As much as I have tried to avoid the news these past weeks, a few stories have made it past the keeper and into the part of my brain marked "outrageous".
The story about the NRL Sharks player Greg Bird who ‘allegedly’ smashed a glass in his girlfriend’s face and then tried to blame his best mate is one of those stories. You can read some background here.
Today, reports have emerged that the scarred girlfriend has pledged to stand by her man.
According to News Ltd:
KATIE
Milligan has vowed to stand by her man Greg Bird, despite the Cronulla
Sharks star being charged with glassing her in the face.Breaking
her silence for the first time since last Sunday’s ordeal, a calm and
cheerful Ms Milligan yesterday spoke exclusively to The Daily Telegraph to reveal the pair are "still very much in love"."I want people to know that Greg and I are still very much together," she said. "Yes, I still love him."
Returning yesterday to the couple’s beachfront Cronulla apartment
with a male friend to collect personal belongings and a change of
clothing, Ms Milligan said she and Bird planned to reunite "when all
this blows over".
There are a few words I can think of to describe a man who commits violence against a woman. I’m trying to keep my mind happy so I won’t post those words here.
She has also signed with a lawyer linked to Bird’s manager and is reportedly refusing to talk to police about the alleged assault. With the rugby star’s career at stake, it’s not hard to imagine how much pressure is being put on this girl to protect the man who allegedly smashed up her face and scarred her for life.
The fact that she is standing by him is a further tragedy……and, if the allegations are true, further proof that there are complex mental and emotional factors at play for women who stay with abusive men.
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I feel that by ‘standing by her man’ she is in effect condoning what he did, what he did is unacceptable and he needs to learn there are consequences for his actions,
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Morning, all! What a beautiful day it is here in Sydney. And would you look at all those comments! Richard you have to take the prize though, for being both droll and succinct!
Temmy, I agree wholeheartedly with your post. And most of the others as well, just that reading yours first up was most reassuring. I was going off the deep end a bit last night with my grumpy old man rant. I do stand by everything I said, though.
Michelle, your ‘tell us what you really think’ quote was spot on. BTW, at the moment I’m working really odd hours, so posting at 4am was more like posting at 4pm for me. And I did have a look at the bear clip, and I’ll admit, the lion clip, thanks Mia, just to restore some semblance of sanity before I went to bed!
Once again, S, your post was wonderfully incisive. You took me to task and gave me cause for reflection. Your comments, as a 26 year old, along with those from Temmy at 29, and not forgetting the teenagers, Cerry and Cate, are an inspiring indication that the future is in more than capable hands. You are a thoughtful, insightful and entertaining group.
Oh, and while on the Christmas list, there is one more person I haven’t mentioned. Mia! So good to have you back writing! I could have a good to-do with your childcare post. And it’s even fun to see Frockwatch again. Even I now know who Katie Holmes is, thanks to your blog. And, as for where have I been the last ten years, S, well this blog is helping to drag me into the 21st Century.
I knew about green eggs and ham, and now I know about ‘green sheep’, and, NumberChick, ‘dummies that look like a mouthful of teeth’. Thanks for that one.
Anyway, I can see the sun is over the yardarm, so I’ll head across the road and have breakfast at the pub. Steak and chips and a glass of red!
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Thanks for the well-thought out reply, gigdiary. It’s always better to have an opposing view to someonw who can argue their case eloquently.
You say that your question is ‘why start now?’ That since, today, we are supposedly enlightened, it is easy to make responsible choices. Again, you direct your remarks at our generation as a whole.
May I firstly say I agree with you wholeheartedly. There is no place in any country, time, or generation for behaviour like Greg Bird’s. Alcohol is a weak excuse – definitely nowhere near a justification for his actions.
But again, you seem to blame our generation. You say that ‘today, we are supposedly mroe enlightened’. People of every generation, every decade think they are more enlightened than the previous. Today, we do know more about domestic violence and alcohol than previous generations. And most people will choose to be decent. You shouldn’t be demanding the decent people explain the actions of the ones who aren’t.
Temmy, you, like gigdiary, generalise in your post, judge the whole of Generation Y based on a few bad ones. I’ll admit, there probably are more lazy, selfish teenagers today. But there’s also a lot of ones who will work hard for what they want. However, you (inadvertently, I think) hit the nail on the head with your comment about the parents buying their daughter an Audi. It is the parents like this, who give their children everything they want instead of getting them to work for it, that create a problem. The parents who buy their kids things all through the year instead of getting them to wait until birthdays and Christmas.
