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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3214505, member: 9853"] [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)][I]Occasional gender advisor to the NRL, [B]Dr Catharine Lumby[/B] has come out in Payne's corner, prompting the NRL to disavow her as an official speaker. Dr Lumby (relation to [B]Ash[/B] unknown), who is currently Professor of Media in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, does not think his actions warrant suspension:[/I] “No I don’t. Not on the court account. And I think it is clear that the police accepted the apology. I think that a good behaviour bond is totally appropriate because clearly he showed genuine remorse and of his own volition apologised to the police. What was said was clearly out of character and I believe in second chances. I think (being) taken to court and having to confront his behaviour and to apologise is sanction enough.” “While it is clear I am not suggesting that the majority of police are racist, it is true that people from some cultural backgrounds have sometimes had a history of distrust of the police which involves members of their family and their community and it can influence the way that they respond to police authority." [ATTACH type="full" alt="10881406-1x1-large.jpg"]11266[/ATTACH] [I]Not suggesting the majority of police are racist[/I] “I am certainly not suggesting that this was racially motivated in any way, or that the majority of police in Australia are racist. But there is a history in some communities of having multiple adverse encounters with police and they may respond different to police authority than someone from an Anglo background. I do think that we need to be aware of that. The guy obviously felt really, really bad about it. I reckon nothing further should happen and I just applaud him for showing genuine remorse and apologising.” [I]NRL Chief Executive Officer[/I][B][I][B] Andrew Abdo[/B][/I][/B][I] was quick to distance himself from[/I][B][I] [B]Professor Lumby:[/B][/I][/B] “We’ve never had this interesting title or interesting role. We’ve never had a Chief Gender Adviser. She’s not employed by the NRL, and she’s certainly not a spokesman for the NRL … she has provided advisory work to us in the past. (Ms Lumby’s) committee hasn’t met for six months … her views are purely expressing her personal capacity on this matter." “We’ll need to think very carefully about what we want to do in the welfare and education space. There’s no excuse for Payne’s conduct. It’s fair to say he’ll be facing sanctions.” [I]NSW Crime State Police Commissioner [B]Mick Fuller[/B] weighed in:[/I] “I think it’s a shocker of a comment, we won’t be worried about culture, we won’t be worried about gender." [I]As did Gotham Police Minister [/I][B][I]David Elliott[/I][/B] “The decision by the NRL not to suspend, or indeed expel, Payne Haas from their ranks after his verbal assault and threatening behaviour against both male and female police officers sets a terrible example for our youth. And is an insult to the 17,000 NSW Police Officers who have been to hell and back for the people of NSW over the last 18 months.” “Given the high expectations placed on NRL players, this breathtaking hypocrisy from certain Rugby League Administrators has the potential to seriously damage the century old relationship between the police and the League. I seriously hope the NRL reverses this injustice before permanent damage is done. It’s a matter of mutual respect.” [MEDIA=youtube]P4U1EJcWIkE[/MEDIA] [I]Possibly related It's not the first time [B]Dr Lumby[/B] has been up to her [B]lady nuts[/B] in controversy. After two Bulldogs players got down for some [B]hot schoolgirl action[/B] last year:[/I] "What we need to focus on is whether sex is consensual, safe and ethical. That is the whole focus of the education I have worked on with the NRL. I have huge concerns for these young women. They can make their own decisions and they have a future and let’s leave them out of this. This is not a sex scandal, this is a workplace conduct issue. And I don’t like the word sex scandal because it implies that these young women, like, it was all inappropriate. Women over the age of consent are allowed to have sex, and plenty of them do.” McHunt[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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