At the end of one radio talk back yesterday one listener sms'ed in to say "Is this what Adelaide is really interested in?"
She was referring to the fact that 90% of the calls had been about the incident where Port Power player Dean Brogan had allegedly 'king hit' an idiot heckler at Adelaide airport and allegedly broken his alleged nose.
Well it makes the front page of the 'Tiser again today (latest)
We had an interesting conversation with two nephews (7&5) about it on Sunday. They too looked puzzled about what all the fuss was about. Mummy explained that we retaliate with words and not with fists. Good point Mum!
There are all sorts of imbalances here aren't there. Brogan should not have allegedly hit the alleged heckler. Although the heckler was allegedly offensive and rude you don't punch (allegedly or otherwise) someone for calling you a d***head. Had it not been that Brogan was an alleged Port player we would not even be discussing it now. The heckler gets a broken nose, Brogan gets a ruined career (possibly).
In the meantime radio talkback and letters to the editor are swamped.
At the same time there is chaos in Dili and the Javan earthquake ( a huge disaster by all counts) sinks off the radar of alleged consciousness.
Ahhh. "panem et circenses" Bread and Circuses!
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