Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi

[luckyeddie]

lol. I just wished to point out that stuff like this are taken more personally in our culture than they seem to be in some other cultures. That is all. I don't know what was the tone you felt when reading my post, but it certainly wasn't confrontational or anything.


I thought all of us at CW were doofuses, BTW...

Never took it as being confrontational at all - just in the light of all the other things that have been thrown around I thought I'd put the defensive shields up 'just in case'. Look upon it as a 'preemptive block'.

I gathered that there's a culture difference. I make one unwise comment and pretty well every Indian or Pakistani ex-pat now living in the USA or Australia decide that it's time to stick their knives in. Even allowing for that cultural difference, it cannot be always used as an excuse. No society has a monopoly on ignorance and stupidity.

 

[GotSpin]

Lets just say if you're watching the cricket with your family, you'd want to turn down the volume of the television set whenever he opens his mouth anywhere near the stump microphones.

Yes but sanz said off the field


Sanz

First of all It is unfair to compare Shoaib and Afridi. Shoaib is a great guy on the field and off it whereas Afridi's is a disgrace.

 

[GotSpin]

Harbie does seem like an exciteable character!! Good for the game. He maybe a bit like Kaneira who needs to be performing otherwise he gets frustrated and his head and shoulders slump.

I do not mind a bit of passion and aggression but continuous abuse and singling out of individuals is not something I agree with. I guess in today's game I am a little traditional.

So people never sledged in the past ?

 

[Jono]

Happy? You have to make allowances for me - I'm a doofus.

LOL! I'll pay that one Eddie.

 

[luckyeddie]

LOL! I'll pay that one Eddie.

Let's stop now

 

[Deja moo]

Yes but sanz said off the field


Sanz

The off the field part referred to Shoaib, if I'm reading the sentence right.

 

[Mecnun]

So people never sledged in the past ?

I am sure they did sledge and I stated I do not have issues with sledging a little but personal abuse involving one's family etc is another thing which seems to be endorsed by some in the name of passion and aggresiveness. That is what I disagree with.