Herschelle Gibbs arrested

[Richard]

The original mistake's already long since edited out.

 

[Prince EWS]

rumour about Gibbs and what his pre-match ritual involved and it wasn’t a bottle of Jack Daniels and some pizza.

illicit assignations with marijuana

 

[funnygirl]

So Herchellie Gibbs is a total package as far as the controverisies are concerned .

 

[cover drive man]

Dickhead what type of examples that?

 

[TT Boy]

No, that’s not it.

 

[TT Boy]

Gibbs must have been nigh on paralytic for from experience the South African police are fairly lenient when it comes to such things. That's presumably why the death tolls on the roads are so high.

 

[The Masterplan]

Gibbs is an idiot.. glad to see he's behind bars...

 

[Richard]

You don't get custodial sentances for drink-driving.

EDIT: except in rare cases, so it seems.

 

[GIMH]

Tony Adams did

 

[andruid]

Poor thread IMO. Lots of random people get done for drunk driving weed smoking et al, hardly see the point of making such an unholy fuss over one guy cos he gets his paychecks from CSA and does his thing on TV.

 

[GIMH]

Anyone who gets caught drunk-driving deserves to be stigmatised, the fact that he is in the public eye means of course there will be more reaction.

 

[TT Boy]

Anyone who gets caught drunk-driving deserves to be stigmatised, the fact that he is in the public eye means of course there will be more reaction.

Indeed. His also a cricketer and guess what, this is a cricket forum. Not sure why one shouldn't post such news as andruid was suggesting.

 

[duffer]

I'm not judging him on his ganja smoking exploits, would be very hypocritical of me to do so; but driving intoxicated is really ****ty. Considering who he is it's not like he didn't have any other options available to him to get around.

 

[Protean]

Poor thread IMO. Lots of random people get done for drunk driving weed smoking et al, hardly see the point of making such an unholy fuss over one guy cos he gets his paychecks from CSA and does his thing on TV.

Erm, sorry, you might think it's okay for national heroes to do whatever they want but I hold them to a higher standard than that. Nothing I don't hold myself to either by the way. What if it affects his career, will it be of interest then?

 

[Sanz]

match fixing, racist remarks, spoking pot, now DUI, the guy has done it all.

That said, He is an awesome cricketer, one of my favorite Saffies.

 

[roseboy64]

I'm not judging him on his ganja smoking exploits, would be very hypocritical of me to do so; but driving intoxicated is really ****ty. Considering who he is it's not like he didn't have any other options available to him to get around.

Pretty common in South Africa though AFAIK.

 

[Protean]

And knowing what I know from speaking to our resident South Africans Richard "Langeveldt" Hingston and Kev "Goughy", drink-driving is alarmingly commonly present in South Africa. It's hardly going to help seeing Gibbs be caught for it, but equally it's not as if the problem isn't already considerable.

Pretty common in South Africa though AFAIK.

I know this is over dramatic, but you know what else is common in SA? Rape, murder, armed robbery, hijacking and pretty much every crime you can think of. So yes, drunk driving is common too, doesn't mean we should accept it as the norm or as not that bad.

 

[DaRick]

Gibbs was arrested this morning in CT for drunken driving. Such a bad example.

Clearly being out of the Test team hit him a tad too hard...

That being said, while he deserves the punishment that he gets, he's done things which are worthier of elongated discussions, as many have pointed out.

 

[Agent TBY]

No, that’s not it.

Just tell us already.

 

[Protean]

Awta