RE:why bajji ?
by Kris iyer on Jan 06, 2008 08:21 AM Permalink
S. Jayateertha is right to recall past incidents in which Aussie players have said a lot of racist and vulgar things and to focus on the reactions of a) the SriLankan or Indian team at the receiving end of abuse- why did they not file complaints? and b) The toleration of umpires on all of these past occasions of the abuse they heard - Was there a different standard applied to "white" teams? In the Symonds-Bhajji case, it is said in some media that Symonds started an on-field chat, while Bhajji was focusing on his excellent batting, "Why are you such a goose today?" . Now, Indians could argue that in India it is provocative to call someone a "goose" - especially when that comes out of the blue without any previous word from Bhajji. Could all other cricket fans, please share through this site, similar sledging / bad behaviour by the "holier-than-thou" Aussie cricket teams, of the past or of the present composition. Yes, Sridhara I do agree with you that some Indias do have a strange mind-set of believing every white person or white team is superior and in any case, correct in their speech and conduct. This is not to say we should do the opposite, every time. We should judge issues on their merit - not on which race or religion the parties belong to.
