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Listed below are comments made by Sri Gutta between Thursday, 26th June 2008 and Friday, 4th July 2008.

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Zimbabwe crisis rumbles on 2:46pm on 04 Jul 2008 Mihir

If financial shenanigans are the real reason for Zimbabwe's ouster, then how accountable are Indian and Pakistani cricket boards? You mention the question of how many MDC members are on Zimbabwean cricket board? Have you ever considered how many opposition members are on Indian cricket board which is run by a politican?

If Zimbabwean political situation is the reason, then I do not think ICC is the right forum. It is up to the governments (British or any other) to decide if the Zimbabwean situation warrants sporting ban or complete withdrawal of relationships. ICC is a sporting body and should not be making political decisions.

Barclays has a significant interest in Zimbabwe and there is no pressure on them to suspend their operations or withdraw from that country. Yet, cricketers are not allowed to play a game. Are you telling me that cricketers contribute more to Zimbabwe than Barclays?

Please don't tell me government cannot ask Barclays to pull out. There are rules in place which require british firms not to trade in certain sectors with terrorist or black-listed countries. Surely zimbabwe can be added to a similar list!

Anyway, why is Cricket being singled out? Zimbabwean tennis players are happily playing in Wimbledon. So, why can't their cricketers play Twenty20 world cup?

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No defence for 'stealing' music 11:01am on 03 Jul 2008 I have fundamental concerns with this approach. I drop a letter in the Post Box and trust Royal Mail to deliver our Post. I do not expect Royal Mail to open my letter, read the content and judge if it is illegal, illicit, inflammatory or immoral. If we are happy with the approach to mail being delivered this way, why then, does Virgin Media think it is appropriate for them to snoop and analyse the content of the data that I download or upload?

I agree copyright should be protected. But before we speak of copyright protection, please ensure privacy of individuals!!
ICC looks to build consensus on Zimbabwe 3:22pm on 26 Jun 2008 Mihir

We all know that the political situation is terrible in Zimbabwe. So, why do the politicians not stand up and ban all sporting/cultural contact with Zimbabwe? Why do they expect sporting bodies to take the decisions?

Surely, sporting bodies should only be responsible for sporting decisions and political bodies (read government/parliament) exist to take political decisions

Why is every journalist holding ICC responsible when the actual responsibility should lie with parliament/government of the countries involved?

Srikrishna Gutta

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