Now that Burgey is ok....

[sledger]

I just love how a blatant troll thread has been turned on its head.

True, the thread obviously started as a cheap dig at Burgey, but it has grown into something useful. I guess it serves as a timely reminder that it's important to expose racism wherever we find it. Racists, whether they're Gavaskar or anyone else, need to be challenged.

 

[honestbharani]

It is really more important to challenge obviously false and idiotic posts within the thread, starting with the one above.

 

[Burgey]

Do you actually deny he said what was in his autobiography? You started this thread by having a half-arsed, unfunny dig (you’re never funny btw) and the discussion has gone down this path, sadly, but you’ve perpetuated it by seeming to deny what the man said himself

 

[GIMH]

Hb, what's the alternate view on Gavaskar's comments then? Genuine question.

 

[honestbharani]

Do you actually deny he said what was in his autobiography? You started this thread by having a half-arsed, unfunny dig (you’re never funny btw) and the discussion has gone down this path, sadly, but you’ve perpetuated it by seeming to deny what the man said himself

Yeah, it really is re-assuring when people like you tell me I am not funny. Means I am hilarious, obviously.

And where did I deny what he wrote in his autobiography? It was obviously distasteful but not racist and yet, of course, you cannot tell the difference, given the kind of comments you usually make. So, yeah, keep on spreadling lies and hatred. The only thing you do in these forums. Never change.

Hb, what's the alternate view on Gavaskar's comments then? Genuine question.

That he was unhappy and angry and irritated and gave vent to those feelings with those words. Again, it is wrong and distasteful and stupid but I do not see that as racist, especially given the rest of his history with the Caribbean.

 

[Burgey]

Fmd. Imagine this melt if Greg Chappell wrote the same things in a book in 1981.

 

[cnerd123]

I just love how a blatant troll thread has been turned on its head.

gotta give Burgey credit where it's due, the man knows how to hijack and ruin a thread.

 

[cnerd123]

Fmd. Imagine this melt if Greg Chappell wrote the same things in a book in 1981.

lol as if Greg Chappell knows how to write

 

[Daemon]

A full day has passed and I’m still reeling from the impact those comments have had. Nobody should say those things no matter how angry they may be.

 

[Burgey]

Daemon gets it, rare treasure that he is - a reasonable Indian fan. The usual zealots like Hb and ***** can’t cop the truth. Remember when ***** spent ages defending gavaskar when this was raised before. Apologising for that sort of crap is beyond awful.

 

[honestbharani]

Fmd. Imagine this melt if Greg Chappell wrote the same things in a book in 1981.

FMD if the person you idolize did not start a riot in Calcutta by throwing money out of his hotel room causing a stampede that actually killed people, fully sober and just because he thought it will be "fun". I mean, it takes the same kind of person to make obviously false accusations of racism out of his pure hatred of a person or a country or a team or a society. Worshipping that kind of person makes you beyond the rock bottom crap that some of your posts are but sure, continue the false accusations.

 

[Burgey]

You’re literally denying what the bloke wrote himself. You’re deluded. And apparently illiterate with it.

 

[honestbharani]

You’re literally denying what the bloke wrote himself. You’re deluded. And apparently illiterate with it.

Where did I deny what he wrote in his autobiography? And I am not responsible if you see in others what is in yourself. Like I said, try to #socialdistance yourself from this site. We need a break from your lies and hatred filled posting, a virus only slightly less worse than Covid-19.

 

[sledger]

It is really more important to challenge obviously false and idiotic posts within the thread, starting with the one above.

Nasty ad hominem tone in this post. Uncivilised.

 

[Flem274*]

I just posted this in jest btw but if the mods feel its not good, you can go ahead and delete this.

here was your mistake. you half arsed. once you post the wind up thread you have to commit. instead you've waved the white flag to the mods in the vain hope they'll close the thread before you have to go toe to toe with the old aussie dinosaur.

and here you are, being eaten alive by all the cw predators who saw coward blood in the water at post #2 and not a mod in sight. i can only assume they're self isolating or busy in porn tabs.

 

[Daemon]

Why not both?

 

[honestbharani]

here was your mistake. you half arsed. once you post the wind up thread you have to commit. instead you've waved the white flag to the mods in the vain hope they'll close the thread before you have to go toe to toe with the old aussie dinosaur.

and here you are, being eaten alive by all the cw predators who saw coward blood in the water at post #2 and not a mod in sight. i can only assume they're self isolating or busy in porn tabs.

Lol... I posted seeing a thread on this on reddit and then realized how it might go, unfortunately, there is no delete button once you create a thread, so even if you realized how it was gonna go 2 seconds later, the only thing to do was to wave the white flag and be seen as the coward ( ).

 

[honestbharani]

Nasty ad hominem tone in this post. Uncivilised.

Its not, but I guess you see, in the response, what the original post has.

 

[sledger]

Its not, but I guess you see, in the response, what the original post has.

Nasty bad punctuation in this post. Sad.

 

[Anil]

FMD if the person you idolize did not start a riot in Calcutta by throwing money out of his hotel room causing a stampede that actually killed people, fully sober and just because he thought it will be "fun". I mean, it takes the same kind of person to make obviously false accusations of racism out of his pure hatred of a person or a country or a team or a society. I mean, worshipping that kind of person makes you beyond the rock bottom crap that some of your posts are but sure, continue the false accusations.

c'mon desist dude, what gavaskar said was 100% dehumanizing and racist, you don't actually have to use the "n" word or explicitly call a black person a monkey for a comment to be racist...

our society normalizes to an insane amount what most of the rest of world considers outright racism and bigotry...i have heard plenty of such comments in supposedly civilized settings that go unchallenged and even accepted because as i said people normalize that sort of behavior...between blatant casteism and contempt for the darker skin tone in general, us indians are some of the most bigoted people i have seen...

thankfully the younger generation seems to be more and more aware of what is really offensive and just plain outright wrong so i have hope for a better future, from my perspective we need to marginalize communalism, religious fundamentalism in our country, they are our biggest obstacle for a more tolerant, accepting society...