Rise of indian imperialism?

by horace Wed 15 Oct 2008, 00:30

The gracelessness with which Indian players - Khan and Kumble - greeted the drawn test highlights the ascendancy of a new imperialism (this time Indian)...as the old US order crumbles under the weight of crazed flat earth economics and dies a deserved death and international lightweights such as Oz disappear into cultural and economic irrelevancy (beyond our holes in the ground), new powers arise - notably that of India...just like the Yanks, Indian culture now has lost its ability to appreciate other cultures...its takeover of cricket - eg Sri lanka giving up a tour of England for $40M only boosts its sense of cultural and economic superiority..

cricket is just a microcosm, a lens that can enable some insight into where various nation states stand..

I hope but doubt the Indian gracelessness and sense of superiority its cricketers displayed (and I have not even covered Khans screaming and the Filthilators continued obnoxious behaviour) is not reflective of broader Indian culture

by embee Wed 15 Oct 2008, 03:21

everybody wrote:Get ****** Horrie

by horace Wed 15 Oct 2008, 03:45

***bows to crowd***

by Bradman Wed 15 Oct 2008, 03:54

Thank fark China doesn't play cricket. The first world would be doomed. be doomed.

by furriner Wed 15 Oct 2008, 04:26

horace wrote:The gracelessness with which Indian players - Khan and Kumble - greeted the drawn test highlights the ascendancy of a new imperialism (this time Indian)...as the old US order crumbles under the weight of crazed flat earth economics and dies a deserved death and international lightweights such as Oz disappear into cultural and economic irrelevancy (beyond our holes in the ground), new powers arise - notably that of India...just like the Yanks, Indian culture now has lost its ability to appreciate other cultures...its takeover of cricket - eg Sri lanka giving up a tour of England for $40M only boosts its sense of cultural and economic superiority..

cricket is just a microcosm, a lens that can enable some insight into where various nation states stand..

I hope but doubt the Indian gracelessness and sense of superiority its cricketers displayed (and I have not even covered Khans screaming and the Filthilators continued obnoxious behaviour) is not reflective of broader Indian culture

Horrie has mastered the limpid and random style of trolling.

by horace Wed 15 Oct 2008, 04:28

thanx Furri...i am as critical of my own backwater

by furriner Wed 15 Oct 2008, 04:30

Hopefully with more insight than your Indian critique, horrie.

Not that I mind. It helps pass the time.

by horace Wed 15 Oct 2008, 04:32

so you thought Khan and kumble were polite and good sports in their after match comments?

by furriner Wed 15 Oct 2008, 04:36

No I just think that...

horace wrote:The gracelessness with which Indian players - Khan and Kumble - greeted the drawn test highlights the ascendancy of a new imperialism (this time Indian)

...stretching incidents into...

horace wrote:....................Indian culture now has lost its ability to appreciate other cultures.............

.. random generalizations...

horace wrote:I hope but doubt the Indian gracelessness and sense of superiority its cricketers displayed (and I have not even covered Khans screaming and the Filthilators continued obnoxious behaviour) is not reflective of broader Indian culture

is dangerous and stupid, horrie.

by embee Wed 15 Oct 2008, 04:39

Furry

refer to post two on this thread ...repeat as necessary ...

by furriner Wed 15 Oct 2008, 04:43

Get ***** horrie.

by horace Wed 15 Oct 2008, 07:27

***bows again***...and fair dos

could you point me to some sage commentary from the Indian media that raised concerns over the post match commentary and/or Harbi's behaviour

by embee Wed 15 Oct 2008, 08:09

Horrie

it's very dubber of you to bend over every time someone tells you to get ****** ...

by tac Wed 15 Oct 2008, 08:13

embee hoping to strike it lucky . . .

by embee Wed 15 Oct 2008, 08:20

I'm lucky that i live on the other side of Oz to Horrie

by Red Wed 15 Oct 2008, 08:38

horace wrote:***bows again***...and fair dos

could you point me to some sage commentary from the Indian media that raised concerns over the post match commentary and/or Harbi's behaviour

Horace has a point re. Roebuck's claim of triumphalism in victory over the Indians in Sydney. At the time I wasn't too enamoured of their behaviour but when a player who wasn't even playing in Perth ran out with the Indian flag and started dancing around there were no similar cries from the media.

And over the years it's been fashionable to accuse us of trash-talking in the press and arrogance with our pre-match predictions and post-match boasts, yet India can seemingly follow suit with impunity.

by embee Wed 15 Oct 2008, 08:43

You just want to get into Horrie's clique ....

by Merlin Wed 15 Oct 2008, 08:47

embee wrote:You just want to get into Horrie's clique ....

Is that what it's called these days .....

by JKLever Wed 15 Oct 2008, 09:54

So this is an Aussie complaining about the nasty Indian team getting in their faces and saying nasty things?

Snigger

by Para Batsman Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:58

JKLever wrote:So this is an Aussie complaining about the nasty Indian team getting in their faces and saying nasty things?

Snigger

I tell you when you will notice the difference in Indian behaviour.

Very shortly.

by Para Batsman Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:53

JKLever wrote:So this is an Aussie complaining about the nasty Indian team getting in their faces and saying nasty things?

Snigger

Irrelevant I know but the first time I visited England I worked my way through England.

I stopped in a certain town (but it wasn't the first such occasion) and stayed at a sort of private boarding house. After a week my landlady said to us after our daily shower. "You Australians musn't have a bath too often at home"

by tac Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:58

My room in college was nearby the bathroom, and I swear I was the only one on my stairwell who ever used it . . .

of course, nowt to do wit cricket, but I always like to share my first-hand experience of how unhygenic poms are.

Red, does this put me in the PB clique? Hope not . . . .

by Para Batsman Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:20

tac wrote:My room in college was nearby the bathroom, and I swear I was the only one on my stairwell who ever used it . . .

of course, nowt to do wit cricket, but I always like to share my first-hand experience of how unhygenic poms are.

Red, does this put me in the PB clique? Hope not . . . .

Jack you are a funny guy. Never mind us high IQ guys get you Suspect

by tac Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:22

IQ guys? Irrepressibly queer?

by Brass Monkey Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:39

1. I wholeheartedly agree with horrie's comments on the Indian cricketers.

2. I don't see how cricket can be a microcosm for an entire nation.

3. Considering point 1 and 2, can that be applied to Australia? If so, how can the author of the thread hand out derision to any other country.

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