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Johnathan Thurston and the rise of the so-what scandal

by Paul Colgan

16 Sep 12:37pm

Filed under: Celebrity, Fame, George Michael, Johnathan Thurston, Media, Nrl, Privacy, Sport

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Is anyone really that shocked at a rugby league player having a big night on the turps?

Johnathan Thurston leaving the watch house in Brisbane this morning. Pic: AAP

The arrest in Brisbane this morning of Cowboys captain Johnathan Thurston is, as Darren Lockyer said of his mate, a real pity for him and he’ll be cursing himself for (allegedly) pushing the boundaries with the cops.

But it’s neither corrupt like a salary cap rort nor a flagrant moral infraction like taking performance-enhancers. It’s a low-level bit of stupidity and right-minded people will assess it with a shrug.

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Johnathon says:

09:27am | 19/09/10

@Barry Riiiiggght…...., “people have been locked up for simply walking home”. There wouldn’t be any more to that story at all would there? That’s it, like you said; COPS have a bad day and just lock people up…. !All the time! And you can’t do anything about it because… Read more »
Drunk Guy says:

06:43pm | 17/09/10

Well for many people it is completely normal behaviour, and stories on national TV current affairs shows back that up, and if the police are so thin skinned that they need to arrest people for laughing at their over officiousness, then we all should be arrested, in fact I laugh… Read more »

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