why that's an incredibly misguided way of showing support for Muslim women, who don't all wear hijabs and in fact many are fighting against it.

None of this should come as any surprise to people that know even the first thing about the subjugation of women around the world, yet they still decided it was a good idea.

@MN5 said in Christchurch Gunman in Mosque:

I made a slightly self indulgent FB post yesterday saying how my folks and I took my sons to the Mosque to give some flowers. To reiterate a sentiment which thankfully has prevailed over the likes of any bullshit rhetoric and "white shame" crap that some people have chosen to push their own self indulgence the three generations of my family were all humbled and felt so welcome as we joined the Muslim community of Kilbirnie and all shared a few moments of reflection.

It was incredibly moving, there was a bit of dust in the room and I'm so glad I actually ponied up and went, my boys appreciated that not everyone in life is as lucky as they are.

I've made the odd flippant remark ( well more than "the odd" ) like so many people about other races and religions but there is a MASSIVE difference between doing that and gunning down 50 innocent people.

Shitcunts in the Green party would do well to think about that from time to time.

Yeah we shouldn't get too caught up on the fringe nutters, the response from the majority of NZ has been phenomenal and has made me proud to be an NZer.

Sorry, looks like I kicked off a series of rants there but gezz it's hard not to comment about these bloody narcissists. Which is probably exactly what they want, so maybe I need to take a bit of a break from social and mainstream media.

Radical lefties and the alt-right really are two sides of the same coin.

A bunch of radical left wing groups, including the Greens and Auckland Peace Action (FFS) hijacked the vigil at Auckland Domain to talk about colonialism (what?) and smear all white people with the attack. At a vigil that was meant to bring people together to mourn the victims. These people have absolutely no morals. It's narcissism on steroids.

The Barrett brothers plus Ardie get it done.