I don’t think I will get you started on the 15-year-olds, because I somehow don’t think I’d like what you say. At my school, I see everyday the type of teenagers you refer to. The selfish ones, the ones who think they deserve everything for doing nothing.
I also see the people who come together and are able to, in a school of 800, raise $8000 for the CanTeen Foundation in a single day. I see the kids who go on the school trip to India each year to learn about, and try and help, people their age who have it a lot worse than them. I see the kids – 15, 16 year olds – who make cards for their teacher and give them flowers when they’ve lost a parent.
As JLo said, no-one wins when we generalise.
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lol @ gigdiary trying to back track after Cate’s response
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gigdiary you sound like a bitter old woman who likes to put down & judge the younger generation based on the actions of a few young idiots.
I am in my mid twenties and have a pretty good head on my shoulders and can’t ever imagine being involed in something like this. I have professional and respectable friends in my age group who would never dream of “glassing” someone.
Get off your high horse and make some informed intelligent comments instead of slagging off a whole generation. I could just as easily blame all the parents of generation Y for creating the monsters and not instilling proper manners, values and respectfulness for other people.
gigdiary I reckon you should pop a medimusil & have a lil nap
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NO SELF RESPECTING woman would stay with a man who has committed this horrific act on them.Let alone try and protect him from the ramifications.It’s as simple as that.
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Actually, on second thoughts, please don’t bother. I won’t be wasting my time reading any reply.
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Please explain how it is not black and white Sydney?
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Jaime – please, take a minute to climb down off your high horse and realise that not everything is black and white!
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Yes, it’s all a bit ‘Wayne and Kate’ to me… I hope this doesn’t play out like that saga did (is!). Until recently,I thought ‘glassing’ was some sort of artistic pursuit! I wish that was true. I’m not going to buy into this too much – for once! But to me, this is just an example of what drugs and alcohol do to people – including beautiful, young, and famous people. A big night out can result in lives, relationships, and careers being wrecked or destroyed. The physical, emotional and psychological trauma that results can last a lifetime, and effect so many people. It’s not neccesarily a generational issue – not so long ago, people thought it was perfectly ok to have a skinfull and get in your car. People were killed, disabled, traumatised. It’s taken a long time to get society to understand why it’s probably not a good idea to do that, but the risk of taking recreational drugs and alcohol can have consequences that can be just as lethal, obviously. It’s just sad. I must admit, it always freaks me out a little when one of the ‘parties’ involved won’t comment (for now – other than being wonderfully supportive), but signs with an agent at the same time! I guess it’s just not easy to instantly ‘turn off the love’, and forget the history you have with someone who has an addiction, or a problem with violence. That’s a hard thing to do, and usually takes a lot of love and support. And not from ‘New Idea’.
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” 5. It makes me frustrated and sad that this woman feels that she needs to make a public statement declaring her love for someone who deserve it.”
Whoops, obviously i meant to say “for someone who DOESNT deserve it.”
BTW, it’s time those young men who are playing sport at the elite level who respect women and who are appalled by these cases start to speak out publicly about how wrong this behaviour is. They should start to distance themselves from the ‘thugs’ that are representing their sports in such a bad light.
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Wow, what a great bunch of comments so far. I dont really know where to start in responding.
1. Gigdiary, noone wins when we generalise, and its been great to see people respond to your comments regarding this. The Gen Y debate is a debate in itself rather than linking it to domestic violence.
2. I have heard since this episode Greg Bird is most likely to lose his job and so he should. I think one of the major sponsors has also pulled out from supporting his team – another decision I am happy to hear about. His employers and sponsors should be responsible for making decisions about his career NOT his partner.
3. yes, things can go wrong when alchol and drugs are involved but there is NEVER an excuse for domestic violence and I support those here who believe this woman needs support to break the cycle and get the hell away from this guy.
4. The fact that he asked his flatmate to take the wrap for his appalling behaviour show that he is NOT ready to take any responsibility for his actions and that he is a coward and doesn’t give a rats about her.
5. It makes me frustrated and sad that this woman feels that she needs to make a public statement declaring her love for someone who deserve it.
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Devils Advocate : She is between a rock and a hard place – if she turns on him, he loses his $300k per year career – and probably the only career he will ever have – that’s a pretty big cross to bear for any girl.
