Great game. The game was Indias, then Ganguly played a straight drive that bounced off the pitch really high and they took off for a run, Ian Harvey jumped up, grabbed the ball, spun around in the air and ran Ganguly out. MCG absolutely erupted.
Ah yes, the day Sanjay Bangar's career ended, because he ran out the captain.
one of the most annoying things about living in this country is the way we create this whole australiana myth with happy little vegemites all living by the sea, saying g'day to their neighbours, giving everyone a 'fair go', championing our ‘home grown talent’ overseas and generally living our supposedly happy little lives. All the time we conveniently forget we vote in Howard for over 10 years, gobble up lies about children being thrown overboard, happily accept the fact the native inhabitants of this land live in third world conditions and pounce on anyone who suggests steve irwin wasn’t a 'top aussie bloke' yeah, this country is so tolerant and wonderful and the only people who would ever racially abuse anyone are ‘bogans’. Keep dreaming. 
I have to argue that Steve Irwin is indeed a top bloke...but the rest is ok.oh please, no racist abuse in aus.
who exactly have done that?
The thing is, to an extent, when people say racist stuff, it seems to me that they don't always mean it. The reason why racist things are considered untolerable is because it shows a hate of a particular race of human beings itself and it tends to be deep rooted. But of late, I get the feeling that some of those who do yell out racist taunts are not themselves racist, per se. For instance, you see racist taunts at Symonds and yet the same guys simply adore Brian Lara. It is not a race thing.
not even gonna start on why that observation is totally pointless.....
I agree and I argued the same thing in the Kramer thing (with Anil I think) that people can say racist stuff without being inherently racist. That doesn't mean it's any more acceptable though (Before you start replying, I don't think you're saying it is). I don't think the bogans that threw eggs at us the other week or screamed out Heil Hitler hate Jews or are anti-semites, that doesn't make their actions any less painful. If anything I find it worse. Your run of the mill racist, whatever, they are what they are. But these are normal people and their ignorance is frightening.
no, it isn't and I don't think that way either.
Just because they admire one(or few) black cricketer(s) doesn't mean they can not be racist. It is very simple, really. If you are going to bring out someone's color, race, culture etc then you are being racially abusive regardless of your personal admiration for certain individuals from that race.
The bolded comment is amazingly childish and frankly offensive.
It has nothing to do with race. Sreesanth actually does kinda look like a monkey.
It seems to me that high society in Australia is by far the most racist, and more specifically classist. The way some people in New South Wales segregate the West as some kind of place they'd never touch with a ten foot pole is ridiculous. All the immigrants get booted out west as well...It's quite ridiculous.oh please, no racist abuse in aus.
yeah, I got that. Again, it is me just being pedantic.
AWTA, it has no place in cricket really.
Anyway, the fact that you'd like to abuse opposition players at all speaks volumes imo.
We will just have to agree to differ on that. IMO, being called a name without implied violence associated isnt close to as bad as insulting in vulgar terms a loved one.
