Re: Indians are not feared in UK, Pakis are




"Romanise" <joshidm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >> The recent attacks on London have proved one thing for certain --
>> >> that Britain will never be the same again.
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>> >"Romanise" <joshidm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > Would they make intelligent british acquaint themselves with the role
>> > british played in creation of Pakistan?
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>> >> For instance, in England when there is a cricket match between the
>> >> home
>> >> team and a touring Pakistani side, almost all of the latter team's
>> >> supporters are British citizens -- of Pakistani descent. It is a
>> >> strange paradox to watch these people rooting not for the country they
>> >> belong to, but for a country which their ancestors once belonged to.
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>> > Nothing new to Indians. Muslims of India always root for Pakistan
>> > whever it is playing, and this despite there being significant number
>> > of muslim players in Indian team.
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>>Gary Walker wrote:
>> Yet when Norman Tebbit announced his "cricket test", he was branded a
>> "racist".
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> Would you care to elaborate?


Certainly. Go here> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_test


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