Here goes:
Sreesanth will get pumped over here in the ODIs. Frankly, he's nowhere near the bowler he's been made out to be imo, and India were very well served by his absence in the test series.
Given the way the rules are now, I have no drama with people having words with eachother either, but it seems we both accept that racism is unacceptable.
On the evidence I agree with you, but there was a process, and the process was hijacked by the BCCI sitting a plane on the tarmac at Adelaide airport, and bringng their ODI players from Melbourne to Adelaide, just before the hearing.
Can't agree with you mate re. not reporting it. As a captain, if one of your players says he has been racially vilified, I think you do the game a great disservice unless you report it.
Top three most dire posts since I joined CW. Interesting take that only people of a certain colour may decide what constitutes racial prejudice. Kind of sounds like prejudice to me.
As for the language used by the Aussies, you're right - a lot of what they say is rubbish and it can also be foul mouthed and insensitive to the culture of the Indians - ie. "bastard". Which may well explain why Ponting went to Hogg ont he field and told him not to say it, as it was offensive to the Indian players.
See mate, despite your view that only coloured players can decide what's racist and what isn't, tolerance really needs to be a two-way street.
Sorry Brummers, I suspect the former, given what's come out about the tour basically being placed at risk.
What a shame then that Harbhajan wasn't around to call Holding that when he played. Or Ambrose. or Marshall. Would not have had the guts to do it, and if a miracle happened and he did, there would need to be an ambulance waiting every time he batted. As I posted on this thread yesterday, go and have a look at "An Aussie Goes Bolly" and tell me that the crowd in Mumbai aren't yelling Monkey at Symonds in a racist, derogatory manner. It's sickening. And it's relevant, because it's the very background to this whole thing blowing up in Sydney.
Bollocks. Curious he chose the only black player in the side to direct it at, isn't it?
He hasn't been slandered mate. They approached him straight up with what they heard. I said this before as well, but here goes. Even if my client has a rubbish story, they're better sticking to it than changing it 3 times like Harbhajan has. We had "it was all friendly (Tendulkar at post-match conference on day it happened in Sydney), to "nothing was said" (lead up to 1st hearing) to "something was said but it wasn't what the Aussies heard".
Wrong on several counts mate. The charge was amended and downgraded by agreement - the judge never had to consider whether he used a racist remark at the appeal. As for the highlighted section, seriously, if every time a decision goes against the BCCI they take their bat and ball and go home, they will never have any credibility, and frankly their team, which has underachieved for more than half a century, will always find excuses for being beaten instead of becoming the best side in the world.
Congrats, you've usurped the earlier dire post and have taken the gold.
Precisely. You want other countries to be senitive to the use of the word bastard with regards to Indian players, yet it's ok for the Indians to use a term which is offensive to others because, well it's not really considered a racist term where they come from? Cevno, thy name is inconsistency!
Silver medal in direst post stakes. Well done.
SS has always been an enormously consistent poster on the issue of racism and, frankly, it's to his enormous credit.
No. Ridiculous parallel to draw, but anyway - most murders are spontaneous actions carried out in fits of rage, drunkeness or when affected by some other substance. Most people regret enormously what they've done and frankly can't believe they've done it. Doesn't mean they aren't guilty of the crime. You watch too much TV mate - not every unlawful homocide is the work of a criminal mastermind.
And knowing how you feel about them, that's saying something.
Haven't read any of Gavaskar's or Sidhu's work on this issue mate?
Yes, they would. Of course, if an international court awarded damages agaisnt the BCCI India would presumably say that if the decision isn't overturned, they would withdraw from the UN
It's not the outcome which was achieved, because I think most people were pretty damn surprised when Proctor's decision came down. It's more the fact that the appeal process, which the BCCI along with everyone else signed up to, has been hijacked because of money and the wonderful spirit of "We'll take our bat and ball and go home if it doesn't go our way". Had the appeal gone ahead and the judge said there wasnt enough evidence so he's acquitted, then I don't think anyone would have had a problem with it.
