MOMozart
Captain49,914 posts
MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
19 Apr 2019, 18:51#43
This has to turn on whether it was hate speech......just a rant against groups Folau despises. Or was it Folau struggling with what he sees in the modern world, and a sincere warning to these groups to repent.
Folau says it's the latter, in which case he surely has a 'free speech' right to make his views known. Heaven knows much worse things are said every day.
In the most public case Donald Trump has been accused of being a traitor to his own country. Can one say anything worse about a public figure? But even now that the claim is disproven there are no sanctions for those who said they had evidence to that effect.
Free speech is a powerful thing and probably the most important right that sets us apart from countries like N Korea and Iran.
It's going to be interesting to see how the courts handle this.

sharkbok
Captain23,251 posts

sharkbokCaptain23,251 posts
19 Apr 2019, 19:04#46
@Draad, I stated that in the context of being an international sports person- and therefore representing your nation. I am not an international sports person- so I am not an ambassador to a whole country. However, I don't go into my workplace and leave notes around that all Christians are going to hell? Anyone that did that in the work environment would probably be disciplined as it is offensive to Christians- and just not constructive to the productivity of that work environment.
It seems most of his Waratahs team members are pissed off with him because they feel he has let them down. First and foremost they are professional rugby players, so he is not a team player as he has put his own agenda ahead of the team. If he wants to be a Church minister- then they should pay his salary.
Are his team members writing all over social media that Christians are a bunch of hypocrites that will be first in the Hell list?
Their is also a commercial factor as well. The more fans, the more money. Falous extensive list is probably around 80% of Australia, so he is isolating the team from most of the population. Does anyone tell the truth 100% of the time, and therefore a not a liar? What is a liar.

sharkbok
Captain23,251 posts

sharkbokCaptain23,251 posts
19 Apr 2019, 19:22#48
Political correctness is different within democratic plac es like USA, Europe etc - than say Africa.

sharkbok
Captain23,251 posts

sharkbokCaptain23,251 posts
19 Apr 2019, 21:19#51
I am moving the goal posts, by copying and pasting Wikipedia? I just quickly rewrote Wikipedia....
I think I would rather trust the opinion of Wikipedia over brainwashed happy clappies who will not consider third-party opinions like what is listed in Google.