A blog by Miss Field:
As Dave Hughes said on the Glass House, I’m angry. Thanks to Straight Point for directing me here.
I don’t even know where to start. How dare someone throw an egg in someone’s face. It’s more than just unacceptable, it’s utterly degrading and derogatory. Maybe I’m naive, but I just don’t understand what would possess someone to do this. Who do they think they are and what gives them the right to treat someone so maliciously?
Whoever did this should be publicly named and shamed. They should be banned for life from all sporting events, be prosecuted, and be made to apologise publicly to Murali. At the very least.
Only last night I was beaming with pride at being an Aussie, this makes me ashamed. There are some feral people in the world, and a fair portion of them live here. There are people in this country who are an embarrassment to the rest of us (they are probably from the families of people who voted ‘no’ in the 1967 referendum). These morons ruin things for everyone, and worst of all they do it in the name of being Australian. I’ll spare you all a history of racism in this country, but our past is wrought with it.
It’s no wonder we’re getting (already have?) a reputation for being a bunch of rednecks. If there’s anyone out there who wonders if we’re all like this, we aren’t. But unfortunately, there are a growing number of people who behave in this manner, and a growing culture of racial intolerance. I find it inexplicable. And it’s not good enough.
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Unfortunately, this incident will be discussed and clips if any will be beamed all over the world. Those who do not know or been to your country, will associate this with all Australians.
Generalisation is an easy state of mind than believing in exceptions.
You say the perpetrator be named and shamed. You can name him, but you may not be able to shame him. To others who think like him, he may become a role model.
The best way forwards is for the Australian cricketers to actively condemn such actions, and stand in solidarity with Murali. no message can be more powerful than that.
excellent post … I must admit that i do get a very bad general impression of Aus in this respect (not helped by some aussie posters I have come across on other boards), but I struggle to reconcile that to my own personal experiences. I have met many australians around the world and have always got on well with them, very well in fact, so it seems strange. All you can do is make sure the voice of the decent majority is heard.
To be honest, sometimes I wonder that the decent voice is even in the majority, unfortunately.
And Chinaman, you’re dead right, the naming and shaming may well turn into some sort of celebration, the thought of which I find sickening.
As you can tell I’m still really, really angry.
Thanks for your comments though.
Hi Miss Field
As a fellow Aussie Im also more than disappointed. But you are mistaken in that this incident did not occur at the cricket. The egg was thrown from a car towards a group of the Sri Lankans (inc Murali) when they were walking back to there hotel at night. It did not strike Murali and a spokesman for SL team (Mr Shriyan Samaratne) said they were not sure that the attack was aimed at Murali. – That makes me think there wasn’t any verbal abuse towards any one individual
Am I excusing what happened. No way!
But, I think there is no reason to believe that this act was performed by a cricket fan at all – a brainless yob certainly.
Security is being increased around the SL team by Cricket Aust just in case. I hope and pray it isnt required
Hey gollygosh,
You’re right, there is some dispute about the circumstances. A random attack doesn’t make it excusable, but I’d much rather it was some random yobbo.
That said, it does sound a bit convenient to be such a big coincidence, but still. There are lots of yobbos in this country. (Especially Tasmania? haha)