I don't condone what Thaiday did, but you have to put some responsibility on the injured player. If you're injured or protecting an injury, you shouldn't be playing. You can't expect the opposition to look after you. In the Inglis recently, it was fantastic to see the Tigers go easy on him, but that was different in that he was injured during the game.
Would we be having this convo if Thaiday was holding hand with someone who didn't break his thumb recently? If not, then I find it hard to agree with this charge.
Having said that, I don't like to see that from players in my team.