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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 08:39 AM
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AUSTRALIA: Footballer Gets Home Egged For Saying Gays Should Stay In The Closet
AUSTRALIA: Footballer Gets Home Egged For Saying Gays Should Stay In The Closet

Last week straight Australian football star Jason Akermanis got a lot of negative reaction from gay groups when he wrote a newspaper column telling gay athletes to stay in the closet. Yesterday he had his car and home egged.

Jason Akermanis, who suggested in his column that the world of Australian football wasn't ready for openly gay men, said it was terrifying to have missiles thrown in the darkness at his house and car, the Herald Sun reported. "I'm not happy and I didn't get a wink of sleep after it happened," Akermanis said. "It was pretty terrifying, to be honest, to hear all that noise coming because it's such a quiet neighbourhood we live in." It's the second time in a month the Western Bulldogs footballer has been egged. Akermanis, whose comments in the Herald Sun on homosexual footballers sparked a controversy last week, said about 20 eggs had been thrown. He said his comments could have provoked the latest attack, but he was not sure.

Akermanis had written: "I believe the world of AFL (Australian Football League) footy is not ready for it. To come out is unnecessary for a lot of reasons. Football clubs are very different environments. Locker room nudity is an everyday part of our lives and unlike any other work place. I believe it would cause discomfort in that environment should someone declare himself gay." Akermanis says that he is not anti-gay.

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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 08:46 AM
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1. Maybe bigots should stay in the closet, instead of writing newspaper editorials? n/t
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GodlessBiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 09:02 AM
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2. Egging someone's house (snicker) is a terrible (teehee) thing to do (bwahaaahaaaaa).
Just shameful.
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 09:31 AM
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3. I can't think of anything gayer than calling football "footy"
come on be series.

Why do ozzies always have to make their words "cuter" than our words. Pretty gay if you ask me. :evilgrin:

Also in locker rooms all over the fucking planet, gay men and straight men get naked and shower together, no problem . . . what a fucking idiot that guy is.

As if their silly little game of "footy" is special. What a bunch of sissies.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 09:35 AM
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4. I usually don't approve of stuff like this...but lately i am so fucking sick and
tired of such bigotry, I say, egg away.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 09:35 AM
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5. Awesome! Nt
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 09:42 AM
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6. "...missiles thrown in the darkness at his house and car... didn't get a wink of sleep..."
Poor baby. Did those eggs scare you?




And, of course, he isn't "anti-gay." Why, I bet some of his best friends are... sing it with me everyone... gay.
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 01:20 PM
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7. Aker looks like such a total bottom. n/m
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foreigncorrespondent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-25-10 01:25 PM
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8. I read his article last week...
...and shot off a very nasty letter to the paper who published it.

Perhaps Jason needs to move to my area, it won't be eggs he gets thrown at his house and car... it'll be beer bottles, rocks, knives, and bricks.
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