NRL investigating Tedesco over "squid games" comment

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

When are you ever going to get around to returning to Oz with your millions & retiring?
I want to play golf with you.

mate I'm kind of a covid victim. We are stuck for the moment and I had to sign a new 2 year contract (I feel like a low level NRL player lol). I'm aiming for October, 2023 at the latest. I would absolutely love to be in Australia right now.

[Tommy Smith]

he definitely knows how to stir the pot, and it’s good to have him here to sometimes balance things out, but I also love how posters on here defend and protect our club in any situation a million percent, be it the ref bias,juniors, owners, coach, and a pure hatred against Souths.

when paddo talks old school footy and times, he makes me feel like I’m there( not sure if he could be a journalist in his earlier life) he actually makes me look up a few things, be it a good or bad thing.

and Tommy, I LOVED how mental you used to go in game day threads, I would feel exactly the same, but you didn’t care about a bit of backlash from some on here.

It is what makes it all the more interesting for me to look in here each day.

Fair point. I have certainly mellowed recently. I think b2b was any Roosters fan no.1 dream (after missing out in 03/04). So I feel like it's been easy to accept being knocked out the past couple of years after reaching the pinnacle. The refs have also knocked the stuffing out of me AND I got sick of reading over gameday threads in embarrassment.

There's certainly nothing wrong with a diversity of views. Mickie keeps me sane sometimes with his impartiality when the emotions run high.

And Paddo does tell a good yarn and is very knowledgeable. But, I still smell a troll. I just can't reconcile the relentless Burgess defence with his instant reprimand of Teddy. That's beyond suspicious.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

So the white boys from the Shire were innnocent and falsely accused? Ok bud. Those lifeguards were racist as hell.

So would you also say the youthful gangs of middle eastern appearance who abused and threatened white skinned people in the beach area as Aussie Sluts etc. over a period of time were racist too? Kinda the original racists really . Somethings gotta give if the cops can't control them. Not condoning violence but human nature is flawed as we know, it ain't perfect.

Youre a wild bloke who backs himself in a stoush. If someone abused or threatened you would you only respond aggressively depending on their race?

[bondi paul]

Fair point. I have certainly mellowed recently. I think b2b was any Roosters fan no.1 dream (after missing out in 03/04). So I feel like it's been easy to accept being knocked out the past couple of years after reaching the pinnacle. The refs have also knocked the stuffing out of me AND I got sick of reading over gameday threads in embarrassment.

There's certainly nothing wrong with a diversity of views. Mickie keeps me sane sometimes with his impartiality when the emotions run high.

And Paddo does tell a good yarn and is very knowledgeable. But, I still smell a troll. I just can't reconcile the relentless Burgess defence with his instant reprimand of Teddy. That's beyond suspicious.

Paddo’s attempt to sound like a local historian is farcical. I have caught him out recently on one of many a bullshit post and the recent Bluey Mayes and Robert Helpmann post. Don’t be fooled by his historicals.

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

So would you also say the youthful gangs of middle eastern appearance who abused and threatened white skinned people in the beach area as Aussie Sluts etc. over a period of time were racist too? Kinda the original racists really . Somethings gotta give if the cops can't control them. Not condoning violence but human nature is flawed as we know, it ain't perfect.

Youre a wild bloke who backs himself in a stoush. If someone abused or threatened you would you only respond aggressively depending on their race?

Of course they are racist. I completely condemn them. I also believe that if you are against the general laws and values of Australia then you should most likely leave. Like I said before there were no winners from the Cronulla riots.

