Naming rights
I AM in complete agreeance with Thane Brady.
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The points raised in his recent article (The Examiner, June 6) are so true, and he voices the opinion of many fellow Tasmanians.
I however suggest we go one step further.
We need to get a name.
Something like the Tasmanian Knights or Tasmanian Pirates, something that is a little imaginative, anyway.
Then after a name is decided and agreed on a submission to the AFL should be made.
The AFL will probably turn away and disagree with it.
Should they ignore it a submission should be made to the AFL presidents of clubs.
Support could be gathered from them and if enough is the AFL could be forced to give a licence to a Tasmanian AFL franchise.
Tasmania's AFL team is not a fantasy or a North Melbourne side rebranded.
Collin G. Wood, Newstead.
Mental health
WE ALL know and fully comprehend, without doubt, the seriousness of mental illness.
This silent affliction is now in portrayal to us in epidemic numbers regularly used as a carriage to assist with, and expand upon, multiple instances.
While this is a very delicate and very serious issue including the necessity for privacy, I do sometimes question the severity and whether on occasions this diagnosis is now often used as an exaggeration, as a matter of convenience to avoid scrutiny.
I cite instances where a superstar Sydney footballer was not having a good year and his ego had been diminished somewhat, referring to a mild mental illness as an excuse for his unavailability for several weeks.
Then again another high profile former footballer and commentator caught out in an affair with his co-commentator’s wife immediately disappears under the guise of a mental illness and, similarly, after a few months returned to more lucrative positions.
Two of the best cricketers in the world, after being caught out cheating, sat before the media and the world sobbing about their indiscretions, again mental health issues are raised, and now we have the Barnaby Joyce soap opera, sulking and looking for sympathy.
Who really wants to know?
Just get out of the way and let someone else take over who is interested in the country, and yes here we go again, it’s those mental health issues.
Fior goodness sake, what has happened to the good old days of yester-year where you stood up and took your medicine (to coin a phrase) as in “life’s school of hard knocks” and move on.
Allan Carey, Riverside.
- Lifeline Australia 13 11 14 (24 hours a day)
Invictus Games
THE Invictus Games (a multi-sport event for wounded and recovering service members and veterans) will be held in Sydney this October.
The games were created in 2014 by Prince Harry, who, as patron of the games, will also be in Sydney.
This may be a time to reflect upon people, such as Prince Harry, who have experienced war, but have not forgotten the post-war human effects of such conflicts.
Peter Cundall is another former serviceman, who through his love of gardening and humanity, has successfully combined gardening classes and Vietnam veterans, which may possibly provide a new journey of discovery, and collective memory of mutual understanding.
The aforementioned two men know the effects of war, unlike successive Australian governments for example, which until quite recently, refused to recognise the effects of “Agent Orange” on Vietnam veterans and their respective families.
Kenneth Gregson, Swansea.
Gutsy Horne
I DEPLORE violence in most of its forms but have always followed, and as a younger man, participated in, the gentlemanly art of boxing.
Geoffrey Horne may well have been outclassed by the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world but was far from beaten.
As Terence Crawford is predominately a southpaw, he presented an added problem for Horne who for most of the fight, seldom took a backward step, showing extreme courage and toughness against Crawford's obvious class and constant clinching.
One can only imagine just how successful Horne could have been with the backers, entourage and facilities in the Crawford camp.
Horne can hold his head high for a gutsy effort.
Don Davey, Launceston.
Driving
TO ALL drivers in wintry conditions, before you drive, think about what you want to do with the rest of your life and drive accordingly.
Roads are wet, icy and visibility is poor. Please slow down. It’s better to be a bit late than not arrive at all.
S. Langerak, Hadspen.
North Korea
McStrategy: A McDonald’s outlet near the home of the Supreme Leader of North Korea may well be the best future weapon in the United States’ arsenal if denuclearisation talks fail.
Ed Sianski, West Moonah.
Townhouse development
I SAW an article in The Examiner (June 7) about a planned townhouse development at Dowling Street, Newstead.
Gosh, it was a delight to read that the developer Andrew Tilt has specifically noted the positions of mature trees there, and he proposed to keep them and in fact make them a feature of the property.
So different from most developers, whose first and apparently only thought about trees is to raze them to the ground.
I wish we had someone like that here at Legana.
Anne Brelsford, Legana.