Semi Radradra

[strider]

FFS, what catalyst was there for domestic violence discussion without the charges against Semi? It was a discussion of the charges at the time. When is she supposed to talk about it?

I'm going to make an impassioned plea against NRL players using date rape drugs. It's not relevant now but it's potentially going to be relevant over the next twenty years so what the hell...?

Would Erin have been upset if when she was named in court had someone come out and said - i dont mean you Erin, but its terrible that television hosts have affairs with married men, blah blah blah .... i suspect she might have not liked it

 

[Noise]

Why would you expect a woman to speak out about an issue that doesn't affect them? It's like expecting Muslims to speak out against terrorism, or white men to speak out against racism and sexism.

I can't even tell if you are serious here???

 

[Bazal]

What? All we have heard about for the last week is the outrage of drug use in the NRL. And 2 of those cases have admitted guilt

You misunderstand me.

People are pissed at Erin Molan for talking about domestic violence after an NRL player was charged with domestic violence.

All this week, drugs in the NRL have been a hot topic after players and administrators have been caught with them. But no one is up in arms about the timing of that discussion, are they?

Why is Molan different? Why should she not speak about current issues in the game as she did with Semi?

 

[Bazal]

Would Erin have been upset if when she was named in court had someone come out and said - i dont mean you Erin, but its terrible that television hosts have affairs with married men, blah blah blah .... i suspect she might have not liked it

Well that's probably because she didn't actually have an affair with anyone....Semi was right to be angry about the way he was treated by the press and the NRL, no doubt. But Erin Molan made a general comment about DV based on a current NRL event. That's pretty much her job description. The hate she's copping for it is utterly nonsensical.

 

[Happy MEel]

Why would you expect a woman to speak out about an issue that doesn't affect them? It's like expecting Muslims to speak out against terrorism, or white men to speak out against racism and sexism.

Not sure if serious???

 

[strider]

You misunderstand me.

People are pissed at Erin Molan for talking about domestic violence after an NRL player was charged with domestic violence.

All this week, drugs in the NRL have been a hot topic after players and administrators have been caught with them. But no one is up in arms about the timing of that discussion, are they?

Why is Molan different? Why should she not speak about current issues in the game as she did with Semi?

Not sure any of the coke accused are denying they had cocaine .... semi was claiming his innocence

 

[Noise]

Well that's probably because she didn't actually have an affair with anyone....Semi was right to be angry about the way he was treated by the press and the NRL, no doubt. But Erin Molan made a general comment about DV based on a current NRL event. That's pretty much her job description. The hate she's copping for it is utterly nonsensical.

Including Erin Molan? Which press does he have a right to be angry with? And why can he be angry at some press but not Molan?

 

[Happy MEel]

You misunderstand me.

People are pissed at Erin Molan for talking about domestic violence after an NRL player was charged with domestic violence.

All this week, drugs in the NRL have been a hot topic after players and administrators have been caught with them. But no one is up in arms about the timing of that discussion, are they?

Why is Molan different? Why should she not speak about current issues in the game as she did with Semi?

I guess the difference is that there is some pretty damning evidence that is accompanying the drug discussion.

 

[Bazal]

Not sure any of the coke accused are denying they had cocaine .... semi was claiming his innocence

And she said right at the start that he was innocent until proven otherwise.

Why can she not enter discussion about domestic violence when an NRL player is charged with domestic violence? No one will answer that....

 

[El Diablo]

She never even said anything wrong.....

 

[Bazal]

Including Erin Molan? Which press does he have a right to be angry with? And why can he be angry at some press but not Molan?

Where did I say he couldn't? Semi can be angry with whoever he likes. I wouldn't agree with him if he was angry at Molan over this particular statement, but you're putting words in my mouth here.

Why is she not allowed to comment?

 

[strider]

Well that's probably because she didn't actually have an affair with anyone....Semi was right to be angry about the way he was treated by the press and the NRL, no doubt. But Erin Molan made a general comment about DV based on a current NRL event. That's pretty much her job description. The hate she's copping for it is utterly nonsensical.

She effectively linked Semi to guilt by her comments - surely you can see that .... i would bet my left nut the lead in prsumption of innocence sentence was given to her by the ch9 legal department

By simply saying big name league superstars commit domestic violence and saying Semi's name at the start, 90% of people will go, yeah he did it

 

[Gazzamatta]

Erin started with the disclaimer to cover herself if Semi was innocent. A cowards way to accuse. Karma is indeed a bitch.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Ignoring the specifics of this case, I would point out that the fact that someone is found not guilty of an assault doesn't mean that the accuser fabricated their claims. As well as the simple fact that a guilty verdict requires establishing guilt beyond reasonable doubt (and fair enough too), it is also possible that both parties have genuinely held, but different, opinions/ recollection of what happened in the heat of the moment.

 

[Bazal]

Relevance? Leave it to people with an IQ higher than double digits, you crusty old lemon.

Furthermore....

Ms Landry has now conceded there was no affair between Erin Molan and her husband.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/er...s/news-story/edabcda68d1e606dbef6a5c146fe2d20

 

[strider]

Where did I say he couldn't? Semi can be angry with whoever he likes. I wouldn't agree with him if he was angry at Molan over this particular statement, but you're putting words in my mouth here.

Why is she not allowed to comment?

So Semi can be angry it linked him to being guilty, but no one else can?

 

[Happy MEel]

Well that's probably because she didn't actually have an affair with anyone....Semi was right to be angry about the way he was treated by the press and the NRL, no doubt. But Erin Molan made a general comment about DV based on a current NRL event. That's pretty much her job description. The hate she's copping for it is utterly nonsensical.

I'm pretty sure the press never said Semi was guilty either or they would be up for one enormous law suit. If you believe Semi doesnt have grounds to be angry at Erin then he doesn't have grounds to be angry at the press. They use the art of association.

 

[Noise]

Semi was right to be angry about the way he was treated by the press and the NRL,

I wouldn't agree with him if he was angry at Molan over this particular statement,

So which comments in the press do you think he has a right to be angry at if not Molan's? And how were they different to Molan's?

 

[Bazal]

She effectively linked Semi to guilt by her comments - surely you can see that .... i would bet my left nut the lead in prsumption of innocence sentence was given to her by the ch9 legal department

By simply saying big name league superstars commit domestic violence and saying Semi's name at the start, 90% of people will go, yeah he did it

So she's to blame because 90% of league fans are easily lead mongoloids? She said IF he (or ANY high profile NRL player) was found guilty then the NRL needed to take a strong stance.

Do you disagree?

 

[Bazal]

So Semi can be angry it linked him to being guilty, but no one else can?

What?

I said Semi can be angry with whoever he likes, but he'd be wrong here. It never linked him to guilt in any way. It was a comment on the seriousness of domestic violence and the disparity in the NRL's approach in the past to incidents involving big name players....he was the knucklehead who happened to have been charged at the time.