08 Jan 08
Originally posted by mtthwWell OK, if you say so. I must have missed that memo...
It's not suddenly racist, though, is it? 'Monkey', references to living in trees, and variants on those have been common themes in racist abuse for decades. E.g. the cases of throwing bananas at black football players.
08 Jan 08
Originally posted by CrowleyMaybe it isn't in South Africa. It certainly is in Europe. Another example - Oleg Blokhin (Ukrainian football legend and manager) last year:
Well OK, if you say so. I must have missed that memo...
"Let them learn from Shevchenko or Blokhin and not from some Zuma-Bumba whom they took off a tree, gave him two bananas and now he plays in the Ukrainian League."
I'd say that was racist. Wouldn't you?
08 Jan 08
Originally posted by mtthwThat does sound racist, yes.
Maybe it isn't in South Africa. It certainly is in Europe. Another example - Oleg Blokhin (Ukrainian football legend and manager) last year:
"Let them learn from Shevchenko or Blokhin and not from some Zuma-Bumba whom they took off a tree, gave him two bananas and now he plays in the Ukrainian League."
I'd say that was racist. Wouldn't you?
I just feel it gets pretty ridiculous. Where will it stop? I'm going to need a list of offensive things I can't say to opposition players before I walk onto the field next time...
In fairness to Singh, check out this:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42524000/jpg/_42524755_symonds.jpg
08 Jan 08
Originally posted by Crowleythis is very worrying... i find myself agreeing with CROWLEY 100% for the second time today😵
I've been called a buffalo before, because I'm a big guy. I laughed it off.
Andrew Symonds is an ugly bastard - why can't Harbhajan compare him to a monkey? Why is monkey suddenly racist?
I don't want to get into a whole debate about what is or isn't racist. All that is going to happen is people are going to call me a racist because I'm a white South Af ...[text shortened]... se someone compared you to an animal is childish and is making a mockery of this process.
08 Jan 08
Originally posted by AussieGmate for your information i have and do play cricket every summer and i play sunday league football.
Goodness, listen to all the armchair critics! It's a pretty safe bet that none of you have been in the Aussies or the oppositions dressings rooms, certainly wouldn't have been out on the ground in the field of play.. so let's face it, noone really has that much of an idea of what really goes on.. I'd love to come here with knowledge of what really goes on ...[text shortened]... gether and are good friends.. so that being the case, what happens on the field stays there.
so with all due respect i do know what goes on in the 'middle' not in professional sport i admit, but competitive sport non-the less.😀
08 Jan 08
Originally posted by mtthwDid he really call him a Monkey?
It's not suddenly racist, though, is it? 'Monkey', references to living in trees, and variants on those have been common themes in racist abuse for decades. E.g. the cases of throwing bananas at black football players.
I wonder as Symonds is a big guy. I have seen some of the coverage of the 'incident' and i really think Symonds would have reacted diffirently if he felt he was being abused in a racist sence.
08 Jan 08
Originally posted by spurs73What I meant here was that noone is out in the middle in a match involving the Aussies and can hear what they say and the sledging going on. So noone really knows what's going on out there.. so that means noone can make too many comments.
mate for your information i have and do play cricket every summer and i play sunday league football.
so with all due respect i do know what goes on in the 'middle' not in professional sport i admit, but competitive sport non-the less.😀
Professional sport does have much higher stakes than the club level games that you play so you could imagine that the professional players can get a little more testy than the average player. As a result, a few more words might get exchanged...
09 Jan 08
Originally posted by AussieGagreed...i see what you are getting at.
What I meant here was that noone is out in the middle in a match involving the Aussies and can hear what they say and the sledging going on. So noone really knows what's going on out there.. so that means noone can make too many comments.
Professional sport does have much higher stakes than the club level games that you play so you could imagine that the ...[text shortened]... little more testy than the average player. As a result, a few more words might get exchanged...
anyway look like the tests are back on
