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australia the new apartheid regime. (1 comments)

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07-Jan-2010 Posted by desi plug

many white south africans settled in western australia spreading their apartheid philosophy into cricket & tourism/hospitality industries that australians identify with. Also sledging ( in cricket) the opponents quoted from Wikipedia is ` the practice whereby some players seek to gain an psychological advantage by insulting or verbally intimidating the opposing batsman. The purpose is to try to weaken the opponent`s concentration, thereby causing him to make mistakes or underperform.` There is debate in the cricketing world as to whether this constitutes poor sportsmanship or good-humoured banter.[1] Sledging is often mistaken for abuse, and whilst comments aimed as sledges do sometimes cross the line into personal abuse, this is not usually the case. Sledging is usually simply an often humorous, sometimes insulting attempt at distraction. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh referred to the practice as `mental disintegration`.this practice is thought to have originated/ mastered in australia ( After the historic racist ASHES body line cricket series against england & now is spread into mainstream civil life as an acceptable form of racism in australian society.

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