[Paddo Colt 61]

I didn't go close to repremanging Teddy, it was a "what if?" comment. I can see how it might have happened but not judgemental. We are multicultural now, we have to give up our endearing "just a joke" casual racism. It's hurtful and I'm sure that that's not Tedesco.
Sam Burgess, on the other hand, is a victim and his antagonist is powerful. Not only that, he verges on the psychopathic. In an earlier Burgess discussion I said that the shame of what Sammy brought to that high profile family would make 'ol Mitch murderous. This is the father of his grandchildren whom he pursues with, hopefully, a criminal record result or bankruptcy or destruction of reputation. You want that for your grandchildren? Sam's part of our tribe. He done bad and I'm sure he's paying dearly for it. The other bloke's a lyin' fcuk who was complicit in cheating the taxpayer (Us) out of billions on behalf of foreign mining companies.

And Paulie....."local historian"? Jotting down a few memories shouldn't be and isn't History. Memory is ephemeral it shouldn't confined to facts. I don't think you get a win there son.

[Headless Chook]

I didn't go close to repremanging Teddy, it was a "what if?" comment. I can see how it might have happened but not judgemental. We are multicultural now, we have to give up our endearing "just a joke" casual racism. It's hurtful and I'm sure that that's not Tedesco.
Sam Burgess, on the other hand, is a victim and his antagonist is powerful. Not only that, he verges on the psychopathic. In an earlier Burgess discussion I said that the shame of what Sammy brought to that high profile family would make 'ol Mitch murderous. This is the father of his grandchildren whom he pursues with, hopefully, a criminal record result or bankruptcy or destruction of reputation. You want that for your grandchildren? Sam's part of our tribe. He done bad and I'm sure he's paying dearly for it. The other bloke's a lyin' fcuk who was complicit in cheating the taxpayer (Us) out of billions on behalf of foreign mining companies.

And Paulie....."local historian"? Jotting down a few memories shouldn't be and isn't History. Memory is ephemeral it shouldn't confined to facts. I don't think you get a win there son.

There you go. Sam is part of 'our tribe'. He's part of the Souffs tribe and has never ever been part of our tribe.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Of course they are racist. I completely condemn them. I also believe that if you are against the general laws and values of Australia then you should most likely leave. Like I said before there were no winners from the Cronulla riots.

Fair enough.

[Mickie Lane]

There you go. Sam is part of 'our tribe'. He's part of the Souffs tribe and has never ever been part of our tribe.

For me when I read the "Sam is part of our tribe", I took it meaning the Rugby League tribe.
Rugby League to me is a game for knock abouts, blokes that are up for the physicality, theyre hard arse blokes that are not scared to put their dooks up they have rough edges & some of them get into trouble. If it wasnt for Rugby League at least 20% of them would be in prison. So Sam really fits that criteria.
Its a tribe of meat heads that you & I like to go & watch get it on, you & me arent up for it but we love seeing tough men getting physical.

[ism22]

We are multicultural now, we have to give up our endearing "just a joke" casual racism. It's hurtful and I'm sure that that's not Tedesco.

Tedesco's Italian and at least half of the players on our roster are of 'non-white' backgrounds. It does sorta get to a point where she's trying to lecture a bunch of wogs and islanders (many who woulda grown up in poverty...etc) about racism/hardship because they enjoyed watching an Asian show.

Sorry but she says her family came out '30 years ago'. News... that means she's more than likely come over with $$$ from Vietnam and been received with open arms (respectfully - as somebody with family in that position who don't feel Australia's been racist towards them or made the transition difficult). Happy to have a chat about my father's family's journey to and from Australia by boat between the 30's and 50's.

I dunno! When I lived in Japan I remember hearing white people whinge about how everybody was 'racist' because suddenly they were in the ethnic minority, their Japanese skills were poor (so they were difficult to understand), they looked different (so kids in small towns who rarely saw non-Asians often pointed out the obvious outta interest) and lotsa curious people asked questions they weren't used to. People regularly yelled English phrases at me then started laughing coz (phrases were generally things like 'BOYS WILL BE AMBITIOUS!!!' Confusing? Yes. Racist? No). Read a bunch of Japan forums online... it's not uncommon for people to get paranoid and think EVERY Japanese person who's privately cracking a joke with their friends is making a racist joke about them (you then probe them about what the people said in Japanese + why they were listening in on their conversation and it's like 'uuum... oh... my Japanese isn't perfect so I can't quote it verbatim but I heard them talking about me... swear I did!!!' Sometimes we just need to cool it and realise that maybe the world doesn't revolve around us. Maybe... just maybe... when you hear 'SQUID GAAAAME'... somebody's actually talking about Squid Game?

