So i suppose players can go out and be racist towards each other now...
As long as more than 5 of the opposing team players dont hear, nor the umpires.
Stop polluting the argument with your bias. You cannot prove someone guilty without solid evidence. As I've said over and over again, it's far better to let a guilty man go free than wrongly convict an innocent man.
Obviously, had the shoe been on the other foot in this case then the BCCI would not stop until Symonds had been punished immeasurably. But because the BCCI practically control the ICC, it was inevitable that Bhaji was going to get let off the hook.
But they control the ICC. And had Symonds been accused of calling Bhaji a monkey then you can guarantee that there would be uproar.
As much I want to respond to that, I think for the good of PC i'll let this one slide.
Hypothetical statements are not fact, and should not be taken as such. You cannot say what would have happened in a reversed situation. With that said, the BCCI does have a lot of power in the ICC; yet, they did not push for a punishment on Hogg-out of good faith...they certainly aren't tyrants. That's all I can really say about that.But they control the ICC. And had Symonds been accused of calling Bhaji a monkey then you can guarantee that there would be uproar.
they did not push for a punishment on Hogg-out of good faith
No there wouldn't. Monkey is such a casual term in India that you do not understand. Dilip Vengsarkar (chairman of selectors) is known as monkey man, for example. This is not the point though, India, nor the BCCI do not have a record of reporting incidents to the ICC.
But the context it is used in would cause an uproar. After he called Symonds a monkey, Hayden came up and told him he shouldn't be using that word, and then his response was "But he started it". That's enough to say the context he used it in was nonetheless offensive.