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He’s Eddie Everywhere but he’s not Eddie Everyone

14 Feb 01:10pm

Filed under: Cities, Controversy, Eddie Mcguire, Felafel, Racism, Television

This is not an anti-Eddie piece. Nice guy, by all accounts. It’s not an anti-Melbourne piece either. Nice city, by all accounts too. Very liveable and all that.

Who's in the hot seat now, Ed?

This isn’t even a piece written in outrage against Eddie McGuire’s cheap, nasty “land of the felafel” slur against people of Arabic origin in Western Sydney, the sharpest rebuke of which was by young freelance blogger Antoun Issa.

Despite that slur, and the national backlash, and Eddie’s embarrassing half-arsed apology, the fact is most people outside of Melbourne couldn’t give a toss about what Eddie says or thinks about anything. That’s what this piece is about.

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Bilby says:

03:34pm | 17/02/11

1. Sydney is “up there”. 2. Rugby and Rugby League are two different sports. Did you know that? 3. Better weather Read more »
Daemon says:

08:49am | 16/02/11

There was a recent discussion here to the North on “who you would change channels to avoid”. My answer was Eddie. He drives me nuts with his “Pal” crap and “hail fellow well met” to anyone and everyone. Tosser of the first order for mine. Read more »

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