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Re: How did I let this one pass me by?
« on: September 09, 2004, 02:03:53 AM »
I don't really follow sports that much (they are more fun too play than they are to watch). But the silly English obviously don't understand...

...Australian culture tends to favour the "underdog". I would love to see the Australian cricket team get thrashed, preferably by either the Dutch or Canadian teams.

What the sledging is all about is. Generally speaking. The Australians HATE the English (This goes back to the time of convicts).
And the Indians/Pakistanis hate the whites (AU, UK, etc.), so they sledge us.

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Re: How did I let this one pass me by?
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2004, 06:24:36 AM »
@Cyberus

I said generally, it seems you thought I meant literally.

You may be Briton, but I am Aussie, so lets just leave it there.

Oh and of course australians generally don't hate the Britons, just Brittain.

(nothing personal intended)  :-)

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Re: How did I let this one pass me by?
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2004, 07:20:28 AM »
X-Ray knows what I were trying to say! Thankyou, I gave up trying to explain (I was just digging an even bigger hole:-).

But when I say the Indians and Pakistanis hate whites, I was referring to the number of times racial sledging from these countries against britain, australia, nz, etc. has been reported in the media. Dicipline for racist remarks is (in my understanding) usually down to the individual countries cricket board. So where the ACB (australia) comes down very hard on an aussie who calls someone a 'darkie', India does nothing when their players use equivilent names for their pale skinned opponents.

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Yeah, a baseball game doesn't last for days on end
No, but it often goes for nine innings without a score for either team. Non-cricket playing nations don't understand. A test match is just an excuse for a five day piss-up, lots of fun for the whole family.