LOL I think I touched a nerve there
but you know what…… I’ll not be ruffled up with what you’ve written because clearly it seems that you had some hidden preconceived notions about Pakistanis in general and all it took was a post from a random stranger and you couldn’t hold back that bent up frustration from the ‘stories’ you’ve heard over the years! – I am guessing you’re more or less in the same age bracket as me but clearly, over here, you showed some emotion that made me reminiscent of how I was during my teenage years.
Let me start of by saying that if you think I have some hatred towards Bangladeshi people / cricket team then clearly you need to brush up on your comprehension skills for the English language. I never in my entire post wrote anything that suggested I hated ‘Bangladeshi People’; all I wrote was that I never really ‘liked’ them which if you think is equivalent to hate then God Bless You my friend.
It’s like me saying that since I don’t like Afridi as a cricketer – I hate him. Which would be hilarious to say since because as a person, I am not too sure how Afridi deals with individuals on a one to one basis. Hating something or someone requires interaction, with the said identity in question, that may emotionally offend or aggravate a dislike in your character.
Bangladeshi people have done that to me over the years but I won’t go on a limb and hate the entire nation or the 180 million people that live there for it – I might however, dislike them for the experiences
I’VE PERSONALLY HAD in the past; now compare that with the ‘stories’ you’ve heard and what you claimed in your post.
You know what, I’ll tell you something here which I’ve never disclosed online EVER! My roots are from Calcutta City – West Bengal (Grandad from both my Mom and Dad sides were from the main city, while my Grandmother was from North 24 Parganas district i.e. my dad’s mom. My Mom’s mother was ethnically a west Bengali but she grew up in Delhi all her life) and they all migrated to Karachi in 1947.
I have many common traits with Bangladeshi people, more than you can think off and as until the 2nd generation for my family everyone used to speak Bengali in the household, Heck even I can speak with flawless fluency and you wouldn’t be able to tell whether I grew up in Karachi or Kolkata. It’s only when anyone from my household speaks Urdu that people realize (generally this happens when we’re overseas) that we are born and bred in Pakistan.
The point of telling the above story is that my dislike doesn’t come from a superiority complex for my ‘race’, nationality or the color of skin I have in general. It comes from
personal experience I’ve had with Bangladeshi people but even so that does not translate into overall hate as you might seem to think right now.
Bill O’Reilly and Don Bradman were the biggest adversaries playing for the same team but that didn’t stop them from playing together or having to work towards the same objective / goal – i.e. winning for Australia. Very recently ‘All Out Cricket’ – a mid-sized online cricketing blog quoted these lines relating to the relationship between the two people:
We interact with many people on this discussion board ranging from many different nationalities so naturally there would difference of opinion but that doesn’t necessarily mean that posters hate each other based on their likes/dislikes or other personal preferences.
Our goal as contributors, similar (in spirit) to the latter mentioned blokes, should be to contribute so that the overall quality of content on this forum be high and should serve as a rich database for cricket related activities and other discussion. However, us liking each other shouldn’t be a set criteria and what we bring to the table, as posters, should be taken into account.
Coming to cricket – Brother let me tell you that it’s your prerogative whether you want to support Pakistani or not. It won’t affect me, Pakistani posters or anyone in Pakistan or elsewhere in the slightest for that matter. Similarly, it won’t affect anyone if I like or dislike Bangladesh cricket team / country. Everyone has a right to have an opinion on things while supporting, liking or disliking shouldn’t be on reciprocal basis.
For Example, I have huge admiration and respect for cricketers coming out of India and Sri Lanka but my respect, like and preference does not mean that I expect the same from the other side! I’ve met people from India and Sri Lanka who are massive critics of our cricket team and players based on a reason that is totally non-cricketing but I am not going around throwing my toys out of the pram on why they have that said opinion do I now? It’s their choice and I should respect that as every human being has a right to opinion.
BTW, if you think having a POTW is equivalent to being a ‘good poster’ then brother I am willing to forgo my POTW because I am not even remotely a ‘good poster’ as you might call it. I troll, make fun, wrist slit (Sometimes thanks to [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION], [MENTION=57110]JibranAnsari[/MENTION] and [MENTION=43242]Dr_Bassim[/MENTION] – Guys please, you’re transferring that to me now a days
) and then in between I write something remotely useful - Ask [MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] and the amount of editing he has to do with each of my posts
so No !! There is no good poster or bad poster on this platform, there are just……posters.
Also, don’t take all the things written over here to heart, people write all sorts of rubbish online and if you think that you don’t agree with something that might offend you then just let go and move on. Nothing will change, for anyone while if you get all your knickers in a twist based on whatever gibberish you read online; at the end of the day it would just ruin your mood.
[MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION] Larkay yeah check kar !
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Don't get much motivation to watch their ODI game & Tests in UAE (I don't watch T20 much) - really enjoyed the ENG tour, but it's balanced in NZ already
- just like not many replies of you, in post-tea session of Hamilton Test 
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