Perhaps on Day 3 of this test everyone should come with Ussies Dove penned on their arm in both the pursuit of peace (and solidarity..) and I protest against the utter inane stupidity of the ICC…..
No surprise to find this hateful sixth form leftist trying to implicate India. Always ready to talk up bogeymen Hindutva Nazis whilst showering praise on an actual religious fascist apartheid state like Pakistan. Fucking scumbag.
Nothwithstanding those clauses, the ICC seems to inhabit a world in which every square inch of the international game is a regulated commodity. It's a dull, unimaginative world. But its also probably a safe one for them.
Khawaja's solution, of writing his children's name on his shoes, is utterly brilliant. It is at once more personal and more pointed. And, I suspect, the ICC's lawyers know they can't really object.
Gideon, do you want to start a commercial organisation with me... we can have a dove as the symbol and call it 'Athletes for peace" or something lame like that, and we can sponsor Uzzy's bat. For $1.
Are you perhaps being a tad naive ? In context and against the background of Khawaja’s prior statements this dove is intended ( or, in any event, will be seen by many) to be supportive of the Palestinian cause in the present war in the Gaza Strip. In the present environment, and rightly or wrongly, that’s a very loaded message and will be perceived by many to be anti- Israel. Whatever one’s views on the rights and wrongs of that tragedy, it’s an intensely political message about a current controversy. That’s the reality.
So what happens when the next player wants to support or oppose Israel’s conduct, Russia’s conduct in the Ukraine, the plight of Coptic Christians in Egypt, Brexit, immigration, or ( God forbid) Trump. How on earth can the ICC or any sports authority be placed on the position of picking and choosing between « acceptable « messages?
The use by players of the stage they are given by the organiser of their sport seems all good and fine when we have sympathy for their cause but looks a tad different when they stand for something we don’t.
Anyway, I’d wish the ICC would throw the book at Warner for the « Candice « on his boots!
Roger, you're indulging in slippery slope fallacy. Khawaja's public comments have been entirely benign. The expression of a common humanity is not 'intensely political', and you are naive to think so.
The issue the ICC faced was that Khawaja had literally shown his colours (black, green, red) with that first message on his shoes. Then you also have to consider his social media postings that show sympathy and support for only 1 side.
So just like his recent batting exploits, he's got form.
That form I believe, does make his actions political.
I think the ICC made the only decision they could in banning the symbol.
To avoid any inconsistency, the ICC should ban any type of personal message on what a player wears whilst representing their country. The privilege these players enjoy from having being selected to represent their country, gives them a social media platform where, whilst representing themselves, can post their personal messages.
Yea nah, but advocating for human life and opposition to brutality and murder should never be considered a political position, it’s humanitarian.
Doesn’t matter if the c*^+$ doing the crimes are Jewish, German, Russian, Yanks, Muzzies, or Christian’s we shouldn’t be fkn silenced for calling this shit out the way we fkn see it. And trying to associate the violence of the state of Israel with the peaceful religion of Judaism is actually antisemitic, so bloody suck one.
Perhaps on Day 3 of this test everyone should come with Ussies Dove penned on their arm in both the pursuit of peace (and solidarity..) and I protest against the utter inane stupidity of the ICC…..
Perfect.
Well stated!
No surprise to find this hateful sixth form leftist trying to implicate India. Always ready to talk up bogeymen Hindutva Nazis whilst showering praise on an actual religious fascist apartheid state like Pakistan. Fucking scumbag.
Nothwithstanding those clauses, the ICC seems to inhabit a world in which every square inch of the international game is a regulated commodity. It's a dull, unimaginative world. But its also probably a safe one for them.
Khawaja's solution, of writing his children's name on his shoes, is utterly brilliant. It is at once more personal and more pointed. And, I suspect, the ICC's lawyers know they can't really object.
Gideon, do you want to start a commercial organisation with me... we can have a dove as the symbol and call it 'Athletes for peace" or something lame like that, and we can sponsor Uzzy's bat. For $1.
Are you perhaps being a tad naive ? In context and against the background of Khawaja’s prior statements this dove is intended ( or, in any event, will be seen by many) to be supportive of the Palestinian cause in the present war in the Gaza Strip. In the present environment, and rightly or wrongly, that’s a very loaded message and will be perceived by many to be anti- Israel. Whatever one’s views on the rights and wrongs of that tragedy, it’s an intensely political message about a current controversy. That’s the reality.
So what happens when the next player wants to support or oppose Israel’s conduct, Russia’s conduct in the Ukraine, the plight of Coptic Christians in Egypt, Brexit, immigration, or ( God forbid) Trump. How on earth can the ICC or any sports authority be placed on the position of picking and choosing between « acceptable « messages?
The use by players of the stage they are given by the organiser of their sport seems all good and fine when we have sympathy for their cause but looks a tad different when they stand for something we don’t.
Anyway, I’d wish the ICC would throw the book at Warner for the « Candice « on his boots!
Roger, you're indulging in slippery slope fallacy. Khawaja's public comments have been entirely benign. The expression of a common humanity is not 'intensely political', and you are naive to think so.
The issue the ICC faced was that Khawaja had literally shown his colours (black, green, red) with that first message on his shoes. Then you also have to consider his social media postings that show sympathy and support for only 1 side.
So just like his recent batting exploits, he's got form.
That form I believe, does make his actions political.
I think the ICC made the only decision they could in banning the symbol.
To avoid any inconsistency, the ICC should ban any type of personal message on what a player wears whilst representing their country. The privilege these players enjoy from having being selected to represent their country, gives them a social media platform where, whilst representing themselves, can post their personal messages.
Yea nah, but advocating for human life and opposition to brutality and murder should never be considered a political position, it’s humanitarian.
Doesn’t matter if the c*^+$ doing the crimes are Jewish, German, Russian, Yanks, Muzzies, or Christian’s we shouldn’t be fkn silenced for calling this shit out the way we fkn see it. And trying to associate the violence of the state of Israel with the peaceful religion of Judaism is actually antisemitic, so bloody suck one.