I'm pretty sure we've been over this ground before. As for me - I'm a Catholic and I don't oppose the footy being played on Good Friday. I'd still go to Church on Good Friday morning and I'd go to the footy later in the afternoon. We normally go away on this weekend anyway - which made the Thursday night match ideal for us - but no objection from me.

I know I shouldn't but......................

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“It is a state of mind, a system of belief, a way of seeing the world, a deep faith that, because you are Carlton, you belong to something great.” - Mike Fitzpatrick articulating what Out of the Blue means.

The emphasis placed on 'celebrate' was largely used to point out that the term can mean many different things to many different people. For those not of a religious bent, it's quite frankly just another day - the fact that it's a public holiday is moot.

I'm still to hear one particularly compelling reason as to why football shouldn't be played on the evening of Good Friday. Make it a night game, put a portion of the gate toward the Royal Children's Hospital appeal or something, and there'd be 80,000+ on hand to 'celebrate' what's important to them. I fail to see how this could offend those of a Christian leaning.

What would you do if Carlton were to play on Good Friday AND win then?

I bet you the umpires crucify us

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Between our dreams and actions lies this world

Blasphemy!

A short jig.

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

Short being the operative word?

I think they're saying that the bar staff, pie sellers, gate staff, security, audio/visual, radio commentary, club staff, players, etc, etc might want a day off to spend with the family.

Do you reckon that Carlton and whoever would have to pay double the match fee for playing on a public holiday?... I would like to think common sense would prevail, but reading through this, it seems that unless there are a specific set of instructions, people aren't able to make decisions.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

what about the carni families who work together in the food etc outlets?

lets not rob them of income as well as family time !!

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*(grow - fun - gah)

Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

NMW is a little cranky to be going to the ANZAC Day game tomorrow because she misses out on a full day's work at double time.



Do players get paid double time for playing on Queen's Birthday?

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

Lets just do it and take the risk.

If we happen to piss off the wrong God then there will be a plague or something.

If there is no plague everything should be fine.

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Synbad

Gronja Polla! (Not sure of the spelling but I think you will now what I am saying given you are greek I assume?

Is rain a plague? We need some.

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Mens sana in corpore sano.

Bring back the laurel wreath logo!!!

It's seems very double standard.

The argument is that we want the Good Friday because it's not very relevant to certain groups.

But then why do we want Good Friday? Because it is recognized as a Holy Day which is celebrated by Christians and Catholics.

Simply, we'd be cashing in on this Holy day. I don't think that's quite the right thing to do.

In line with the "CJ is JC" photo doing the rounds currently, how about a WC game on Good Friday and a Carlton game on Easter Sunday?

No need to separate the two...Catholics are Christians as well!!

We want it because we can get a good crowd and make a 'tradition' out of it, a good crowd would justify the reasoning that most people don't go to church, in fact most are bored shitless on good friday (aka - boring friday).

As the good Dr said, church in the morning (if u are that way inclined) and footy later.

I am more effected by the fact that I usually go away for easter

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Between our dreams and actions lies this world

Back to the big issue here.

I thought Swann said it was all over for the insipid white thing!

Weak.

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

Is this the same Luke Darcy who said back in round 2 that Melbourne will 'smash' the blues