The dart does not fly through the air to reach its target however; instead it is fired as a contact shot.
But they don't shock those who've bothered to look for the truth about the way young Indigenous people, like their elders, have been treated since James Cook sailed into Botany Bay in 1770 and, at the first moment of east coast contact, shot a couple of blackfellas and stole their shield and spears.
There was so much contact that shots went in all directions and successful ones touched off minor celebrations.
Ever since the first televised debate in 1960, when viewers on TV gave the edge to John Kennedy over a recently-ill Richard Nixon in part because he looked much better, we know winners and losers are chosen based largely on body language, eye contact, reaction shots, tone and cadence.
We began talking about photography, and she drew me a sketch to explain an early work, from 1996, which I had seen and wondered about: a contact sheet of fifteen shots of people walking past a pile of green trash bags on a London sidewalk, interrupted by three pictures that show a roadside field, the interior of Salisbury Cathedral, and a mummy in the British Museum.
Television replays showed no contact during the shot, although there was plenty before it.
Hue is looking for the 3-pointer and for contact on the shot.
"I'm positive there was contact on the shot". In his statement, Garretson said: "I think it's important to define what a shooter is.
Asked if the contact altered his shot, Davis said, "I think so, definitely". The call was defended both by Hollins and Darrel Garretson, the league's chief of officials, who was one of the three referees assigned to the game.
Just as it appeared they were there for the taking, however, Albion came up with an equaliser from Fletcher with just under 20 minutes remaining, the Albion captain making sweet contact with his shot as the ball was only half-cleared, sending it flying past Ben Alnwick from the edge of the box.
Holman was given far too much time and space to try his luck from 25 yards and he was rewarded as Robert Green - retained in goal after deputising for Julio Cesar when he was injured during the draw at Sunderland - made good contact with the shot but could not keep it out.
