A true Australian hero

[gtxb67]

Originally Posted by prydey

yeah, AFF is much more mature!! no one on here would ever slander someone or make derogatory comments about someone they didn't know

so many hypocrites!!

very true, but no one on here is rude - just everyone else who comes into contact with them

Originally Posted by prydey

as for the word hero - i believe there can be more than one meaning. to a 6 year old, someone like ricky ponting might well be his hero. sporting hero. too many 'heroes' get all hung up on pedantics.

agree again - no one has the right to tell me who i consider to be a hero. it is amusing when those people try to tell me how i should think and then complain of a nanny state metality

i do find it a little funny that someone who has posted so passionately against someone playing with balls being considered a hero, but has also called a wife basher a "great man" just because he could drive and sell snake oil as effortlessly as he raised his hand to his ex wife. everyone is allowed an opinion but those 2 opinions seem to contradict to me





from what i saw on the show, i am not sure that the comments were any worse than what other shock jocks or social commentators have come up with. they are no better, and i still despise the concept of shock jocks and social commentators
the thing i find most disturbing that didn't seem to have have a big deal made of it, was when stynes made her tearful apology and still made it all about her, with her personal announcement

it was good to see the mr roberts-smith to take it all in his stride - that is what true heroism is about. not just looking danger in the face, but being humble and gracious afterwards

[tex]

Some perspective was lost I think.

Something tells me that Mr Roberts-Smith has dealt with issues more threatening to his own well being than the ramblings of a couple of thoughtless and insensitive journos.

I bet his skin is thicker than a lot of people seem to think.

The apologies have been made.

Let's face it, if he was really ****ed off, it could be quite bad for Negus and the skinny dark lady, not a guy to be trifled with from all accounts.

Bad taste on the journos part, and I bet their lesson has been learnt. The backlash was pretty hard and swift after all.

The big man is truely someone our children should learn about, idelise, be taught about at school.

He's my hero, and I mean that sincerely.

[Auslandau]

Agree Tex ...... wrong comments from insignificants (Negus though?) at the wrong time (after very good Willesee interview) to the wrong bloke. The backlash was massive and the regrets and apologies will be coming thick and fast. It was actually Negus's comments that were worse, especially from someone who has been around way too long to know better than that.

[Rockape]

Yumi another D grade celebrity that thinks there opinion matters.

[chrisfpv]

What a bunch of *********.

Yumi Stynes? This stupid twat isn't even classed as a D list celebrity, and George Negus? All he is is an old oxygen thief who is making pointless and annoying appearances on shows like The Circle and The Project all because he's under contract with Channel 10 since he's garbage of a news show was cancelled after what, two months for being as interesting as watching bloody paint dry.

These two clowns should be crucified.

[TC200six]

Yumi and George Negus have learnt their lesson after their stupid comments about Ben Roberts-Smith. What tex said was correct, he's been through much worse things in life to worry about what those nobodys have to say, but what I don't get is why someone would support Yumi comments, and that's exactly what I saw when I checked the TVTonight website. I've noticed the commenters on that site are extra stupid and tonight was just another reminder of the disrespectful morons that gravitate to down there.

[blackf6]

Go rambo . Those tv presenters have permanently tarnished their image. Not you though mate.

[Road_Warrior]

Negus is probably still asshurt after his crap current affairs show was canned.

[Streets]

Not to diminish the craptitude of what Negus and Stynes said, but I reckon the Corporal would've gotten over this a lot quicker than anyone else did. The guy is so far above this kind of petty crap that it would hardly be a blip on his radar.

[mytgxl]

So thats how you try to get ratings, Hopefully it works & your ****** show gets canned!

[anto]

outrageous ! and a half arsed apology to boot..

her career is over !

[Mickxr8]

Again`st my better judgement I watched the 1st 5mins of that d grade show to see what dumb bimbo had to say for itself.
Disgusted, what a **** poor vain attempt at an apology, whatever little credibility she had left would be well and truly in the gutter now...
Guy devotes his life to our country protecting oxygen thieves like her and gets put down on national tv.
Kudos to this soldier for dealing with the whole thing so well.
Hopefully Karma pays everyone involved in this a visit

[gcg2503]

Maybe the botox injections in her forehead have seeped into her brain?

[The Yeti]

I accept that if some guy on say the footy show said say Jennifer Hawkins was a dud root there would be hell to pay, but the guy in question is a really Aussie bloke and took it on the chin and moved on and I think we should too

[gz1]

Normally not much that gets said on the idiot box gets me riled, but this time they have gone over the top.
I have written to the TV station expressing my disgust and informing them that I will also be writing to all the advertisers that are supporting that show.
By doing this I hope that advertising money would be pulled and the show would have to be axed with no funds.
If enough people did this we could make a difference and get this show axed. This Aussie bloke deserves our support and even though he is tough enough to take it on the chin and move on gathering enough public support to get the show axed would really show him how much the general public appreciates what he has done for us all.

