Its banter, and yes the Media make everything something tiny huge and something huge even bigger. Take it on the chin and give it back. Evrybody is so touchy these days about what people say. Its Stupid.
India Vs Australia 2007/8 Race Row
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Its banter, and yes the Media make everything something tiny huge and something huge even bigger. Take it on the chin and give it back. Evrybody is so touchy these days about what people say. Its Stupid.
smssia0112
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I agree. I called the Sun but they said I'd have to call back on Monday, which I fully intend to. I'm going to defend fans' rights to enjoy themselves and to have banter.
evertonfan
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Damn it, I miss the days when fans were getting nailed for proper racism! None of this poxy banter nonsense.
mattfb
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Thats not Racist. Maybe the fans just wanted to see the Indians Visa cards. 
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Dunno about that. Odds are they were saying "Show Us Your Visas" in the same chant as "You Are A W***er". No message intended, just something to sing that demonstrated some mild creativity.
Ultimately it comes down to how sensitive you are. Some people are just overly-sensitive and can't hack a bit of banter.
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"And police and security staff did not eject any fans despite the Australian supporters shouting "Show us your visas, show us your visas" at their Indian counterparts and being within metres of the potentially explosive incident."
lol, am i the only person that kinda finds it funny? Personally i dont think its racist. If i was in another country and they started chanting that out to me id probaly laugh aswell.
Whats with India thinking everything is racist???? Are they a bit insecure ey?
lol, am i the only person that kinda finds it funny? Personally i dont think its racist. If i was in another country and they started chanting that out to me id probaly laugh aswell.
Whats with India thinking everything is racist???? Are they a bit insecure ey?
Hmmmm...that really has to hurt. christ almighty, for the amount of trouble you get into these days for doing nothing they may as well burn an indian flag in the stands.....but then, that would be racist...and the average australian isn't racist. In all of world cricket the aussies are subjected to it the most through the media and opposing fans but you don't hear us complaining.
By the way...did they have their visas? Rather nice of the aussie lads to check cause we wouldn't want our visiting friends spending the night in a detention center. As the famous Australian Professer Kevin Bloody Wilson once said you can either be an immigrant or you can be illegal, but not both - if you are an immigrant you're welcome, if you are illegal you can leave!
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By the way...did they have their visas? Rather nice of the aussie lads to check cause we wouldn't want our visiting friends spending the night in a detention center. As the famous Australian Professer Kevin Bloody Wilson once said you can either be an immigrant or you can be illegal, but not both - if you are an immigrant you're welcome, if you are illegal you can leave!
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evertonfan
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"Show us your Visas". Things like that get chanted every week at football matches to foreign players. It's banter. As usual though, it's been blown well out proportion. Now if they were calling them real racist terms i'd be appauled, but it's not as if they are calling them monkeys like some cricket fans do now is it?
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