Synbad wrote:
Kaptain Kouta wrote:
Kaptain Kouta wrote:
My point is that even in Italy, one of the most archly conservative religious countries, they play Serie A soccer on Good Friday. So that argument is a non-starter.
If it was about religion, then we wouldn't have Sunday footy at all.
And to appease Jewish supporters, we wouldn't have it on Saturday either.
So where would that leave us?
Did the AFL listen remotely to requests by Melbourne to have more matches for them scheduled for Sunday, to allow Joe Gutnick and other Jews to watch matches? So much for taking any religious concerns into account.
The mask of religion is a silly reason not to play footy on Good Friday. If you don't wish to go to a footy match on Good Friday, then that's your call if you don't feel it doesn't fit in with your beliefs. Plenty of posters have pointed out that there's no reason that Good Friday matches couldn't be played at a time which would fit in with peoples' observance of religion. And on top of that, all tickets could have a $2 surcharge to go to the RCH appeal.
In modern Australia, people with more devout faiths have to accept that some people don't wish to be held to ransom by a minority, and their desires to watch footy on a day like Good Friday should be considered maturely, not dismissed outright for specious reasons.
Eloquently put.
The suggestion that Good Friday is one when families get together would be in a minority of cases, but for the rest of us irrelevant. If people want to have a family day, then not only can they have Good Friday, but there are 364 other days they can avail themselves of the opportunity as well.
It's equally absurd to accuse people of being boring because they want to go to the football. Good Friday is one of the few public holidays available during the football season, and for those of us who work on weekends, also one of the few occasions to go to the footy.
As has been stated elsewhere, if people don't want to watch the football on Good Friday, that's their choice, but don't let the beliefs of the active minority unnecessarily get in the way of the majority.
My point is .. Good friday is good friday right?
Its a RELIGIOUS holiday.... yes??? no?????
so unless it gets taken off the holiday gig... cos its a religious holiday and no longer relevant.. like KK thinks... just like singing Xmas carols have been.. etc.. by certain groups who want to see it knocked over.. it should be treated with the respect it is.
Until its rerplaced by a holiday in honour of umm say trees.. or clouds... or mice.. or car day.... its a religious holiday.
Take it off the holiday list... love to see some groups try that... or leave it for what it is...
now if some people get bored easily .. they should find something to do.
Footballers shouldnt have to work cos u are on holidays....
Weird....
funny how pathetic some people think about their own lives
Using that logic, there should be no football on Easter Sunday, as it's a religious holiday as well.
So what if it's a religious holiday? Christians have been given a public holiday by the government to practice their faith, which is more than other religions have been provided. So now your argument is that it's not good enough to be given a public holiday to practice faith, the rest of the community has to be lumped with it as well. Religious holidays are an anachronism in today's secular society and should be abolished. If absolutely necessary, make a provision for three days each year for 'faith holidays', where people of each belief can then have their worship and family time.
Yes, it's a religious holiday, but as KK rightly pointed out, it doesn't seem to bother the Italians who play football on Good Friday. The United States play football and basketball on Christmas Day.
Why insult people who want to watch football on Good Friday as being boring? Why not acknowledge that the majority of people are not as full of religious passion as you are? Why not stop bludgeoning people with your faith and insults and start recognising other people's perspectives.
Our society already bends over backwards to accommodate religion, and especially Christianity through tax concessions, holidays and other social impositions, so to allow a game of football on Good Friday is hardly too much to ask.
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