On May 27, 8:36 pm, "StraightDrive" 
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> On May 27, 6:52 pm, "StraightDrive" 
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> > "arahim"  wrote in message
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> >news:46097f06-7583-44c5-a42b-caa364f9c2f2@a32g2000prf.googlegroups.com...> > On May 27, 6:18 pm, "StraightDrive" 
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> > > "arahim"  wrote in message
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> > >news:d99d270c-f781-4793-bc25-0c18adc62c37@w5g2000prd.googlegroups.com..> > > > "Pakistan management should tell the players not to talk religion in> > > > sports"
> > > > Kunal
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> > > Kunal is an intellectually challenged idiot, dont ya know arahim ?
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> > >>>The problem as you know here was not limited to Kunal.
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> > I know.
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> > There are no intellectuals on this newsgroup in the first place.
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> >>What does any of this have to do with intellectuals. A word that I
> >>have found strange.
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> Because you were complaining about comments from idiots and I told
> you there are no intellectuals on rsc.
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> > Lots of posters including you "delude" themselves they are. LOL
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> >>Now now don't ruin my babe-magnet self image. That's what I usually
> >>delude myself to be:)
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> I do it too.......Don't worry....you have company in that issue......
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> Another thing is babes dont fall for intellectuals......they go for the
> bad guys :-)
>

Ah now I see why you do what you do:)

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> > > > "He must have been told by Pakistani authority to make this kinda
> > > > stupid, and a real inflammatory statement. "
> > > > LKM
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> > > > "While I believe its okay to thank God while accepting a prize, it
> > > > should not become a situation about talking about individual
> > > > religions. Like I thank all Hindus, or I thank all Christians or I
> > > > thank all muslims, buddhists etc. "
> > > > outsourcingbusiness
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> > > > "He better, india has the second highest population of muslims in the
> > > > world.
> > > > I was thinking WTF? Is that what it is? muslims vs infidels? "
> > > > JackofallTrades
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> > > > "Inzi had also once thanked muslims all over
> > > > the world for their support or something like that. I wish Shastri
> > > > had
> > > > reminded Malik that there are more muslims in India than in Pakistan> > > > and
> > > > not all of them would be supporting Pakistan. "
> > > > Mohan
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> > > > "I also felt that Shastri should have said something like that. He
> > > > may
> > > > have been surprised to hear that too and chose to ignore that to
> > > > avoid
> > > > any controversy. "
> > > > Mastercheif/Shikari Shambhu
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> > > > "Why couldn't he just say Pakistanis? What does religion have to do
> > > > with his win or loss? He is representing a country - Pakistan. The
> > > > team he captained is not "Muslims" or "Islam". If Danish Kaneria had> > > > captained the team and said "Thanks to all the Hindus in the world",> > > > would your reaction have been the same? "
> > > > RishiX
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> > > > "ok, let me tell you what he was alluding to. I don't know if you are
> > > > aware, but this issue of Indian Muslims supporting Pakistan is a
> > > > sensitive issue. There is history behind it. And frankly, there are
> > > > some
> > > > who do support Pakistan. Probably a minority, but let's face it, they
> > > > exist. "
> > > > Mohan
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> > > > "Now the truth is starting to emerge and I will commend you Mohan for
> > > > it. People have been throwing all this crap about hurting the
> > > > sensitivities of Indian muslims when it is their own sensitivities "> > > > arahim
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> > > > "We know that Shoaib is just a country boy who was given a script to> > > > read by the powers-to-be. This has been happening for decades; we are
> > > > all used to it and none of us are surprised by it. And yet, that
> > > > does
> > > > not mean that we will not point it out each time it happens. "
> > > > Sanjiv Karmarkar
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> > > > "Why The script for Afridi was different? "
> > > > arahim
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> > > > "It is a world where Muslims, Hindus and a Sikh currently play for
> > > > England, where Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and a Hindu play for Sri
> > > > Lanka, where Hashim Amla turns out for South Africa, where a Patel
> > > > plays for New Zealand, where Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Hindus
> > > > play (and have always played) for India. Why would Shoaib think, then,
> > > > that the Muslims of the world were collectively rooting for the
> > > > Pakistan team or that they felt let down by its defeat? Did he stop to
> > > > think of how Danish Kaneria, his Hindu team-mate, might feel hearing> > > > his Test skipper all but declare that the Pakistan team is a Muslim
> > > > team that plays for the Muslims of the world?" Kesavan
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> > > >http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/other/content/current/story/352132.html
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> > > > So how do Songavkar's countrymates and teammates feel? Should not be a
> > > > problem in my opinion. Its's just independence celebrations where they
> > > > are coming up with Israel supporting and jewish players from all over
> > > > the world. Goes to show how overboard the whole Shoaib/Pakistan
> > > > paranoia went overboard about Shoaib thanking all muslims. Bonus
> > > > question: Who should the Indian jews root for in this match?
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> > > Your analogy between Shoaib and Songavkar is completely idiotic.
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> > >>>There is no analogy between Songavkar and Shoaib (neither of whom did> > >>>anything wrong) to begin with.
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> > Analogy between the "two issues" of Shoaib and Songavkar you are
> > comparing, I meant.
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> >>No infact what I am saying is they are different. The OP contains the
> >>kernel of one of the differences: The sensitivities (over) of these
> >>posters. Let me restate:
> >>"ok, let me tell you what he was alluding to. I don't know if you are
> >>aware, but this issue of Indian Muslims supporting Pakistan is a
> >>sensitive issue. There is history behind it. And frankly, there are
> >>some
> >>who do support Pakistan. Probably a minority, but let's face it, they
> >>exist. "
> >>Mohan
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> Mohan hit the bulls eye. That was a perfect comment and also the
> truth.
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> >>"Now the truth is starting to emerge and I will commend you Mohan for
> >>it. People have been throwing all this crap about hurting the
> >>sensitivities of Indian muslims when it is their own sensitivities "
> >>arahim
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> I have no idea about that thread and your response to Mohan.
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> If Shoaib apologized to all the muslims of the world for losing to India
> then
> it is a problem.
>

It was not that he lost to India. Just that they lost. See his
original quote. There is nothing in it to suggest that it was directed
at India.

> There is no similarity between Shoaibs comments and Indian Jew Songvakars
> comments about playing for Israel.
>

Songavkar's comments are not even under discussion.

> And hence there is no need for you to ask rsc'ers to  post their outrageIt's a rhetorical question:)

> >>It should not be Shoaib's problem if people see skeletons where there
> >>are none. Oversensitization of these posters is their problem.
> > >>>At least I am not presenting one.
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> > You did.
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> >>See above.
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> You too....in my response.....
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> > Why should there be any outrage about Songavkar which is the
> > title of the topic you started ?
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> >>Because these posters came up with some high fallutin reasons behind
> >>the Shoaib saga which in principle should apply here as well. What I
> >>am infact saying is that this was just a mask for the real reasons
> >>which Mohan points out.
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> Dude.....the same principle will not apply since the two issues are
> NOT similar.
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> Case closed.
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khul ja sum sum (open sesame).

> > >>It is
> > >>>about the kinds of statements that certain posters (and columnists)
> > >>>made in the Shoaib situation
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> > The outrage in Shoaibs issue is perfectly justified. He was representing> > Pakistan and NOT just muslims in Pakistan.
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> > >which then should lead them to make
> > >>>>similar statements in this situation.
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> > Why ?
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> >>I have answered this above but will illustrate in a seperate post with
> >>examples to clarify:)
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> Escapism.....
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