Cevno, allow me to explain.
If someone told me that they thought people could run faster than cars, I would consider that person ********.
If someone told me they felt it was better to add a series of 49-digit numbers up manually rather than with a calculator, I would consider that person ********.
Similarly, I feel that it is ******** that people would sooner trust human umpires than technology.
First of all let me clarify that one position on one topic does not make someone a ******.
I think those that think Robots can direct better movies better than Humans have a Stupid opinion or those who think they can write better scripts are Stupid.
I also think that those that think that machines can bake better pies than Humans on average are Bizarre .
That does not mean those who just foolishly assume that technology is better blindly on marginal calls are the same too(despite there being real no guarantee and one of the makers disagreeing too) ,and does not make me right to call them retards or even of having a ******** opinion.
Because none of those things have anything to do with the debate at hand.
You can look for some kind of hidden agenda if you want but that's all it is. I don't have a vendetta against you, as far as I was concerned you and I had resolved our issues, but you recently decided to act the goat and dig up ancient posts of mine and act like you'd proved me as the hypocrite almighty.
I just gave a example of a similar issue that was at hand in the thread as some of your comments were really one sided.
I mainly use the term clowns in relation to players tbf. And I used it all the way through the Ashes without any censure, but the minute I used it in reference to your bowlers (a comment I stand by, btw) I get a mod warning. Pretty obvious that the standards differ because the Aussie posters can take a joke but...
Dolts is not a word I tend to use but I'm sure you'll search all my posts to try and disprove me.
Here we go..
Cevno, why would anyone give a **** what Giles Clarke thinks?
The difference between us, and some of you clowns, is that we don't swing on the ECB's dick. If someone attacks the ECB, we don't take it personally like WAH WAH WAH DON'T BE RACIST WHY U HATING ON MY COUNTRY ****ERS
Giles Clarke made a **** comment. I sympathised with him at the time because the decision wound me up, but looking back, what a **** comment. And guess what? Dhoni made a **** comment.
****ing deal with it.
Don't think you were referring to any Bowlers here.
This was a pretty dire post tbh ,but even except that you are doing the same in most other threads related to this issue or similar ones or posting hidden name calling posts where you are basically saying that everyone who disagrees with you is a number of different names/abuses etc....
Cbf ,finding all of them right now though.But if the other side also starts doing the same which it can too by all means then it will only become a slanging match.
And it is not only you but others are doing the same too.(Think that Dolt comment came from Marcuss now that i recall)
And you ask why is it relevant who people support? Pretty obvious. The only board obnoxious enough to try and stop technology for lbws is BCCI. The only supporters opposing it? Take a ****ing guess.
Don't agree with that.
Indian fans do not like BCCI so much by any means.
Same can be reversed and said that English and Aussie posters are supporting it because ECB and CA are supporting it ,and also because since companies from there operate this technology and hence would benefit them, if you want to make broad generalisations.
Bottom line: none of you went into this amount of detail about your beef with ball-tracking until that became the only component of UDRS BCCI I opposed.
Can't speak for other, I have been raising issues with Hawkeye for over a year here ,and the BCCI's objection became clear only last week to only it.
But at the same time i was criticising the BCCI for not implementing UDRS at all at the same time ,and there were no threads specific to the issue at the time so may have got missed.
Joe and Shri have done the same too ,IIRC.
Infact i remember having a long argument in one of the tour threads with Uppercut and Pews in one of the threads too ,where other non Indian posters expressed doubts about sometimes accuracy of the Ball tracking too.
I would like to take this opportunity to state that when I say 'you lot' that doesn't mean all India fans or Indians but rather a core group of them.
Still doesn't make name calling right ,tbh