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Message: [QUOTE="subsbligh, post: 2511393, member: 1950"] Refer back to the George Burgess, Tamou and Blake Ferguson threads recently for the "agree to disagree" approach BHQ takes on this one. It's a stupid hypothetical and marginal argument. A kid is not going to turn out to be a rapist because he watched Blake Ferguson play rugby league. Rugby League players in previous generations probably behaved as bad [U][B]or worse,[/B][/U] given the absence of the threat of public scrutiny in prior generations.I've heard some pretty damning stories about people mentioned in Gus's article. In fact, the reality is the players these days are probably [I]better [/I]behavedthan ever. The media and in turn the general public (GP) who struggle to form an independent view of things, take it as gospel that children's morals and values are mortally wounded by NRL stars off-field behaviours. No one actually cares what NRL stars do in their free time or can prove that their day to day lives, or their children's lives are in any way effected by what NRL players do off the field. The GP cares because the media tells them to care. [/QUOTE]

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