Youâll do anything to try and make yourself look smart sid. When you were young did your parents ever tell you not to talk to strangers?
Itâs so interesting that you continue to deliberately ignore what Hook said.
Dig up, mate.
No mate Iâm a logical thinking person that doesnât get offended or outraged at every opportunity. I often remember my parents warning us to be careful when weâre out. Donât get into taxis on your own, donât go home with a stranger, make sure your in contact with your friends etc etc. Iâm not condoning rape at all.
you continue to ignore that Donal of went out of his way to get a child abuser a lighter sentence and not to be found out doing it.
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And is bizarrely comparing it to man who said women shouldnât go home with a stranger.
@Sidney, I get the point you are making about Cusack and Galway. Legally they did nothing wrong. However, they showed a total lack of empathy for the victims of child abuse and drink driving. You can surely acknowledge why people are outraged. If my brother or any good friend acted like Humphries, they would be dead to me.
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Again, you deliberately ignore George Hookâs rape victim-blaming.
One can form their own thoughts as to why that is, and I doubt theyâd be too far the mark.
One can only assume you have an inability to read properly.
As I said before youâll do anything to be outraged or offended sid.
If you could debate in anything other than nonsense cliches there might be a point replying to you.
But youâve proved overwhelmingly that you canât.
Are there other high profile character referees? I know we had Mickey Harte and Galwey but I have vague memories of others as well??
If I was @anon32894817 Iâd nearly say that people will go to any lengths to be outraged.
The worst Cusack is guilty of is misplaced compassion for somebody who has done wrong, because he believes that perpetrator feels genuine remorse. And he hasnât downplayed the seriousness of the crime, so I donât believe itâs a lack of empathy for the victim.
I donât consider that to be the worst thing in the world.
you think that is the absolute worst that could be levelled at him? Seriously? So why is he apologising for something that by your assertion is just misplaced compassion?
Also, I dont believe anyone has said it is the worst thing in the world. People are calling him a cunt. And have every right to call someone, who gives a character reference to a guilty child groomer, a cunt. Fuck Cusack. He had ample opportunity to consider his position. His faux sorrow after the fact on what he calls a misjudgement. He had plenty of time to consider his position as this was well known for a long time. And using his position as a GAA coach as a factor for Humphries benefit? Fucking hell.
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Did Humphries ghost write Cusackâs column in the Cork Examiner?
Fact.
This nonsense of supporting a friend or family member when they do something horrible is mental.
And while not exclusively, its a pretty irish thing to do.
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Iâve already addressed this more than once. Itâs because the current media environment, especially social media, allows witch hunt bandwagons to develop against people whether they are guilty of doing anything wrong or not.
And a quick glance at Twitter proves that, where people who undoubtedly have little knowledge of the case have already judged Cusack and are calling
Thatâs a very difficult thing to swim against.
so he is essentially only doing so because people have turned against him. What knowledge do you need? A man pleads guilty to grooming and abusing a 14 year old girl who he was coaching in a GAA club. A man gives him a character reference as is his right. People can be disgusted at him for doing so, regardless of any reason or logic for his doing so.
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Exactly what happened George Hook. And you were well up for that bandwagon.
George Hook made despicable comments on the national airwaves which blamed rape victims for their own rape.
Donal Og Cusack didnât.
It should be noted that not only did Hook not lose his job, but a female Newstalk journalist who protested about Hookâs comments was the only journalist to lose her job as a result of the whole controversy.
Everything Fintan OâToole said about Newstalk management has proved spot on.
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