Sydney – are you kidding???!?! I’m absolutely dumbfounded by this comment. How is it her cross to bear? Its HIS fault he glassed her, its HIS fault he’s in the trouble he’s in. She is the VICTIM!!!
As a survivor of domestic abuse (he hit me, I left him right then and there and pressed charges) I’m disgusted completely by such a stupid comment.
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I am in no way an apologist for domestic violence perpetrators. But I must say, lots of elements of this story lead me to think we may have judged Greg Bird and his bird a little too harshly, too soon.
As an old wise veteran of many-a-morning that has ended at 8am, I know that these stupid, silly accidents do happen – especially when illegal substances have been involved and no one is in a sensible state of mind. I can see how maybe Greg threw a bottle or something, or maybe Kate was mucking around and somehow it cracked… what I’m trying to say is, there are plenty of ways this could have happened besides what everyone has tried and convicted Greg of: picking the bottle up and smashing in her face. Perhaps then Greg panicked, realising it would look bad, hence the call to his mate (which is inexcusable, admittedly. A low act.)
Greg is probably a massive boofhead – but that’s not a crime in itself. Let’s not condemn anyone until we hear the whole story, eh?
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Isn’t it mad that women always think their life would be better if they were just prettier. They’d get their heart broken less, they’d get a handsome successful partner, they’d have high self esteem, great careers, and be more confident in going after what they want.
Yeah right. This is a perfect example of how self esteem issues can affect ANY woman. How else can you explain Kate Milligan and the ridiculousness of this situation. She should be kicking this guy’s arse to the kerb, but she’s not. She “loves” him despite the fact that he could have blinded her!
Darlin’ forget loving him, try loving yourself!
Kelly
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I’m inclined to think that they deserve each other.
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Don’t worry gigdiary, we all still love you (LOL although the phrase “tell us what you really think” springs to mind!). You sounded very tired in your last replies and no wonder, looking at those time stamps! Wasn’t it interesting though to have you stir the pot up so much? I do love a good debate
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I’m all in between, born in the 70′s (a true child of the 80′s!) who’s a bit exhausted from raising her own babies right now to consider any generation apart from, vaguely, when I have TIME to think, the generation of the ones I’m raising! I don’t have much contact with “the current generation” as I’m out of the workforce so it’s just the few people I might meet when I’m served in a store or in the bank etc etc etc. But it’s true that domestic violence has always sadly been a part of our society; in a way it’s a shame that high profile cases like this can’t set a good example of how it should never be allowed to occur, or at worst, continue (the way that couples like Ike and Tina never could because it just wasn’t broadcast).
Having sadly been there, done that myself with a hideous, pitiful little beast of a boyfriend in the past, I know how hard it is to walk away too, as the psychological complexities of being in a relationship like that can only truly be understood be someone who’s been through it. I had my parents, sister and best friend almost screaming at me to leave, FORCING me to leave, and to wake up out of the deluded state I was in and snap me back to the reality of the strong woman I was before it happened (and MUCH stronger since thank God!). Lucky me! But this girl is the perfect “victim” – isn’t she American? ie. isolated from family and friends, in a relatively new environment without those who’ve always known her longest and best around to see how she will have changed and just handed all the power over to this thug? Sends a chill down my spine. And no it’s not a generational thing, a few of the previous posters have mentioned it being a sporting culture issue but I know of a lot of fine (and well paid) sportspeople who don’t act like bullies. Maybe it’s just a footy thing (I don’t like football so that’s easier for me to say LOL).
I just hope that very soon this poor young girl has someone who loves her scream at her too – “Run, don’t walk!!!!!!!”
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I have no support for this woman at all. I can only imagine she is selling out for money, the same way as a NZ woman recently accepted $100K to keep quiet about the fact her sports TV presenter bf kicked her down some stairs and broke several vertabrae in her back. You make your bed, now lie in it. If your emotional wellbeing has a monetary value then that is the woman’s choice. In my opinion, she is sad and pathetic.
On another note, as if I probably already haven’t got myself into enough hot water with the above statement part of me is inclined to agree with gigdiary. I know that what he was saying was a generalisation, and all generalisations have exceptions, but I am in Gen X (I think… I am 29) and am quite blown away by Gen Y. When I was young you were bad-ass if you dabbled in marijuana. I have many younger friends (say 22) and they have told me it’s the ‘norm’ to smoke ‘p’ (in Aus I believe they call this ‘ice’) every weekend. Back in my day, it was pretty common to enjoy recreational drugs, but nobody that I knew dabbled in addictive drugs, that was just stupid.
