(MO%$ER F&^#*R, F&*K O&F -- English) (BE&^N C^&D -- Hindi)
As per wikipedia, profanity is a word, expression, gesture, or other social behavior, which is socially constructed or interpreted as insulting, rude, vulgar, desecrating, or showing disrespect. Nothing wrong in saying that profanity has become an integral part of every sport now for its own irrelevant purposes just to gain an illusory advantage on a strong opponent.
Abusing/swearing at players is so common in every form of sport. Cricket, which is called a gentleman’s game, could also not spared itself from this begrudging act. However, technology is so high-standard that on-field wicket cameras/mikes promptly tells you what is the bowler/batsman saying in gesticulation and because of that player is immediately been questioned.
Mumbai Indians off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was fined $15,000 for abusing at Deccan Chargers batsman Tirumalasetti Suman during Sunday night’s match at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Apparently profanity is seen in every match of IPL, then why every bowler is not found guilty after swearing at batsman? Whether it is an international or a local player, everybody gesticulates and curse in their local language to distract opponents, to gain an undue advantage or to show respite. Vulgarism needs no language to understand as the gesticulation or anger says it all.
Harbhajan Singh swore at T Suman in language that world understand. i.e. English and got fined by the third umpire. The question is, why other players are also not fined when they are also swearing-in to opponents in Hindi or languages other than English? Abusing in IPL is so common that you can guess easily from lip-sync what the bowler/batsman saying in gesticulation. As words define profanity (vulgarism) are so much colonized in our head that can’t get away so easily and grabs immediate attention.
F&^* &$F is the most used vulgarism and gets slightly lesser attention than other vulgarism like MO%$ER F&^#*R, or S&S F&*^#R. Whether players using these vulgarisms in Hindi/English or any other language they should not be separated and be fined to bring more decency in sports.
“It was in the heat of the moment,” Mumbai Indians’ director of cricket T.A. Sekar said in Mumbai. “We needed a wicket at that moment. We all know Harbhajan is always high on adrenaline… Let’s not make an issue out of it,” he added.
Yes, TA Sekar is right, but lets awake our conscience, win matches on our performances rather profanity, bring more decency in sports and not make it an issue…