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NEWS Broncos put the feelers out for Folau
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tommy
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Probably would have been brought up by now by Folau and supporters if that was the case. The only argument I heard from them was freedom of speach.
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Exactly. And what's more they've defamed him by conflating religious expression with hate speech. The notion that warning that a certain behavior is a sin is not exactly unfamiliar to us. We've been blanking that shit out since sometime after birth.
The correct course of action would've been for someone higher in his church to correct him, and for him to apologize for getting it wrong. But that's not going to happen. I wonder why?
If Israel is guilty of something, then so too is everyone of his faith. If we know anything about his faith it's that it respects those who would die on the cross, rather than hold their tongue, so to speak.
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The Australian constitution DOESN'T specifically protect 'freedom of speech'. It's not in there.
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Also bare in mind, although few Australian rugby players are super religious, most are the products of privately run church schools. Oddly, Israel isn't one of them.
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There is also precedent in case law, such as Krygger v Williams
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tommy
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8million is to paraphrase wildly innacurate according to Castle. I doubt he got that much, nobody knows what he got. As I said, they dropped their balls but to me Israel is still a loser in this too. His options for employment have become limited after this fiasco and I'm sure at least a few of his sponsors have bailed. Why do you think he had the hide to ask people to fund his legal fees?
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Nope nope noppity nope. Shoddy evidence? Bad call there. Like most deniers you only are interested in the mistakes made, usually by well meaning and or over zealous people in the sciences. You think that invalidates ALL science. Fortunately people who are a great deal smarter than you are the hope for the planet. I will put my trust in the sciences 100% of the time. Unlike the deniers and the maniacal religious I love the fact that science(scientists more particularly) can admit error and is happy to correct a previously held explanation.
There are no peer reviewed studies which prove that human influenced climate change is not real. I challenge anyone to provide a link, remember it must be peer reviewed and proven.
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Stopped reading at this point. Same language used by religious nuts. Science isn't about not challenging claims. It's the exact opposite.
Once you start relying on calling your opponents names like this, you instantly lose.
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Yup, just like I said. Not specifically protected.Also bare in mind, although few Australian rugby players are super religious, most are the products of privately run church schools. Oddly, Israel isn't one of them.
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Perhaps you should have read it. Mind you, your admission highlights why I don't think you're bright! Had you read it you'd have seen that I mentioned why I like science and your response wouldn't look as stupid as it does.
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Mods, is this really the direction this thread should be heading in? Took about being blown waaaaay off course.
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You kind of proved my point about lay people having strong views based on limited appeal to authority on subjects they honestly know little about. For example, when a media commentator joins dots between the damage caused by a cyclone and a political position on carbon tax, you should correct them. Perhaps by referring to the NOAA's statement on hurricanes, which is they haven't proven a link. Most protesters would not even have read the IPCC's latest report.
Same with condemning Israel. Ask someone higher in the church for a clarification. Read the source documents.
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