Freddie, If you were to call an Indian a "monkey", normally, he/she is not going to assume it is due to their skin colour. "Monkey" is not a racial word in India; but then if it is in Australia, then I cannot say whose responsibility it is to educate the guests on which words are considered "racial". And each country will have its own; hence, sledging should defintely be given a second thought. If you are going to fight, then I would rather see two cricket players beat the crud out of each other with bats, rather then verbal abuse which can land up as an attack on an entire community!
And about mother****** being more offensive, then it is beyond me how it is more offensive then a racial slur. Aussies have to decide, do they have a problem with racial slurs or sledging as a whole, you cannot have it both ways as Aussies are the masters at sledging!
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Originally Posted by JBG
As a long time fan of NFL, I say bring into cricket whatever is needed to ensure that the right decision is made every time. Delay? That is now a concern of cricket?
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Thankyou! Precisely my point.
