Michael , I can agree to you on some counts and you have presented a more or less rational debate . However , I think all of us are missing a very simple point which has nothing to do with Cricketing laws as such . Even a person who has definitely committed murder cannot be prosecuted or sentenced unless his crime is proved beyond all reasonable doubts on the basis of irrefutable evidence . Here we are stunned by the fact that Mike Procter has taken a decision based on no such solid evidence ,not even a lip reading clue ,let alone audio clips . His decision is based on Hayden and Ponting's claims whose integrity is no more than a toilet full of shit , while choosing to indicate that Sachin is a liar . The question is not whether Bhajji is guilty or not , the question is whether the trial was fair . As any man of justice will say to you , it is always better to ensure that you are not punishing an innocent even if that means that you might be letting some offenders free . Regarding the use of the phrase 'Monkey' , working in UK our European colleagues often refer to friends and other colleagues as 'Cheeky monkey' or 'stop monkeying around ' . Do I feel racially insulted coming from a white colleague , definitely not , as I perfectly understand that it has been said in friendly banter . Hence the circumstances of a comment are also to be judged at the same time and taken into proper perspective . I think if we had all heard Bhajji making the comment then we would not have stood
