magpie4ever
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Mate, I can't remember the tackle mentioned and I never said shoulder charges did not exist; I stated they were rare.
Yes, there were massive hits but they mainly involved shoulders and arms.
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Yeah, only Kiwis that were around at the time will remember the tackle because it effectively won us the game even though it was very, very early into the match. Shoulder charges today are rare today also; they garner heaps of press (and kudos or criticism) relative to their frequency but I don?t think things have changed as much over the decades and some may think in regards to big impacts.
If there's a mum then there should be a dad. Dads need to come to the parenting party and both involve themselves more and assert a greater influence over family life in general. One of the chief reasons they don't do this (have more of a say) is that they're afraid that if they upset mummy then the chances for nooky that night diminish. Sad but true according to one parenting expert I take note of.
Indeed, but that's been a general trend for a century (or two) now. But there's nothing inherently wrong with that if the reasoning behind the change is sound as it had been for a good deal of that time until recently. Industrialization has softened us all to a great extent and that's fine, but the reasoning for change in recent times - not so good.
It isn?t the kids he?s appealing to here it?s the parents. There?s a belief that what happens in the ?win at all costs? professional arena will filter on through to the junior and amateur ranks, and if such behavior does arise then its up to the parents or adults in attendance to discipline and educate unacceptable behavior. What he suggests is something that most parents do as a matter of course anyway but here in League-land, somehow the responsibly for nurturing acceptable behavior in children has transferred from parents and adults to the game itself. That?s it in a nutshell although he?s also alluded to the fact that junior footie is as safe as any sport for kids and that there are more versions of League than just the professional version that fills the screens.
Don?t let logic get in the way of parenting, why as parents do most parents stay up later than their children and yet insist that their children go to bed earlier. Now where is the logic in that! The simple fact is that logic plays second fiddle to turning out well behaved kids.
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Yep, there are all sorts of reasons why children are sent to bed early and yet parents don?t subject themselves to the same circumstance. These reasons, essentially - for the good of the child - outweigh the logic behind the decision.
There?s a misnomer that violence in the game goes unpunished, an understandable misnomer given that a highly published SOO incident was inadequately dealt with by officialdom at the time. This whole furore is over a mishandled incident and now officialdom are overcompensating for their earlier misjudgment. The bottom line is that violence is punished - the degree of punishment is in dispute and not the fact that punishment shouldn?t apply. As such, when little Johnny is disciplined by his parents for poor behavior, said parents only need to point out (should they have to) that the adults they?re emulating were also disciplined, in their own way, as well.
