Monday, March 19, 2007

Zimbabwe

OMG-The fact this has even got to be discussed in the first place is fucking ridiculous. There is no way in hell our cricket team should tour Zimbabwe now or ever until that fucker Mugabe has been deposed. That is one strong case for state funded assassination if ever i saw it, fuck going to war with the bastard, men like him send children to fight, just blow the top of his head off when he's got his guard down, do the same for his government officials, and support someone in his place who can actually do the job. Simple really!. I'm sure the US can get that right.

How can the Australian Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council even consider playing there, sure some Zimbabwean cricket fans will miss out on seeing a live game, but that counts for nothing in the scheme of things - they'll get over it. After all, what do they really want, cricket or regime change?

Touring Zimbabwe, by the Australian team or any other, when the world is aware of the atrocities and human rights abuses being inflicted there, can only be seen as passive condonation and actively turning a blind eye. It's like saying "Sure, we know all the terrible stuff going on there, it's just that playing a game of cricket is more important".

What IS more important here people, playing a game of cricket or making a stand. It's making a stand, and saying that the Free World (i.e us!) won't tolerate this shit and it's got to stop!

The decision for Downer, the ACB and ICC, if they have any moral fibre at all, is clear cut - Cricket in Zimbabwe? NO FUCKING WAY!