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The old addage, "charity begins at home", sums up the situation.  The ARL ought to look after the long-serving fans from rural Australia.  It needs them just as much as it needs its fans from urban Australian.  A lot of most talented, marketable players to have ever played the game came from rural Australia.

The parents of children in rural Australia who do their best to keep Rugby League alive and well in it ought to be congratulated and commended.  It's time for the ARL to get up of its backside and bond with its fans from rural Australia.  Failure to do so could lead to the AFL and ARU succeeding in spreading their sport to rural Queensland.

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Sadly, the NRL and ARL care more about appeasing the feminazis than they do about helping the fans.  I experienced this when I went to the Australia Kangaroos v Great Britain Lions Test match at Suncorp Stadium in 2006.  The ground announcer spoke about an anti-male, pro-femianzi campaign on violence against women.  The campaign marginalised violence against men and deceived people into thinking that violence against women is worse than it really is.

The NRL and ARL ought to drop their "lets pander to the feminazis by demonising men and making women look virtuous" campaign.  The absurd stance it has on violence against women is a weak attempt to appease the anti-male feminists who mock anything that is related to masculinity (IE. watching and playing contact sport).  The information on the websites from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the US's Bureau of Justice (BOJ) repudiates the notion that violence against women is more rampant than violence against men.  Its information proves that the vast majority of persons who are victims of murder and interpersonal violence are men.

Very little help is given to the men who are victims of interpersonal violence and domestic violence.  Police officers are trained to treat violence against women as being worse than violence against men.  In the US, influential women such as Anne O'Dell used to tell police officers to make sure that women accounted for no more than a few percent of the people they arrested for domestic violence.  She forced her feminazi view onto them when she trained them how to handle domestic violence situations.

Police officers have told me that they receive a lot of complaints from men who are victims of domestic violence.  Help is usually denied to them.

The women who perpetrate vicious acts of genital mutilation are usually sentenced leniently.  Male criminals tend to be given harsher sentences than female criminals.

Therefore, the NRL's stance on the issue is pointless.  It does nothing for the sport of Rugby League, the fans of the sport, and men in general.  It's why I was (and still am) very upset by the NRL/ARL's support of an anti-male, pro-feminazi campaign. It's why I haven't been to another Rugby League match since, and won't be going to this year's World Cup.  I love the sport, but I won't go to an event that supports an evil agenda such as feminazism (feminism).

I have a wealth of data on my site to validate my accusations.  If anyone wants the statistics, then feel free to ask me for it.

I apologise if my fulmination has diverted attention away from the discussion of Rugby League.  The only reason I brought it up is because I wanted to confirm that lionsmum's plight is linked to the ARL/NRL's lack of concern for the common fan.  The two parties feel as if they no longer need to do anything for the common fan.  They kowtow to feminazis, the media and businessmen because they want to get on the right side of them.

nice way to squeeze a rant in... and one of the most bizzare chain of events and interpretations that leads you to never go to a top level rugby league game.  RL, the game, is neutral...

If you haven't noticed ... RL has been trying to stamp out male on male violence for years on the field and in its ethos... you should have seen how things were run a few decades ago..

 

btw.. a mate of mine on the Central Coast was always beaten up by his girlfriend ... one day the beating was so bad the woman next door called the police because she was worried he would be killed.  The police came and took his girlfriend away and he now lives on his own with full custody of their kid.

copa:

nice way to squeeze a rant in... and one of the most bizzare chain of events and interpretations that leads you to never go to a top level rugby league game.  RL, the game, is neutral...

The reason I do not go to the games is because I don't want to pay money to a governing body that is supporting feminazism.  Plus, the other spectactors at the Australia vs Great Britain match really pissed me off.  Their recklessness made it impossible for me to enjoy the intricacies of the match.  A considerable amount of them acted like a bunch of unintelligent, brainwashed, drunken idiots.  It was obvious that they were there to drink and heckle the English.  (Many of the drunks and young sluts were heckling me because I was wearing a Great Britain Lions jersey.)

copa:

If you haven't noticed ... RL has been trying to stamp out male on male violence for years on the field and in its ethos... you should have seen how things were run a few decades ago..

The NRL treats minor acts of male-on-female violence as if they are worse than severe acts of male-on-male violence.  A player from the Sharks was deregistered from the NRL for breaking the nose of a young woman.  A couple of the Broncos' players nearly killed a man when they attacked him 2 on 1.  If my memory is correct, the NRL didn't derigstere the Bronco players who were involved in the incident.

The attack on the man was the more serious incident.  He was left unconscious and came close to dying.  The young woman who was attacked didn't face the prospect of losing her life.

Therefore, the NRL should have treated the man's incident more seriously.

copa:

btw.. a mate of mine on the Central Coast was always beaten up by his girlfriend ... one day the beating was so bad the woman next door called the police because she was worried he would be killed.  The police came and took his girlfriend away and he now lives on his own with full custody of their kid.

If the victim had have contacted the police, then they probably wouldn't have done anything about it.  The fact that a woman complained about another woman would have made it difficult to ignore the case.

Judges tend to award custody to mothers, not fathers.  Most fathers do not gain full custody of their children.

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copa:

nice way to squeeze a rant in... and one of the most bizzare chain of events and interpretations that leads you to never go to a top level rugby league game.  RL, the game, is neutral...

The reason I do not go to the games is because I don't want to pay money to a governing body that is supporting feminazism.  Plus, the other spectactors at the Australia vs Great Britain match really pissed me off.  Their recklessness made it impossible for me to enjoy the intricacies of the match.  A considerable amount of them acted like a bunch of unintelligent, brainwashed, drunken idiots.  It was obvious that they were there to drink and heckle the English.  (Many of the drunks and young sluts were heckling me because I was wearing a Great Britain Lions jersey.)

copa:

If you haven't noticed ... RL has been trying to stamp out male on male violence for years on the field and in its ethos... you should have seen how things were run a few decades ago..

The NRL treats minor acts of male-on-female violence as if they are worse than severe acts of male-on-male violence.  A player from the Sharks was deregistered from the NRL for breaking the nose of a young woman.  A couple of the Broncos' players nearly killed a man when they attacked him 2 on 1.  If my memory is correct, the NRL didn't derigstere the Bronco players who were involved in the incident.

The attack on the man was the more serious incident.  He was left unconscious and came close to dying.  The young woman who was attacked didn't face the prospect of losing her life.

Therefore, the NRL should have treated the man's incident more seriously.

copa:

btw.. a mate of mine on the Central Coast was always beaten up by his girlfriend ... one day the beating was so bad the woman next door called the police because she was worried he would be killed.  The police came and took his girlfriend away and he now lives on his own with full custody of their kid.

If the victim had have contacted the police, then they probably wouldn't have done anything about it.  The fact that a woman complained about another woman would have made it difficult to ignore the case.

Judges tend to award custody to mothers, not fathers.  Most fathers do not gain full custody of their children.

young sluts eh? I think that shows your attitude..

 

I know a few men with full... yes FULL... custody of their kids.  I think you'll find that nowadays in Australia if both parents bring the same amount to the table then they'll both get a fair hearing...  but often the man doesn't brings as much... or if he does bring the same amount he often rolls over and/ or doesn't show as much interest...