Clay French Open?!?!?

[pound cat]

We can? We do? We don't even have any helicopters that work at the moment & there would be a huge public outcry if money was spent on nuclear weapons. The NYT comments that several countries could have nuclear weapons in months. Of course any country with the inclination could have nuclear weapons in months if they so desired (you know, the money thing) But we're not so inclined, prefering to spend our money on our free health care system. And yes, some of my best friends are American.

[Feña14]

Henman will win Wimbledon this year anyway so it has its correct place.

Also it's the home of the game.

Liam

[Cypo]

Aha Pound Cat - now we've got you ! Obliviously you wouldn't be so quick to deny your intentions with regards to those stock piles of reprocessed fuel if you weren't intending to make a nuclear device. And flaunting your socialist system shows a disregard for proper capitalist thinking which clearly means you are in line with terrorists.

no one expects the Spanish inquisition !

[chad shaver]

Cypo,

You're very quick to jump on the bandwagon against Pound Cat. Could it be to take some of the attention away from yourself?

[@wright]

The inquisi-tion, whaddya know, The inquisi-tion, helluva show...

[ferreira]

Suddenly we jumped to a quite different subject. Nice! Just to add my 2 cents, in the case of South America, anti-americanism is indeed strong. It's probably already part of our culture. Not unduly, though, given the support and sponsorship, by US gov't, of bloody dictatorships in Chile, Argentina and Brazil in the 70's. Anti americanism was at its lowest during the Clinton administration, who was seen, in Brazil at least, as having honest intentions regarding (some) world peace and international prosperity. But Bush difinitely threw it all down the drain. Let me make it clear that this does not reflect my personal opinion, except for Mr. "Arbusto", a disgrace to the US and the rest of the world. I really admire the fact the the most harsh criticism made to the US comes from the US. Very few countries are fortunate enough to have a Michael Moore, 60 Minutes, Paul Krugman, NYT, Washington Post...

[Bob Murray]

Originally Posted by chad shaver

Funny how you guys jump all over the jokes about the French, but you say nothing about the "Ugly American" comments, which are just as prejudicial and "racist". Why would that be?

Funny how when Phil orders people to refrain from making political comments on a tennis forum you jump in and agree. Funny how when he makes politically motivated snipes about the French in another post you remain silent. Funny how you jump in when the "Ugly American" comments are posted but are happy to let the jokes about the French pass by. Funny how you mention 'racist' but the more accurate word is xenophobic and it's funny why you would raise such a point when you rebuke some prejudical comments but not others. Why would that be?

[@wright]

There are so many arguments going on in the tw boards right now, I'm about to start checking under the floor boards for the pink ooze stuff in Ghostbusters 2.

[chad shaver]

Bob Murray,

Please tell me when I have made a prejudicial comment about another country or another group. I am "American," so I will defend my own. If you go back and check the old boards, you will notice that I have said that we, as "Americans," police our own quite nicely, thank you.

This garbage kicked up at the end of last year's US Open, where we had all manner of people coming on doing the "Americans are_____" stuff. Some guy comes on berating and attacking us for jingoism, blah blah blah. A few others and I defended, then were berated for being defensive. You can go back and read it all if you want. Just do a search for "jingoism."

If you wish to jump in and defend them or discuss the matter with Phil, or anyone else, help yourself. By the way, the term racist was quoted from another person, and I chose not to argue syntax, as people get all cranky and say, "Well, you knew what I meant!" or better yet, "Stop being so picky about my word choice!"

Going to my nephew's baseball game, now. Let me know if I missed anything, Bob.

[Bob Murray]

What! What! What did I say?

[mileslong]

I suppose what really makes us hate the French is their first having had the Gaul to criticise our declaring war on Iraq, and now turning out to have been right. What a bunch of jerks !

what exactly was the us wrong about? iraq at some point in time had weapons of mass destruction. the fact that they got rid of them or hid them at some point is irrelevent. the world is a better place without saddam and sons. the french simply didnt want to sever all their financial ties with saddam so quit acting like the french are somehow more enlightened because they were against the war.

[chad shaver]

Originally Posted by Bob Murray

What! What! What did I say?

"What" should actually be followed by a question mark, as it is an interrogative.

And in answer to your question, apparently not as much as you think you did.

[Emma Knightley]

Originally Posted by Cypo

I suppose what really makes us hate the French is their first having had the Gaul to criticise our declaring war on Iraq, and now turning out to have been right. What a bunch of jerks !

Cypo, I liked your bad pun.

[voltman]

Originally Posted by mileslong

what exactly was the us wrong about? iraq at some point in time had weapons of mass destruction. the fact that they got rid of them or hid them at some point is irrelevent. the world is a better place without saddam and sons. the french simply didnt want to sever all their financial ties with saddam so quit acting like the french are somehow more enlightened because they were against the war.

Um, terrorism! Yeah, that's it!

[Hewittfan22]

all of you, shut up i didnt post this to discuss about stupid war thing, man yall suck

[Hewittfan22]

and i really feel that there should be a another grandslam for spain

[Phil]

Funny how when Phil orders people to refrain from making political comments on a tennis forum...".

Now, Bob, I never ORDERED anyone to do anything. I can only suggest. Now get along now, Bob. Go scamper back into your little hole for the next six months or so...and that's an order