[Mickie Lane]

Tedesco's Italian and at least half of the players on our roster are of 'non-white' backgrounds. It does sorta get to a point where she's trying to lecture a bunch of wogs and islanders (many who woulda grown up in poverty...etc) about racism/hardship because they enjoyed watching an Asian show.

Sorry but she says her family came out '30 years ago'. News... that means she's more than likely come over with $$$ from Vietnam and been received with open arms (respectfully - as somebody with family in that position who don't feel Australia's been racist towards them or made the transition difficult). Happy to have a chat about my father's family's journey to and from Australia by boat between the 30's and 50's.

I dunno! When I lived in Japan I remember hearing white people whinge about how everybody was 'racist' because suddenly they were in the ethnic minority, their Japanese skills were poor (so they were difficult to understand), they looked different (so kids in small towns who rarely saw non-Asians often pointed out the obvious outta interest) and lotsa curious people asked questions they weren't used to. People regularly yelled English phrases at me then started laughing coz (phrases were generally things like 'BOYS WILL BE AMBITIOUS!!!' Confusing? Yes. Racist? No). Read a bunch of Japan forums online... it's not uncommon for people to get paranoid and think EVERY Japanese person who's privately cracking a joke with their friends is making a racist joke about them (you then probe them about what the people said in Japanese + why they were listening in on their conversation and it's like 'uuum... oh... my Japanese isn't perfect so I can't quote it verbatim but I heard them talking about me... swear I did!!!' Sometimes we just need to cool it and realise that maybe the world doesn't revolve around us. Maybe... just maybe... when you hear 'SQUID GAAAAME'... somebody's actually talking about Squid Game?

I would love to go to Japan. To me the Japanese are the most under cover Asians. Not a lot of of them live out of Japan, out of all the Asian races the Japanese are the least that I have met. To me they try the hardest to be Western White, I don’t mean that in any disrespect it’s just my view. The South Koreans are very similar to me. That’s only my opinion from my life experience.
One last thing to mention I don’t care what your ancestry is I take people for what they are, if we get on we get on if we don’t we don’t it has nothing to do with race or religion.

[Kelvin Johnson]

I wonder what amazing new things we will discover about Tiffany and Katherine Trinh next week.
They have made Teddy's life hell. Their turn is coming.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Wouldn't it be nice if we could all hold hands and sing kumbaya

[Headless Chook]

For me when I read the "Sam is part of our tribe", I took it meaning the Rugby League tribe.
Rugby League to me is a game for knock abouts, blokes that are up for the physicality, theyre hard arse blokes that are not scared to put their dooks up they have rough edges & some of them get into trouble. If it wasnt for Rugby League at least 20% of them would be in prison. So Sam really fits that criteria.
Its a tribe of meat heads that you & I like to go & watch get it on, you & me arent up for it but we love seeing tough men getting physical.

Never heard league players called a 'tribe' before. I have heard of the tribalism of rugby league but that refers to the various clubs. Either way, I do not want Sam Burgess associated with my 'tribe' in anyway

[Paddo Colt 61]

[QUOTE=Headless Chook; Never heard league players called a 'tribe' before. I have heard of the tribalism of rugby league but that refers to the various clubs. Either way, I do not want Sam Burgess associated with my 'tribe' in anyway.

You're trying to play with words HC and not making a very good fist of it. Let me express it for you - you don't much care for the South Sydney CLUB, its history, culture and membership. The players are a different thing, these days they can seldom be identified with a particular club, they're mercenaries. Are Keary, or the Butchers in your tribe?