Barry Hall - Icon for Our Times

Another punch in the face, another tribunal and another weak result.

The message seems to be clear, being a thug on the field is a bit naughty but generally OK and a great role model for our children.

"He's great with kids." An interesting defense. There have been serial killers who had families and were great with kids as well, does that justify what they did?

"It's an impulse." So? If you can't control an impulse then why are you on the national stage for all to see these 'impulses' when they occur?

The only time I watch a Sydney Swans match these days to see them get hammered, in terms of score of course.

We live in a country of excuses and populated by weak minded, weak willed people who somehow always manage to find themselves in charge of things. They make excuses, find fault in everything but the real cause and excuse almost any behaviour in search of a few extra dollars and a few minutes of TV face time. The gene pool appears to be getting very shallow in this part of the world.