Are Zimbabwean orphans really funny?

Orphan David on arrival

Australia’s favourite curmudgeon Peter Fitzsimons had a sly attack at Manly supporters in his column last Saturday, using Zimbabwean orphans as the punchline to his “joke”.   

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My thanks to Fitzphile Sam Clough, who drew my attention to this fascinating news item: the Manly cheer squad has just returned from a trip to an orphanage in Zimbabwe.
”It was a great chance to meet underprivileged people with very little hope in life,” said Alfred Mgombo, aged six.

MY RESPONSE:

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The problem with Fitzy’s world view

I seriously try to stop myself, but I just can’t.  It’s time to make comment on one of the new high priests of atheist dogma, regular sports writer and columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald, Peter FitzSimons.  Clad in red bandana, Fitzsimons simply can’t resist using his media platform to shout out his world view with dogmatic and scathing methods.

In typical neo-atheist style, Fitzsimons is an adept at playing the man and not the ball, none more so than when any sports person lifts their head above the parapet and identifies themselves as a person of faith.  Seemingly oblivious to his hypocrisy, FitzSimons can be counted on to let loose with a predictable diatribe of scorn while at the same time proselytising his own dubious theological world view in the way he is taking the person to task.

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