Hamilton becomes the target of racist abuse in Spain

This news somehow does not surprise me. Pardon me, but I am not a Hamilton hater (neither do I like him). But the instances of racist abuse has become a common day-to-day occurence especially in sports. This news marks the latest in a series of racial abuses across sports ranging from cricket to football to F1.

Makes me wonder, are we going backwards towards evolution? The more we become advanced in technology, the more we seem to go backwards in our behavior. I think everyone would agree with me that Alonso is not a true or model sportsperson. I think one of the most essential characteristic of a sportsperson is to take losing in his stride - with the chin up and Alonso has failed miserably in it.

Supporting Alonso is one thing and the people of Spain are more than entitled to do it, but racially abusing Hamilton who proved to be more than a match for Alonso especially in his rookie debut season in F1 - is this his fault that he drove faster and better than Alonso? I don't think so.

Again - take cricket! I was surprised Harbhajan got an easy sentence for his on-field behavior. Cricket was a gentleman's game. Umpire's word was considered the 'word of god' and went unquestioned. Players behaved themselves on the field. Though Australians were the masters of sledging, the recent Indian team with the likes of Harbhajan and Sreesanth seem to give more than what they got.

Sachin the 'unofficial' moderator was seen as the key influencer behind Bhajji's decision. He was supposed to have said that Bhajji might have said 'Teri maa ki' which was misinterpreted as 'monkey' against Symonds.

Since when does abusing the parents a lesser crime than calling a person 'monkey'? Strange are the ways people play games these days!