Racist chants on Day 2 at the MCG

furriner wrote:Link?

How the fack is that racist, anyway?

Snide, yes. On the verge of insulting, yes. Racist is a long stretch.

I think it has something to do with Mohamed Haneef losing his Work VISA after the terrorist accusations.

tac wrote:Check PakPassion . . .

. . . of course, it's what the poms always throw at the Aussies in England, but that's not racist.

Could you give us an example of English people chanting "Show us your visas" to Australian tourists, please?

'where's your caravan'

Rob I wrote:

tac wrote:Check PakPassion . . .

. . . of course, it's what the poms always throw at the Aussies in England, but that's not racist.

Could you give us an example of English people chanting "Show us your visas" to Australian tourists, please?

Yep. Had it directed at me and my mates at both Nottingham and Leeds in 1993, and have heard similar stories from mates who've been to Tests in England.

tac wrote:It seems a bunch of Aussies indulged themselves with a "show us your visas" chant aimed at their subi neighbours on Day 2.

Why is that necessarily racist? It's at least as much a dig at the total screw-ups by the AFP and the previous Government over the Haneef case (and others).

Get with it, tails!

Get with what?

tac wrote:

Rob I wrote:

tac wrote:Check PakPassion . . .

. . . of course, it's what the poms always throw at the Aussies in England, but that's not racist.

Could you give us an example of English people chanting "Show us your visas" to Australian tourists, please?

Yep. Had it directed at me and my mates at both Nottingham and Leeds in 1993, and have heard similar stories from mates who've been to Tests in England.

Shameful. I'm saddened but not surprised by that. Many Yorkies are xenophobic. I saw some of that when I lived there. It is illuminating that, despite Leeds and Bradford having substantial Pakistani and Bangladeshi populations and the Yorkshire Leagues having many players of colour, Yorkshire CCC was all-white until Tendulkar played for them.

I've never been to Nottingham.

I'd be surprised if you got that in London.

I'd call it ignorance on the part of English chavs. I wouldn't call it racist chanting, unless the chanters were white and you and your mates aren't.

Rob, as I said, I don't consider it racist . . . just a wind-up. But that's probably where it originated.

Henry wrote:Not one of the offenders was kicked out, despite the fact that there was a lot of police and security guards within metres of the chant.

2 fans WERE ejected when they came to the ground with a banner saying,"Supporting India from every corner of the globe" followed by a 7Eleven symbol.

So, if you turned up with a banner reading 'Thank you, come again' would you be ejected?

Or conf of Wall low?

Don't insult Dravid you racists.

Try Agarkar.

Zat wrote:

Henry wrote:Not one of the offenders was kicked out, despite the fact that there was a lot of police and security guards within metres of the chant.

2 fans WERE ejected when they came to the ground with a banner saying,"Supporting India from every corner of the globe" followed by a 7Eleven symbol.

So, if you turned up with a banner reading 'Thank you, come again' would you be ejected?

I reckon you would.

If in doubt:

Australian bowlers, going through the Indians faster than a dodgy vindaloo.

tac wrote:

Rob I wrote:

tac wrote:Check PakPassion . . .

. . . of course, it's what the poms always throw at the Aussies in England, but that's not racist.

Could you give us an example of English people chanting "Show us your visas" to Australian tourists, please?

Yep. Had it directed at me and my mates at both Nottingham and Leeds in 1993, and have heard similar stories from mates who've been to Tests in England.

That's not racism, that's just drunks thinking they are being funny, you Aussies should recognise that.......

drunks vs drunken squatters

eowyn wrote:

tac wrote:

Rob I wrote:

tac wrote:Check PakPassion . . .

. . . of course, it's what the poms always throw at the Aussies in England, but that's not racist.

Could you give us an example of English people chanting "Show us your visas" to Australian tourists, please?

Yep. Had it directed at me and my mates at both Nottingham and Leeds in 1993, and have heard similar stories from mates who've been to Tests in England.

That's not racism, that's just drunks thinking they are being funny, you Aussies should recognise that.......

Didn't I say it's not racist?

"Yep. Had it directed at me and my mates at both Nottingham and Leeds in 1993, and have heard similar stories from mates who've been to Tests in England."

I was also in England in 1993. The crowds at Old Trafford and Lords couldn't have been any more welcoming. But Headingley was a dozen dickheads to the square yard.

I seem to remember Tim Zoehrer and a few Leeds lager-louts had a full and frank exchange of views in the Headingley bar after play finished one day.

Fred Nerk wrote:But Headingley was a dozen dickheads to the square yard.

Should be familiar territory then.

*Buckaroo* wrote:

Fred Nerk wrote:But Headingley was a dozen dickheads to the square yard.

Should be familiar territory then.

Yep. Just like this forum . . .

tac wrote:

eowyn wrote:

tac wrote:

Rob I wrote:

tac wrote:Check PakPassion . . .

. . . of course, it's what the poms always throw at the Aussies in England, but that's not racist.

Could you give us an example of English people chanting "Show us your visas" to Australian tourists, please?

Yep. Had it directed at me and my mates at both Nottingham and Leeds in 1993, and have heard similar stories from mates who've been to Tests in England.

That's not racism, that's just drunks thinking they are being funny, you Aussies should recognise that.......

Didn't I say it's not racist?

Probably.....