Re: open letter to tv commentary teams

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:16:23 -0000, "Dave (SA)"
<david.baker.sa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sep 30, 3:49 pm, Dave Keegan <ru...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 30, 1:19 am, "Dave (SA)" <david.baker...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On Sep 30, 5:03 am, "Simon H. Garlick" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear commentary teams,

I am watching the rugby because I like rugby. I am not watching the rugby to
listen to you. Stop trying to ENTERTAIN. When the ball is in play I would be
quite happy not to hear your voices at all. When the ball is not in play, if
you have to say something to justify your collective existence, say
something insightful. Don't crack jokes, don't namedrop, don't fucking talk
about yourselves.

And specifically to Channel Ten Australia: stop making racist jokes about
every team and country that Australia plays that isn't 100% white
English-speaking Anglo-Saxon. You're an insult to your profession and you do
nothing but reinforce every stereotype about Australians being jingoistic
racist bigots.

SHG

We don't get the Aus commentators. We either get the English or SA
commentators
Am interested in then kids of stupid comments made

You'd have heard the patronising British commentators droning on
about "plucky south sea Islanders" then, especially after England had
the game in the bag. What is so hard about the word Tongan?

Some relatives of the moron Charles, I believe.

Keegan...

I missed that comment (despite watching the game)
however don't the English sometimes refer to the Kiwis and Aussies as
Antipodeons?

That's because they are from the Antipodes.

And SA and Namibia as Africans?

That's because they are from Africa.


Maybe it is just an English thing?

Er... no, it's a geographical demographic fact.


Other nations commentators should call England, 'Europeans'.
That'll piss em off

Au contraire mon ami; we are European and have European passports to
prove it. However, we are also very much English!

HTH!




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