Peter Roebuck

[oitoitoi]

The sadism (if not downright paedophilia) towards young boys also puts me off him a little bit.

What?!

 

[Burgey]

I don't know about that, he was very friendly with the Indians last time they were in Australia. Personally the only problem I have with Roebuck is that his tone is often patronising and that he seems to write in hindsight far too much.

Regarding Zuma, the man's ridiculously corrupt, more Winni Mandela than Nelson. Didn't he actually try to get rid of the elite anti-corruption unit? I hate most politicians on principal but Zuma is one of those who has his own special little pedestal of filth.

AWTA. He may as well have been their media officer.

 

[Burgey]

I agree about his patronising / self-satisfied tone.

The sadism (if not downright paedophilia) towards young boys also puts me off him a little bit.

Not sure about that, tbh.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I think Roebuck is a closet nazi and doesn't want to admit it to himself, like the way closet homosexuals don't want to admit to their ***uality. No way is he not obsessed over race and conflicted about it - he writes about it incessantly. I can't think of any other reason.

Ironic that similie should be used when discussing Roebuck...

Never married, has he?

 

[fredfertang]

...... used to be nicknamed "Rupert" didn't he?

 

[zaremba]

Not sure about that, tbh.

Yeah the conviction related to boys all of whom were aged 19, and I suppose I can't speak as to his ***ual motivation, so I've amended my post

 

[Langeveldt]

Regarding Zuma, the man's ridiculously corrupt, more Winni Mandela than Nelson. Didn't he actually try to get rid of the elite anti-corruption unit? I hate most politicians on principal but Zuma is one of those who has his own special little pedestal of filth.

Well the Scorpions which are our equivalent of SWAT I guess are no longer.. I guess appaling amounts of crime will allow him to largely ply his corruption as if there is nothing different..

 

[Richard]

Yeah the conviction related to boys all of whom were aged 19, and I suppose I can't speak as to his ***ual motivation, so I've amended my post

It's nice to see someone else who refers to those aged 19 as "boys", TBH.

 

[zaremba]

It's nice to see someone else who refers to those aged 19 as "boys", TBH.

God only knows how Roebuck referred to them whilst administering the canings.

 

[Richard]

Really?! I always thought God knew rather more than that TBH!

 

[OnDrive]

Argumentum ad hominem. So much fun!

 

[Krishna_j]

Great stuff

 

[oitoitoi]

What's all this stuff about him being a paedo? Where did this come from?

 

[Richard]

The fact he flogged 19-year-old boys once.

 

[BoyBrumby]

The fact he flogged 19-year-old boys once.

Yeah, essentially. Went rather further than that tho (link to Telegraph report):

In the first case, a promising cricketer whom Roebuck first met while coaching in Somerset, arrived at Roebuck's home in March 1999.

When he failed to perform adequately, Roebuck selected a cane from a rack of six which he kept in his converted garage for the purpose.

In a statement, the victim said Roebuck told him: "I'm going to cane you now. Then it will be over and I will forgive you and, if I don't cane you, I will feel differently about you."

Roebuck asked the boy to bend over and delivered three "forceful strokes" over his clothing.

Mr Fenny (prosecuting) said: "Roebuck then pulled the boy towards him, in what appeared to be an act of affection. He then asked if he could look at the marks on the boy's buttocks, something which he in fact did."

Another boy was beaten by Roebuck when he failed to keep up on a run. "He, too, was left feeling considerable distress and humiliation."

A third boy, who now plays for a local team, received similar treatment, being beaten by Roebuck and asked to show the marks.

The second boy, now living South Africa, said: "I did not consent to any assault but he is a dominant person who makes you feel that you must do as he says."

The "unusual and bizarre" treatment was discovered when he complained to a family friend, Richard Lines, secretary of nearby Bishop's Lydeard cricket club.

Mr Lines told police that he went to collect the boys and discovered the canes and a newspaper cutting on the wall showing prisoners chained together on their way to receive a public beating.

 

[oitoitoi]

Yeah, essentially. Went rather further than that tho (link to Telegraph report):

In the first case, a promising cricketer whom Roebuck first met while coaching in Somerset, arrived at Roebuck's home in March 1999.

When he failed to perform adequately, Roebuck selected a cane from a rack of six which he kept in his converted garage for the purpose.

In a statement, the victim said Roebuck told him: "I'm going to cane you now. Then it will be over and I will forgive you and, if I don't cane you, I will feel differently about you."

Roebuck asked the boy to bend over and delivered three "forceful strokes" over his clothing.

Mr Fenny (prosecuting) said: "Roebuck then pulled the boy towards him, in what appeared to be an act of affection. He then asked if he could look at the marks on the boy's buttocks, something which he in fact did."

Another boy was beaten by Roebuck when he failed to keep up on a run. "He, too, was left feeling considerable distress and humiliation."

A third boy, who now plays for a local team, received similar treatment, being beaten by Roebuck and asked to show the marks.

The second boy, now living South Africa, said: "I did not consent to any assault but he is a dominant person who makes you feel that you must do as he says."

The "unusual and bizarre" treatment was discovered when he complained to a family friend, Richard Lines, secretary of nearby Bishop's Lydeard cricket club.

Mr Lines told police that he went to collect the boys and discovered the canes and a newspaper cutting on the wall showing prisoners chained together on their way to receive a public beating.

Bloody hell how is he still writing??? How is he still respected??? How does he show his face in public??? Well maybe I'm overreacting but this seems seriously odd, I've had old school coaches but this reeks of some sado-***ual thing.

 

[fredfertang]

How is he still respected??? How does he show his face in public???

He isn't and doesn't ........ well not in the UK anyway ..............................

 

[G.I.Joe]

Charlie got molested.

 

[Richard]

He isn't and doesn't ........ well not in the UK anyway ..............................

And most people have discerned an anti-UK tone in much that Roebuck does since he was (in effect) banished from the country.

I think Roebuck's case demonstrates well that mostly normal people can occasionally be extremely abnormal.

 

[howardj]

God only knows how Roebuck referred to them whilst administering the canings.