Cricket & Terrorism

[benchmark00]

Prove when Pakistanis set fires in the stand .. Prove it otherwise get the heck outta any race based thread .. I said it previously and again .. Clown !!!!!!!!

Fire up, son.

 

[GIMH]

Stop flaming Benchy

 

[Matteh]

Think we should extinguish Fraz

 

[Langeveldt]

ok cheers buddy

 

[FRAZ]

Think we should extinguish Fraz

Matteh please mate . Indirectly you are conveying an annoying msg to the vitoites .Did you even get the essence of Aussiedominance's post? I stand by the post that I directed towards him ... Because I guess I want a proof and I want him to show when did the Pakistani crowd (in Pakistan) flamed the chairs ...He does not want to explain it then ok you do .. Rather than quoting ausiedominion , people are just counter-questioning me ?? How pathetic it can get man ......

 

[benchmark00]

FRANZ getting a bit hot under the collar.

 

[Sanz]

I want a proof and I want him to show when did the Pakistani crowd (in Pakistan) flamed the chairs ...

Would you accept breaking (instead of flaming) the chairs ?

 

[FRAZ]

Fraz you mean

 

[benchmark00]

AussieDominance said setting off flares... which aren't the same as setting fire.

 

[Tomm NCCC]

Cricket and terrorism... I hear dean jones has a few things to say about it.... actually, Ill justs top there

One of the most dangerous incidents to happen at a cricket ground was India Vs England, 2001 I think, Someone tried to shoot andrew flintoff and it missed.. All be it a BB Gun, but its still a dangerous weapon

Back to this terrorism thing, I think that the threat is rising, and whats needed is more rigorous safety checks at grounds or keep the locations of the cricketers highly classified., but one thing you cant do in this subject, is guarentee player safety. South Africa have every right to ditch this triangular series because of the unpredictability of terrorists

I mean, if you were at an airport and heard that a plane had been "Blown up", you wouldnt exactly jump on the next one.

 

[ramu]

With the increase of terrorism the past few years and the scares in Sri Lanka involving South Africa/India and in Pakistan involving New Zealand, do the ICC need to introduce some firm guidelines as to the safety of players when touring?

If we look at the extremes, could any of these actually happen:

* Matches being played in empty grounds for safety reasons.
* Foreign players not allowed out in public without heavy security around them.
* No contact between fans and players (autograph hunters, etc)

Is the game we all love set for a big down turn due to the global threat of terrorism we have today?

i agree

 

[viktor]

That is a seperate topic up for discussion. But it was an extreme case fueled by alcohol and an over agressive bouncer. Poor Hooksey. We are not out to control there lives, they are sportsman and celebraties, but we shouldnt limitt them to what anyother human being has the right to do. We need to protect them at the cricket ground/scene but outside of that it is there life and they can run it how ever they feel like.

True, but the blasts in the present case did not happen at the ground. They happened at a shopping mall.

 

[_TiGeR-ToWn_]

True, but the blasts in the present case did not happen at the ground. They happened at a shopping mall.

Yes they happened at the a shopping mall, but it wasnt directed at the cricketers travelling. It was just in the general area.

I was raising the point how we can protect the players while on the ground and travelling in the touring party. We cant seriously consider controlling their lives outside of cricket.

 

[R_D]

With the increase of terrorism the past few years and the scares in Sri Lanka involving South Africa/India and in Pakistan involving New Zealand, do the ICC need to introduce some firm guidelines as to the safety of players when touring?

If we look at the extremes, could any of these actually happen:

* Matches being played in empty grounds for safety reasons.
* Foreign players not allowed out in public without heavy security around them.
* No contact between fans and players (autograph hunters, etc)

Is the game we all love set for a big down turn due to the global threat of terrorism we have today?

Hopefully it won't come to that but with things as they are going. You can never tell but it may happen. It'll be shame if it comes to it thou.

 

[viktor]

Yes they happened at the a shopping mall, but it wasnt directed at the cricketers travelling. It was just in the general area.

I was raising the point how we can protect the players while on the ground and travelling in the touring party. We cant seriously consider controlling their lives outside of cricket.

I understand that. My point however, is that, the cricketers aren't at much danger on the cricket field, certainly not from terrorists. Therefore,it would be wrong to cut-off player-fan interaction because of fears about terrorism.

 

[k_sanga]

its very dangerous in sri lanka these days hundreds are dying each day(mostly terorrists)so i think it is agood idea to play in an empty ground

 

[Matteh]

its very dangerous in sri lanka these days hundreds are dying each day(mostly terorrists)so i think it is agood idea to play in an empty ground

Thereby letting the terrorists win...

 

[Langeveldt]

Thereby letting the terrorists win...

and our cricketers live.. I'd go with that option any day of the week

 

[Matteh]

and our cricketers live.. I'd go with that option any day of the week

Utilitarianism - Greatest good for the greatest number.

 

[Langeveldt]

Utilitarianism - Greatest good for the greatest number.

don't out politicize me.. I'll kick your *** when I've done my degree