When I left uni, I took a job as an intern and worked my butt off for what worked out to be around $7.50 an hour. After 18 months of it, ONLY after I had proved myself, I expected a payrise. These days Gen Y come straight out of uni and think the world owes them a living and it’s not enough if they are earning $15 an hour. I spent a lot of years busting my ass to get to that level, it was never a given.
My husband and I recently sold an Audi that was being purchased – you guessed it, by parents for their 19 year old daughter.
Maybe I am being horrifically old fashioned, but I see a lot of young people – just a few years my junior that are spoiled rotten and are most ungracious and ungrateful for it.
On $25K a year and working 60+ hours a week, I walked or took the bus to work, because there was no way I could afford a car. I can work my fingers to the bone if I need to, and I am proud of that. I’d like to see the younger generation be a little less ‘mothered’ and a little more pro-active. My brothers on the other hand at 23 and 21 respectively have been so mothered that they can barely cook a piece of toast or make their own bed!
Yes, it’s a generalisation, but I see a helluva lot of slovenly, spoiled Gen Y out there, complaining how unfair life is… And don’t even get me started on the 15-year-olds.
Sad that they have had to grow up in such a materialistic world I suppose. But boo hoo, I grew up in a materialistic world too, I got over it.
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I’m exhausted after all that. Perhaps I should go watch the ‘bear rubbing on a tree’ clip again….
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S, your comment is right on the money. It has caused me to have a good think about what I’ve said. I’m impressed with your reasoning. I’m impressed that you have a uni degree. I’m in awe that you have spent the last five years in the Defence Forces. I will venture that you were able to do your degree whilst in the Defence Forces. Conscripted men in the Vietnam war weren’t extended similar opportunities.
My ‘go to war’ comments were framed around conscription.
I’m not talking about volunteering to go to Iraq or Afghanistan as a career choice. Young men didn’t have a choice whether or not to go WW2, and I don’t think there should have been a choice. Young men didn’t have a choice about going to Vietnam.
It is easy, too easy to generalise. Why is that ? What is a generalisation ? Take a group of people, observe a trait, and make a statement about that trait or that group of people. That’s generalising. Seems fairly obvious, and in reality I think it’s valid. For instance, baby boomers are self-centred, property hoggers who’ve played too many guitars and made too much money.
There are of course, exceptions. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are baby boomers. They changed the world. Boomers aren’t all layabout hippies who got rich on property.
Sydney, I was certainly being dramatic and narrow minded. I had a point to make, and moseying around the edges makes no point at all. My words were inflammatory, yes, but my generalisation was prefaced with the statement and knowledge that I was generalising. I said that at the outset.
You say she is between a rock and a hard place, that the poor spoilt boy will lose his $300k paypacket. I say she should stand up, be counted, and insist that he takes responsibility for his actions. Were he a labourer on a minimal income or unemployed, would that make him more culpable ? The large paypacket is all the more reason he should have some common human decency. I don’t think young blokes like this have ever had to learn or understand that.
I’m not hearing an abhorrence from either Sydney or S of the particular cowardly method this ‘neanderthal’, as S quotes, used in his violent attack on his girlfriend. A point I made initially was that in past times, we didn’t ‘glass’ people. My question to this generation is ‘why start now ?’ You cannot have a defense for this action.
In previous decades, violence, domestic or otherwise was certainly glossed over. Today we are supposedly more enlightened. Isn’t that what our new found wisdom is supposed to be about. Our political correctness.
My whole comment here is based on the premise that life these days isn’t that difficult for people to make responsible choices. Choose to be decent. This was my question about today’s generation. Have they lost it ? Both Sydney and S have answered me, but I’m still hearing justification for a spoilt and lily-livered thug who hit his girlfriend with a broken glass. Alchohol and drugs have never been and are not an excuse for personal behaviour.
On a lighter note, I thank both of you, Sydney and S, and Cate, whom I answered earlier, for your comments and replies. It’s good to talk. Even if I’m a bit of a boor. And cheers to those who liked my vaudeville jokes. Perhaps thirty years in cabaret wasn’t wasted after all.
