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grapefruitzzz ([info]grapefruitzzz) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2006-11-29 00:23:00

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Racism? Nationalism? It's just not cricket.
England cricket player Sajid Mahmood has a column in the left-wing English newspaper 'The Guardian'. He discusses the match and his hopes to actually play next time and then ends with a comment on the crowd.

I was carrying a drink round the boundary to Harmy when the first thing I heard was a voice from the crowd saying: "You can't be English." You're going to get stuff like that out here and you've just got to learn to ignore it. There's no point biting back because there's going to be a lot of it. I have to learn to block it out and not let it affect my game.

Australians take exception to this generalisation. Britons take exception to the Australians taking exception. Wank ensues, including "You're generalising!" "No, you are!" "It's because you people all the same!". Someone defends the word 'wog'. Someone tries to discuss cricket. The Gulf War is brought up. Meaty.

Here we are


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