Times are changing for Aussie spectators
Updated On: 16 January, 2009 07:04 AM IST | | Khalid A-H Ansari
The term "laser lout" seems to have run out "lager lout" from the trendy lexicon of security officials at Australian cricket grounds with the coming of the contemporary menace of laser beams on players' faces.
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The term "laser lout" seems to have run out "lager lout" from the trendy lexicon of security officials at Australian cricket grounds with the coming of the contemporary menace of laser beams on players' faces.
Tuesday night's deplorable incident at Brisbane's Gabba has put the ongoing acrimonious debate regarding over-policing at cricket stadiums by allegedly spoilsport officials in an altogether different light.
Security officials, tired of being labelled "fun police" by instant gratification-seeking, beer-swilling, ecstacy-downing fans of a new generation of sports lovers, more attuned to the Mardi Grasu2013like carnival atmosphere of hit-and-giggle Twenty20, are now strutting about with 'we-told-you-so' smugness.
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