1137moiz
17th July 2008, 21:17
I'm not too sure where a lot of these come from, and they're not really particularly important, but I've noticed during my short time on this great website that there are a few assumptions that seem to "go without saying" and that I'd like to address:
1) Apparently anyone with a beard :inzi :moyo :afridi :sohail is a suck-up hypocrite.
True that people do sometimes act religious just to impress others, but since Mohammad Yousuf's conversion in 2005, a lot of people have been targeting anybody with a beard, or any religious inclination for that matter, (especially MoYo himself), as being a hypocrite and a suckup. People, Mohammad Yousuf :moyo didn't get where he is now by growing a beard. I don't know for sure, but I'm assuming that a lot of PPers who are under this impression live in the West, where any sort of religiosity is generally written off as hypocrisy and antimodern, or tableeghi.
2) Apparently, quietness equals complacency & laziness.
Apparently, because Imran Khan :imran , Pakistan's greatest all-rounder and arguably greater cricketer, was a charismatic, forceful personality, and because Wasim Akram :wasim and Shoaib Akhtar :akhtar are aggressive tearaways, and because one could listen all day to Moin Khan chattering away behind the stumps, and because Boom Boom Afridi's demeanor is...well, boom boom :afridi , it's generally assumed that all Pakistan cricketers must now be equally forceful and aggressive to prove their worth.
Unfortunate for quiet blokes like Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, and Abdul Razzaq, all of whom have proven their worth & dedication many times over with bat, ball, or both. Now, because they're not in-your-face and bubbling with emotion all the time, ignorant observers decide that they must not be dedicated enough, and aren't hard workers. So whenever they make a mistake in the field, it's assumed that they're "complacent" and "lazy". Never mind what they do or have ever done with the bat or ball, they're lazy because they're quiet. Of course, when they do come out of their "shell" and voice their views, as Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq did this week, they're suddenly considered whiny complaining ingrates. When will you people be satisfied?
3) Apparently "young blood" solves all problems.
Cricket's generally a young man's game. Running round a parched field all day, diving, carrying increasingly heavy bats, etc. So whenever the Pakistan team isn't doing well, the answer leaps to the fan's tongue:" We need young blood. Kick out the seniors no matter how they're performing, young blood is the order of the day." Now I agree that people like Tanvir, Arafat, etc. deserve an extended run in the team, but you can't just baying for the seniors' blood every time there's a failure. "Hotheads are ten for a crust", as Brian Jacques' Ferahgo would say. Experience does count.
(Sorry for all the smilies by the way, but they're good 'uns.)
1) Apparently anyone with a beard :inzi :moyo :afridi :sohail is a suck-up hypocrite.
True that people do sometimes act religious just to impress others, but since Mohammad Yousuf's conversion in 2005, a lot of people have been targeting anybody with a beard, or any religious inclination for that matter, (especially MoYo himself), as being a hypocrite and a suckup. People, Mohammad Yousuf :moyo didn't get where he is now by growing a beard. I don't know for sure, but I'm assuming that a lot of PPers who are under this impression live in the West, where any sort of religiosity is generally written off as hypocrisy and antimodern, or tableeghi.
2) Apparently, quietness equals complacency & laziness.
Apparently, because Imran Khan :imran , Pakistan's greatest all-rounder and arguably greater cricketer, was a charismatic, forceful personality, and because Wasim Akram :wasim and Shoaib Akhtar :akhtar are aggressive tearaways, and because one could listen all day to Moin Khan chattering away behind the stumps, and because Boom Boom Afridi's demeanor is...well, boom boom :afridi , it's generally assumed that all Pakistan cricketers must now be equally forceful and aggressive to prove their worth.
Unfortunate for quiet blokes like Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, and Abdul Razzaq, all of whom have proven their worth & dedication many times over with bat, ball, or both. Now, because they're not in-your-face and bubbling with emotion all the time, ignorant observers decide that they must not be dedicated enough, and aren't hard workers. So whenever they make a mistake in the field, it's assumed that they're "complacent" and "lazy". Never mind what they do or have ever done with the bat or ball, they're lazy because they're quiet. Of course, when they do come out of their "shell" and voice their views, as Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq did this week, they're suddenly considered whiny complaining ingrates. When will you people be satisfied?
3) Apparently "young blood" solves all problems.
Cricket's generally a young man's game. Running round a parched field all day, diving, carrying increasingly heavy bats, etc. So whenever the Pakistan team isn't doing well, the answer leaps to the fan's tongue:" We need young blood. Kick out the seniors no matter how they're performing, young blood is the order of the day." Now I agree that people like Tanvir, Arafat, etc. deserve an extended run in the team, but you can't just baying for the seniors' blood every time there's a failure. "Hotheads are ten for a crust", as Brian Jacques' Ferahgo would say. Experience does count.
(Sorry for all the smilies by the way, but they're good 'uns.)