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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 532858" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>We must always remember that people will comment about these sorts of things (like the the PI poaching myth) from the perspective of how it appears from <strong>their</strong> end, and based in <strong>their</strong> experiences where <strong>they</strong> live.</p><p></p><p>An English member of another forum (Referees) put it this way....</p><p></p><p>[TEXTAREA]Because we live in a country where people who were born here, and have lived here all their lives, call Pakistan "home".</p><p> Because we understand and accept it as normal for someone to call themselves a "French Canadian" or an "Afro Caribbean" or "French Ghanaian"</p><p> Because we see "brown" people with heavy "English" accents who have clearly lived here for a very long time, wave Indian flags at an England v India cricket match.</p><p></p><p>(So) we don't get it when a "brown" person, born and bred in NZ, sees himself as a New Zealander and has a national pride for NZ and a passion to play for his country.</p><p> We find it odd and we become suspicious....[/TEXTAREA]</p><p></p><p>When I read this post, it really helped me to understand why they perceive what happens with PI players here as poaching. They wouldn't expect a 3rd generation Indian living in England to support England, so they cannot understand why on earth a third generation Samoan living in New Zealand, would want to represent New Zealand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 532858, member: 20605"] We must always remember that people will comment about these sorts of things (like the the PI poaching myth) from the perspective of how it appears from [B]their[/B] end, and based in [B]their[/B] experiences where [B]they[/B] live. An English member of another forum (Referees) put it this way.... [TEXTAREA]Because we live in a country where people who were born here, and have lived here all their lives, call Pakistan "home". Because we understand and accept it as normal for someone to call themselves a "French Canadian" or an "Afro Caribbean" or "French Ghanaian" Because we see "brown" people with heavy "English" accents who have clearly lived here for a very long time, wave Indian flags at an England v India cricket match. (So) we don't get it when a "brown" person, born and bred in NZ, sees himself as a New Zealander and has a national pride for NZ and a passion to play for his country. We find it odd and we become suspicious....[/TEXTAREA] When I read this post, it really helped me to understand why they perceive what happens with PI players here as poaching. They wouldn't expect a 3rd generation Indian living in England to support England, so they cannot understand why on earth a third generation Samoan living in New Zealand, would want to represent New Zealand. [/QUOTE]
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