Heaven Help those who heed RWO

[Lohengrin]

Why would relatives and friends want to read fan sites?

[pinkemu]

This is where many of us come to "vent our spleen", we have the right to do that. If relatives etc don't want to hear/see negatives about their family, they don't have to come here.

Yeah, and they don't have to come to the games either, they can stay home and watch it on TV, selfish so and so's

[pinkemu]

There is an advantage venting on R&W. We can be pretty sure that the recipients won't know. ....

pretty sure?

Lucky those Beyondblue posters are displayed above the urinals at the SCG or Bevo might not know who to turn to in his hours of dispare.

[Primmy]

There is an advantage venting on R&W. We can be pretty sure that the recipients won't know. ....

[goswannie14]

I agree that having a family member whether a parent or sibling,it is quite distressing to be taunted about your son or bros efforts on the weekend.We need to be sensitive to these people when we write continual negative thoughts about a player,especially our so called "whipping boys".I know a lady who has rarely watches her son play at this level because of the banter that she hears abour her son who is a high profile player for a melbourne team.You can't blame her really.

This is where many of us come to "vent our spleen", we have the right to do that. If relatives etc don't want to hear/see negatives about their family, they don't have to come here.

[Primmy]

I must ease up on Cheese.....I must. I don't want to be seen as a bully. Not Moi! Now all he has to do is work his butt off and I won't cyberbully him again. Is that too much to ask?

[satchmopugdog]

It's worse when your husband(now ex) is an umpire!!! They get death threats and have their pet dog killed and left on the front door mat.

[smasher]

I agree that having a family member whether a parent or sibling,it is quite distressing to be taunted about your son or bros efforts on the weekend.We need to be sensitive to these people when we write continual negative thoughts about a player,especially our so called "whipping boys".I know a lady who has rarely watches her son play at this level because of the banter that she hears abour her son who is a high profile player for a melbourne team.You can't blame her really.

[ROK Lobster]

It's the price we pay for a world full of morons.

[goswannie14]

Main problem on here is cyber wanking....

or thinking that what we say on here is really important to the club, and that they will listen...oh yeah....same thing.

[Rob-bloods]

Cyber What!

Main problem on here is cyber wanking....

[dimelb]

We are a cross section of society and have our share of intemperate ratbags as well as sage commentators. We all know who falls into which category. The mods cut out the worst offenders, thankfully, so the place remains reasonably liveable.
As for scapegoating, it goes on here as elsewhere. Time tends to show who the real goats are.

[Big Al]

Maybe I'm a bully?

With the name like "Pinkemu"... not a chance.

[Triple B]

I really don't imagine many of the players give a rats tossbag about what gets said on here, in fact most would have a good chuckle.

It's the families of the players who do it the toughest, reading vitriolic crap about their husbands/sons/brothers/uncles etc, even fathers in some cases.

[pinkemu]

Bullying is usually defined as something that is done directly to people, but the players are not here, so it's not really bullying. For some people here it perhaps feels like bullying because they take any criticism personally.

"Cyber-bullying can be as simple as continuing to send e-mail to someone who has said they want no further contact with the sender, but it may also include threats, sexual remarks, pejorative labels (i.e., hate speech), ganging up on victims by making them the subject of ridicule in forums, and posting false statements as fact aimed at humiliation."

I believe this occasionally happens.
Remember, Bullies sometimes don't know they are Bullies.

Maybe I'm a bully?