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My goodness gidiary – such dramatic, narrow minded, generalised comments – this isn’t about a ‘generation’ at all – relax.
This is more about alcohol (and or other substances) – and let’s not kid ourselves, men have been beating on their women for decades. The only difference is that in previous generations it was probably hidden a little better – ummm … 1960′s – Ike and a bruised and battered Tina Turner weren’t plastered all over the internet & newspapers were they? But she was brutalised for years.
I don’t know about the rest of you but the personal facebook photos of Greg and Katie that the Telegraph showed – mostly looked like they were either drinking or on something to me. I’m not excusing what he did but @ 7:30am he hasn’t rolled out of bed and glassed his girl – he’s probably been up all night & not in his right mind – she may have been in a similar state – again no excuse – just an observation.
Devils Advocate : She is between a rock and a hard place – if she turns on him, he loses his $300k per year career – and probably the only career he will ever have – that’s a pretty big cross to bear for any girl.
If she shows her support now, maybe he can escape with a shred of something left of his career and life – and she can slink away later.
He made a MASSIVE mistake – but what do you expect when you take young boys, give them heaps of money, plenty of spare time and treat them like they’re gods. Of course they’re going to act like they’re untouchable. Shame on the rugby league culture I say!
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I have been “lurking” for awhile and never posted but gigdiary, although I normally like your posts (the grandfather joke cracked me up) however I
REALLY object to your “young people of today comment”. I am 26, I have spent the last five years serving in our Defence Forces,I have completed a university degree and I am raising a beautiful little girl. How dare you say violence (especially domestic violence) is an invention or symptom of my generation.
You obviously don’t get out much or you would realise that Australian society is full of young, socially aware , responsible adults.
We are the generation who are the result of “your” generations parenting.
if we are selfish and lazy, it is because of the example set for us.
I serve with thousands of young men and women who are making a difference, and are prepared to put their lives on the line as part of their service to the Australian community.
NEVER faced the hardship of war?? Where Have you been for the last ten years?
Not in Iraq, afghanistan, east timor, sudan, or the solomon islands.
Conscription? well not yet…
And guess what? We face the prospect of never owing our own home, graduating from university with a $40,000 debt, and an earth that is at melt down point. We are the generation caring for our babies, our baby boomer parents, working full time to afford a morgage- no wonder we don’t have a collective voice and aren’t protesting in the streets. We just don’t have the god damn time to “tune in and drop out”.
Your outrage at a violent, overpaid neanderthal is fair enough. Blaming an entire generation is not. ;-(
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Hi Cate, thanks for writing. You have certainly taken me to task, and I thank you for it. I guess I was trying to stir the pot a bit. If I had kids I’d be quizzing them about this sort of stuff, and no doubt also be shouted down by them. It’s healthy to debate. At least by throwing the gauntlet out there, like I did, and I know I concentrated more on hammering Gen Y than the actual ‘glassing’ incident, I stirred up a bit of comment. Good journalism maybe, bad writing, I suppose.
I love to hear words from young people. It’s only on a blog like this that we ever get the chance to meet. Thanks Mia! And thanks for writing your opinion, Cate!
I’m glad to hear you stand up for your generation. I can imagine the despair my parents and their friends went through in the 60s and 70s when we teenagers told them we weren’t going to the university that they had so hard worked to be able to afford. That we were going to be rock stars. My Dad is still reeling to this day. Although my 30 year career in professional music has dampened his fears somewhat.
In fact, for you to stand up for your generation is all I really wanted to hear. Do you have a voice ? Great! Let’s hear it. Not just the Corey Worthingtons and ‘glasser’s’ atrocities. Let’s hear the real achievers of Gen Y and Z.
ps, I actually, one day a week, teach kids and teenagers music. Now that’s an education. I have a student from Korea who is seven, a young dynamo from Yugoslavia who is about eight, a couple of girls in their late teens, and a few blokes in their early twenties. It’s a wonderful wake-up call for the old gigdiary to meet such vibrant and focused young people.
However, I still want to take Corey Worthington out and smack him upside the head, if you know what I mean.
And yes, Cate, all other generations tear their hair out over the antics and behaviour of their offspring. Part of life really. Write to me in 20 years, if I still have an address, we may see eye to eye more readily.
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I’m not going to get too much into my opinion on what this woman has said. I agree with everyone, but I also think we should wait until all the facts have come out before judging. That said, if he is found guilty, he should go to gaol and never be allowed to play professional sport again.