[wrongwaynorris]

Originally Posted by gz1

Normally not much that gets said on the idiot box gets me riled, but this time they have gone over the top.
I have written to the TV station expressing my disgust and informing them that I will also be writing to all the advertisers that are supporting that show.
By doing this I hope that advertising money would be pulled and the show would have to be axed with no funds.
If enough people did this we could make a difference and get this show axed. This Aussie bloke deserves our support and even though he is tough enough to take it on the chin and move on gathering enough public support to get the show axed would really show him how much the general public appreciates what he has done for us all.

I did exactly the same and also asked channel ten to explain why this gormless talentless xxxx and this tired old left wing self important has been were not sacked on the spot . I have not even had the courtesy of a response or even an acknowledgment of reciept of my communication . Also emailed the Australian Television standards people with a formal complaint backed up by a letter . Obviously channel ten want an audience of pre pubescent teens with no taste , no discernment , no backbone and I.Q's in single digits . Excellent to see some advertisers have already responded by pulling there advertising revenue from this tawdry excuse for a show . Yumi , time to go back to the anonimity of the sandwich shop , channel ten , time to make sure she does . If it was within my power I would go out of my way to ensure this gormless xxxx never worked in the media ever again in fact never worked again ever .

[Bossxr8]

3 advertisers have pulled out and now she's getting death threats and racial abuse online.

What did she think was going to happen slandering a war hero?

What an airhead.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

3 advertisers have pulled out and now she's getting death threats and racial abuse online.

What did she think was going to happen slandering a war hero?

What an airhead.

Poetic Justice

[Bossxr8]

I'd love to see either of them say it to his face.

He's a behemoth of a man. I can just picture him snapping Yumi in half like the useless twig she is.

[Aust_Monty]

Mr Roberts has done his part, If those 2 *** clowns (and Negus should know better being a war jurno) can talk about him that way, then our boys and girls of the armed forces in doing that, are winning the war on terrorism. If we wernt we would all be in our own version of the book by George Orwell 1984.

[MethodX]

They shouldnt have said it, as he his a hero true.
The thing that gets me is when are they going to change the name of the Victoria Cross?
When the Republic happens maybe?

[Peter B - CV8]

Originally Posted by MethodX

They shouldnt have said it, as he his a hero true.
The thing that gets me is when are they going to change the name of the Victoria Cross?
When the Republic happens maybe?

Not sure if you're serious or not... you do realise that the Victoria Cross is named after the (late) British Queen - not the Australian state

[MethodX]

Originally Posted by Peter B - CV8

Not sure if you're serious or not... you do realise that the Victoria Cross is named after the (late) British Queen - not the Australian state

Yes, I am serious.
I would like Aus to have its own name for its greatest award. cut the colony mentality.

[Mickxr8]

Originally Posted by MethodX

Yes, I am serious.
I would like Aus to have its own name for its greatest award. cut the colony mentality.

This relates to this thread how ?

Time and a place to bring this topic up , this ain`t one .

[Road_Warrior]

The thing that shat people off about Negus' comments was that he said it in the context of BR-S and his Mrs needing IVF treatment to have kids, which no doubt outraged anyone who has had to rely on IVF to have kids as well. Poor form and completely unnecessary.

And someone tell "bee stings" Stynes to STFU already, she's said it, it's done, no amount of prevarication and excuses can change it now.

[RepSpec]

true hero indeed and handled himself perfectly, making them look more stupid.

has anyone else noticed, that he looks exactly like every "war game" ie battlefield, CoD, poster soldier? massive dude who would kill you by speaking to you?

[b055m4n]

what a way to treat a soldier that acted in the true spirit of diggers gone. Bloody grubs the lot of them.....and has for the apology..yer right..that should have been done in person if they where sincere.

[BigBlue]

One of the sponsors for The Circle has also moved on.

Suisse vitamins has now removed any connection with the show after a flood of complaints to their website.

Peter.

[bungarra]

Originally Posted by BigBlue

One of the sponsors for The Circle has also moved on.

Suisse vitamins has now removed any connection with the show after a flood of complaints to their website.

Peter.

Make it two sponsors. Mitsubishi have pulled the pin as well.

[AC]

Originally Posted by SB076

So dissappointing that people are that desperate for any publicity (Yumi Stynes and George Negus) that they feel they need to attack someone who has served this country so well.

Agreed.

One thing I heard on the radio the other morning, I was listening to The Grill Team on TripleM and I'm pretty sure Matty Johns said it. He said something like, What if it were Kyle Sanderlands(on their sister station), had of said it, would have been fired without question. And they were a little confused as to why the "right action" was never taken on those persons. So it appears TEN settles for a lame apology and moves on, no real discipline.
It was actually good to re-listen to the podcast, was a good conversation. Good to hear them discuss it, they seem a bit more down to earth than the others....

Good thing the Grillers decided to get some back and took the **** out both Yumi Stynes and George Negus.