RE:Here are a few more thoughts, Mr. Panicker
by Prasad Shetty on Jan 08, 2008 11:48 PM Permalink
hey balaji buddy,
man ur one sad indian, u r right in saying that the Mr panicker's write up is an emotional rant, hmm I think people like u must have allowed the british to rule india for so long man. ur talking about tendulkar but study and u will realise why he was let off.Oh and that Mr Gilchrist u r talking about was the one who appealed for Dravid;s catch when he perfectly knew that the ball was miles away. ur missing the point buddy, the aussie's wanted to win at all cost and thats why people like gilchrist,hussey,lee and clark became partners in crime.mr ponting is making this Aussie team look like Merceneries. so for a change start supporting India and see if u can feel proud about it. cheers
RE:Here are a few more thoughts, Mr. Panicker
by Anurag Jain on Jan 08, 2008 11:01 PM Permalink
So, Mr Balaji, what is wrong with an emotional rant as long as it raises valid points that you seem to have forgotten to answer in your 'non-emotional' rant? Sachin Tendulkar being a demi-god or not does not take away from the fact that what Harbhajan said is a matter of his word against Symonds', and who gave Mike Procter the right to believe that Symonds is more of a Christ than Harbhajan is? So 'Aussies are not fool-hardy to accuse someone of racism just for the heck of it', eh? What is this if not just an opinionated statement, undeserving of any rebuttal? Harbhajan should take it like a man, but only if he deserves to get the heat, dear friend. Kudos to Mr Panicker for writing a well-worded, well-argued piece of some sense.
RE:Here are a few more thoughts, Mr. Panicker
by VK Narayanan on Jan 08, 2008 11:33 PM Permalink
dear balaji, in south africa, when tendulkar was seen on camera 'removing' dirt from between the seems of the ball every one interpreted it as lifting the seam. if you are ready to accept that ghichrist is so saintly, why can't u accept tendulkar's version? till others learnt the art of reverse swing, every one argued that pakistani bowlers were cheating! now it is a stock in the trade af all the fast bowlers! there is nothing wrong in resorting to emotional outburst once in a while, if that is what you want to call prem's article. let us give evry one a fair chance before you decide to crucify them. when all the replays show that both ponting and clark had grounded the ball while claiming a catch, at least on hind sight they should have the decency to talk of 'hand of god' a la Maradona. then, why should one expect decency and gentlemanly behaviour from these so called great players? may be they are direct incarnations from the 'gladiators era'. so my friend balaji, please learn to be proud of our icons. this is the problem with us. we are very quick in granting godliness to our icons; unfortunately quicker in kicking them out at the merest pretence of failure! if harbhajan says that he did not use any inappropriate word let us support him. if he is later proved to be telling a lie, let us start a crusade to get him banned for a longer period. till then, let the law of natural justice prevail. boys, concentrate on the matches ahead. the best way to make every
RE:Here are a few more thoughts, Mr. Panicker
by Singh on Jan 08, 2008 10:41 PM Permalink
HOLD ON.. have you even read the article Prem is responding to?
RE:Here are a few more thoughts, Mr. Panicker
by Saket B on Jan 08, 2008 11:03 PM Permalink
Bala, Point well made. i cringed when I read the part about Tendya's "credibility". But then you fell into same trap of putting Ozies in a pedestral without any justification - "but they are not fool-hardy to accuse someone of racism just for the heck of it". What makes you think so? I can give you a lot of reasons otherwise. 1. They wanted to break his concentration 2. They wanted to wrap the tail that wagged on in 1st inning 3. They wanted to get the man who is Ponting's nemesis out of series
The point is all three are allegations of same level as that of Racism against Bhajji - they do not have proof.
