Langlands charged with child sex offences

[LESStar58]

Then they can melt down his bronze statue for scrap and give the proceeds to Cam Smith.

He’s hard up you know

Nah. They'd use the bronze to build the Cam statue out front of AAMI...

 

[Danish]

Nah. They'd use the bronze to build the Cam statue out front of AAMI...

Plus a 2nd secret statue

 

[LESStar58]

Plus a 2nd secret statue

Allegedly secret statue... same way as the claims against Langlands are alleged

 

[Game_Breaker]

Plus a 2nd secret statue

And if said statue falls and injured someone, it’s their own fault for putting themselves in that position

 

[Danish]

And if said statue falls and injured someone, it’s their own fault for putting themselves in that position

The statue ducked into it

 

[TheFrog]

Doesn’t dementia just effect short term memory not long term memory?

It is far from that simple. There are many different dementias.

 

[LESStar58]

And if said statue falls and injured someone, it’s their own fault for putting themselves in that position

A view shared by more than one rugby league identity than Cameron Smith.

 

[TheFrog]

If he's found guilty I reckon they revoke his immortal status

No doubt that's what will happen. It tells you all you really need to know about the whole idea of having "immortals".

 

[LESStar58]

No doubt that's what will happen. It tells you all you really need to know about the whole idea of having "immortals".

Well Gary Ablett Snr is facing similar allegations and the AFL folks call him "God".

Go figure.

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

Doesn’t dementia just effect short term memory not long term memory?

Someone mentioned to me something like that this morning, but I can't really remember.

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

Then they can melt down his bronze statue for scrap and give the proceeds to Cam Smith.

He’s hard up you know

He will split it with Jonathan Thurston.

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

I would have thought the victim would more likely to have been abused by Johnny Raper. I will see myself out.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

What makes a victim come forward after waiting nearly 30 years (and I'm not saying for a second that they shouldn't or dont have a right to)

It's about the shame and embarrassment you feel after a sexual assault, You try to put the memory of it into the deepest, darkest recesses of you mind.

It took me over 15 years to mention my sexual assault to anyone. Being cornered in a public toilet by a very sexually aroused naked male at the age of 14 isn't something you blurt out to your mates as if nothing happened.

 

[axl rose]

Only Lockyer's joke tops this.

What was Lockyer's again? something about Bulldogs being the greatest club side ever, St George were good but they only had one Raper?

 

[Game_Breaker]

I would have thought the victim would more likely to have been abused by Johnny Raper. I will see myself out.

11 in a row with a pedo*


*Allegedly

 

[Dodgy]

I love it! A thread about a very sinister topic can be turned out to rip into Smith/Slater/Storm!

Lol

 

[The Great Dane]

I don't have an opinion on whether or not the alleged assault happened, so don't get me wrong here, but am I the only one that finds it slightly dodgy that the victim has waited until Langlands dementia is so advanced that he can't even give a statement to the police let alone be asked to defend himself?

Again don't get me wrong I'm not saying that the victim is lying or that the alleged assault didn't happen, in fact I'm inclined to believe that something may have happened knowing what footy players were like (and what they got away with) back then, it just seems strange to me that they'd pick now to press charges.

 

[Wizardman]

People who make jokes about dementia should spend some time with someone with the condition. A truly evil disease.

 

[Timmah]

I don't have an opinion on whether or not the alleged assault happened, so don't get me wrong here, but am I the only one that finds it slightly dodgy that the victim has waited until Langlands dementia is so advanced that he can't even give a statement to the police let alone be asked to defend himself?

Again don't get me wrong I'm not saying that the victim is lying or that the alleged assault didn't happen, in fact I'm inclined to believe that something may have happened knowing what footy players were like (and what they got away with) back then, it just seems strange to me that they'd pick now to press charges.

Yeah nah, I think as veggiepatch said above its often just repressed or just complete fear?

Could also be now that alot of the church stuff and Weinstein/Hollywood stuff is happening people are feeling more able to speak out against their alleged abusers?

 

[Generalzod]

People who make jokes about dementia should spend some time with someone with the condition. A truly evil disease.

Yep I witnessed my uncle die from it horrible disease....