BUTT, ASIF AND AAMIR JAILED

sharaabee · November 3, 2011, 11:13pm

re: BUTT, ASIF AND AAMIR JAILED

I forgot to include the most indulged in corruption actvity - bribery. Under the table is (almost) a given for most activity in our motherland. Shall we start by putting behind bars anyone who has ever given a bribe or received one? would you say that is a serious offence?

Just tax evasion and bribery - should be enough to put 30% of middle and upper class behind bars, dont you think? Evading taxes in a country with 80% under the poverty line - especialy when one is a billionaire - surely that must rank higher in terms of severity.

I am taken aback at the thirst for unprecedented severity of punishment. This definitely is not the first time sportsmen have engaged in such activity.

Let us use the player’s best asset - their kknowledge of the game - to make them give back to their country by providing coaching, mentoring kids, use the fines to help under-priviliged etc. In most parts of Europe, jail is a last resort (dnt know about UK). It is too bad the rest of the world is catching up with my country of residence in terms of locking people away - good for the prison industry I guess.

Again, I cannot logically defend my position 100%. Little amount of compassion, folks.

This is a really twisted logic to say that because other people get away with a crime, all other criminals should be left alone. That is what you are saying in essence.

Leave your compassion aside for a second and think practically about deterring future fixing in the game of cricket.

For the record, people DO go to jail for bribery and crimes in the west, very rare in south asia but it does happen. Note that you shouldnt compare the inefficiency of the indian or pakistani judicial system with the western system where people don’t get away with stuff as often as they do in south asia. I just cannot understand why you would play this logic of “people get away with it in India, so why are these guys being punished in UK”.. makes no sense.

While comparing different crimes, you HAVE to be harsher on the ones that involve cheating your whole country, and not just the profession. They get significantly higher rewards when representing the nation, the punishments should be bigger too.

Overall, while analyzing a situation we should strive for perfection and what’s right and logical. We should not look at bad examples and stop trying to fix things.