Huge contrast there....
On one hand you say that one of the Indian players was involved in racist taunts.
On the other,you are not sure whether he was actually involved....
I believe its you who needs to think before typing...
By that last point,i think he meant the Aussies cant take sledging on the cricket field,especially when they themselves sledge.
No, but who was accused of it in the first place? How many Aussie players have been accused of racist comments? Whether Harbhajan did or didn't do it, the Aussies still have a record in that respect that matches if not betters India. Nice try, but defending a post like that is ridiculous.
shan111 said:
LOL.. the whole matter brings back only 1point:the fact that:
To pull out of a tour is not a graceful behaviour and should be done in xtreme cases like security threats etc.
Here the xtreme case was stamping a 'racist' label on Harbhajan without sufficient proof. There was no disagreement on the fact that harbhajan abused symonds, so he got the punishment. And despite the fact that justice hansen in his verdict told "symonds was the aggresor", BCCI did'nt tried to lay charge on symonds for abusing first. Remember, having to play with a stink of a racist is'nt fun.
BCCI did'nt abused its power otherwise every Indian player whos has been charged with some sort of breach of code would've been laodged protest with ICC apeals comissioner and ultimately have got away without any punishment.
svijay said:
What proof do they have anyway that Harbhajan made a racist taunt? At best there is evidence that Symonds had good reason to believe Harbhajan called him a monkey. Now I disagree with the whole "monkey is not offensive in India" excuse, mainly because the previous incident involving Symonds and the Indian crowds should have made it amply clear that the said word is offensive. Unless there was a misunderstanding, Bhajji deserved a three-match ban or whatever the appropriate punishment is.
They don't need proof to accuse him, they need proof to ban him. To accuse him having a defendant and a witness hear the word monkey is more than enough!
It is a misunderstanding if the players misheard him, but if Procter made a bad decision, that's his fault, not the Aussies. Labelling him a racist is fair if you heard him say the word monkey. It is absolutely
NOT reason to call off a tour, which would hurt others, not just the people who employ the referee.
As for not handling sledges very well, that has been thrown at us a lot, but racism is not fair play. It is not fair sledging, it is disgusting. If we can't handle racism, and that is your point, then you need to rethink about it.
Having seen some comments I am amazed at the ideas people have of what an Australian society is. I've never been, but some describe it as a horrible and aggressive country. They have this idea that all Aussies are like Bradley Murdoch. Australia is a sunny Britain tbh...
Exactly. Australia is one of the most booming countries in the world. We have a strong economy, we are an incredibly multicultural nation, and yes we are quite like Britain, after all we did start up from them.
manee said:
I am doing no such thing.
Then you can't say that it's OK for Indians to say that word in their culture as a defence. If Harbhajan used that word, he is fully aware of the ramifications of it.
