The ICC says Afridi was guilty of ‘changing the condition of the ball’ in yesterday’s two-wicket loss to Australia in Perth…Afridi, named captain for the day after Mohammad Yousuf withdrew due to a knee injury, was caught by television cameras biting the ball and running his teeth down the seam. SKY news described the incident which took place on January 31, 2010: “A brain-implosion from Pakistan stand-in captain Shahid Afridi has cost him a two-match Twenty20 international ban from the International Cricket Council for ball tampering.
Was it all that it seams? Did he bite off more than he could chew? Interestingly, and one has to be philosophical about this, it might also have involved a Platypus but this time a cricket ball of Australian manufacture. I am referring to what is now known in cricket circles as the Afridi Affair. In Indonesia a horse attacked a man unloading sand from his cart and bit off his testicles in Sweden a man found guilty of attacking his girlfriend with a knife was granted a reduced sentence because of the suffering he experienced when he had his testicles bitten off by the woman’s Rottweiler and in Chicago a woman bit off the testicles of a man who had sexually assaulted her and took them to Police Headquarters. We’ve all now read, at great length, of biting the bullet, but what about biting the ball? I don’t mean the type that takes testicular fortitude equivalent to biting the bullet although there are some of these. This is not to be confused with a penguin who walks into a bar and asks the bartender, “Have you seen my brother?” and the bartender replies, “I don’t know. If you really want to know more about philosophy in a way that’s fun, read “Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding philosophy through jokes” by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein (Penguin). I don’t propose to provide any other examples so curb your enthusiasm, bite the bullet, and let’s move on. If you are none the wiser for this, bite this particular bullet by way of example, “The strict utilitarian will be forced to admit that if it can be shown that punishing an innocent person would increase the total happiness of the whole society, then there are times when it is morally good to punish an innocent person.” Given a philosopher’s previously held beliefs he or she may have to bite the bullet by accepting a particular claim offered as an extreme or counter-example. It may be disturbing because it is counterintuitive or has other disturbing consequences. Often this will involve accepting a belief that is a disturbing truth. However, in philosophy (according to Wikipedia) “a major goal is to always sustain a consistent set of beliefs using sound reasoning. You would think that biting the bullet is bad enough without having to sink your teeth into philosophy. In general usage the term has come to mean “accepting the consequences of a hard choice or decision”. In the old days when a wounded soldier was undergoing surgery under battlefield conditions, and there was no anesthetic around, the soldier was given a bullet to bite on as a way of dealing with the pain. You know it’s all too good to be true, but what choice do you have? Drawn in by curiosity, desperation, and perhaps something deeper, what will happen when you finally understand him? Do you really want to know what lurks in his unreadable mind?Īccompanying him on his quest to release Ammit, you're tested to your limits of what you'll do and who you'll do it for.“Biting the bullet” is not merely a physical act but also has metaphysical consequences. In a desperate time where you need help, he has promised to provide that. The question is, are you going to stay and take it, or are you going to run away again?”Īrthur Harrow is impossible. "Now, a chance has presented itself to you. OH AND THIS FOLLOWS MOON KNIGHT THE SHOW SORRY FORGOT THAT.also i really hope that you're easily manipulated.we don't talk enough about the fact that arthur harrow is an extremely sad boy.This is about 1 intimate moment and 500 self-indulgent masochistic ones.This man is the king of bad vibes did you really expect this relationship to be healthy.
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