However, I’d like to respond by the comments made by gigdiary. Usually, in reading the comments on this blog, I find yours interesting and well-thought out. But as a 16 year old, and therefore a member of Generation Y, I take offence at anyone who labels this entire generation as worthless.
I was raised to appreciate the values of hard work – and believe me, it annoys me just as much as it does you when I hear of people my age who give my generation the bad name that it has. My older brother is 25, a similar age to Greg Bird. He probably drinks a bit more than he should, and he treats his wife with the utmost respect. He’s been in the one job for six years, and works hard six days a week. My sister, at 23, has, since leaving school, saved the money to go overseas on two separate occasions, with another trip planned for the end of this year. She earned this money herself, through hard work.
90% of the males I know personally, who are young and part of Generation Y, are wonderful individuals who would, as far as I know them, never hurt a female.
Each ANZAC Day, I think proudly of the soldiers who fought for this country, and thank them for this wonderful life we have now.
Every generation produces a few shockers. I’m sure if you go back in time, there were cases of domestic violence in all of the generations you have mentioned – or is that specific to this generation? I’m sure there were also a few alcohol-fuelled pub brawls.
This generation is not perfect. But neither were any of the others you have mentioned. Back in the 60′s, there were probably older people who thought despairingly of the young generation and wondered what the world was coming to when they had to ‘depend on these people ot make babies’. What’s more, it is the people from the generations you have praised who has raised this ‘infantile and valueless generation’.
May I just add that none of the ‘Gen Y-ers’ I’ve heard talking about this incident have condoned Greg Bird’s actions. Quite the opposite, in fact.
I’m sorry for the long comment, everyone. I didn’t mean for it to be this long.
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Lock up the animal, and throw away the key. These criminals don’t deserve to live in society, let alone play highly-paid sport. This so-called ‘glassing’ has to be the most cowardly act of this decade. Great! Young people, you have taken your generation to a new low of anti-social behaviour. Glassing! What an achievement! Defend yourselves, because I would like to hear it.
You have, as a generalisation, no modus operandi as a generation. Individually, yes, there are always exceptions. As a group, your identity is vague, your voice is vacuous.
The kids of the 50s spear-headed rebellion in their polite way, the children of the 60s took rebellion and hippiedom to great heights. Subsequent generations understandably pulled back a bit, though the Punk revolution in the 80s was certainly no pull-back. Each era of new kids on the block has usually produced rebellion, some great music, and back in the 90s, the internet. Gotta love those kids for that. What the hell are you kids doing ?
Smashing a glass and ramming it into your girlfriend’s face ?
Seems the police and the girl think so, and this isn’t the first time. We have been drinking beer in glasses back before my father was born. Pubs sell beer in glasses. Can’t this generation handle a glass of beer without resorting to infantile, and dangerous violence ? Is this infantile, and valueless generation labelled Gen Y, this generation never faced with the prospect of hardship, war, conscription, or even social upheaval or the chance to make anew their culture, is it this generation that we are depending upon to make babies now ?
Heaven forbid.
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Vomit is right.
“Standing by” him is just justifing what he did – like saying it’s ok, when it is so very NOT ok!
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“Alleged” glassing, and her having a go at police… okay, leaving all that to one side… assuming for the moment that he IS the person who caused the injury to her face, then I feel terribly, terribly sorry for her. All the evidence is that men who assault their partners will do it again and again. The complexity of this sort of interdependence is very scary. It must be really worrying for her family too.
I can’t say she’s “ridiculous”. It’s too sad for that.
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Hang on .. they’re still “very much together” etc, but are planning to “reunite” later and meanwhile she is so scared about going to get her stuff from their place that she has to take a male friend with her? Sounds like her words aren’t really true, doesn’t it?
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She’s scared enough of him so that she brings a male friend with her to their appartment to collect her stuff, but she’s going to stay with him? Gah??? That REALLY doesn’t add up to me.
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This woman is utterly ridiculous and makes a mockery of every woman who has ever had the strength to walk away.
What can she hope to gain by staying with this man other than fame and notoriety…
I can only hope that she has someone in her life who can support her through this and help her make the difficult decision to walk away no matter how much she loves him. I’m absoltutely in agreement with you Mia, Bird’s management and lawyers have a vested interest in his career and cannot possibly be able to put this woman first.
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