Comments on: U.S. Open Men’s Doubles Finals (open thread)

By: tennis_fan

tennis_fan — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:57:43 +0000

Rohan won the singles match against Brazil, advancing India.

By: chidy

chidy — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:33:02 +0000

um. i have no valid contribution to make here. except: when american jews and blacks came together, that made the Civil Rights movements. just sayin. back to lurk mode as an uninformed civilian…

By: Lakshmi.

Lakshmi. — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:55:34 +0000

I wonder what will happen if Sania Mirza and Quresh play mixed doubles wearing those T-shirts. Will the pakistani mullahs issue a fatwa against Mirza?? That’s one possibility, or the other one being, Sania having inspired women in pakistan to take up tennis.

By: Dr Anonymous

Dr Anonymous — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:23:36 +0000

That’s amazing that they went so far in the tournament. Can someone who knows about tennis assess whether they’re actually good or is this more of a one-off? I haven’t been paying much attention and looking at their ranking and previous performance and whatnot it seems like a one-off, but I don’t follow tennis closely.

By: Dr Anonymous

Dr Anonymous — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:16:04 +0000

I love Life of Brian as much as the next person, but I hope the irony of quoting a British comedy to make your point about how we pay too much attention to British colonialism is not totally lost on you

By: head on shoulders

head on shoulders — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:24:39 +0000

Meanwhile, in the real world of west bongal, jihad has started in deganga. don’t know what i’m talking about.. keep on reading abcd blog.

By: well, yes but

well, yes but — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 15:56:39 +0000

That's right - this is meant to be about sports. Shame they lost, would have been a nice booster for them and the respective countries. Still, they did well to get so far and they did perform respectably, I guess. Plus, they have beaten the Bryan brothers before.

I will say that I always find it interesting when people defend British colonialism by saying "well, they did give us all this great stuff". Yes, but at what cost? The subjugation of a people, the systematic destruction of its pride, the theft and looting of its natural resources, the impoverishment of its people. Not to mention the famines and countless Indians who died as a direct or indirect cause of British policies.

Colonialism can never be justified, never. Especially, violent, superiority complex-driven colonialism. I would ask you this - why didn't they just help us build all that "great stuff" together, in harmony and with mutual respect? We could have paid them with our natural resources or increased trade.

By: Rahul Rvd

Rahul Rvd — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:52:58 +0000

"complete relevance" is supposed to read "complete irrelevance"

you guys should maybe consider, an EDIT option that expires within a time limit. So that dunces like me are allowed to pz-ost prz-operly

By: Rahul Rvd

Rahul Rvd — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:37:45 +0000

BTW "In the 2nd World War, the Germans and Americans were part of the same civilization and more than 30% of the American population was of ethnic German extraction."

That statement is not only one of complete relevance to actual sociological definitions but it is factually incorrect as well. The number of people with German Ancestry has never exceeded 20% in the US. The big influx before WW II had a sizeable percentage of Jews as well, so that is an even more invalid observation.

By: Rahul Rvd

Rahul Rvd — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:18:47 +0000

“The “separateness” is what was encouraged by the British to partition the country and retain local presence after Indian independence.”

Ah…of course, where would fairy tales be without boogeymen.

Wasn’t this about tennis?

Hasn’t this Us vs The “white devils” mentality ruined cricket already? Let’s just stick to treating sports more like Joe Morgan and less like Kim Jong Il

============ Reg: They’ve bled us white, the bastards. They’ve taken everything we had, not just from us, from our fathers and from our fathers’ fathers. Stan: And from our fathers’ fathers’ fathers. Reg: Yes. Stan: And from our fathers’ fathers’ fathers’ fathers. Reg: All right, Stan. Don’t labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return? Xerxes: The aqueduct. Reg: Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That’s true. Masked Activist: And the sanitation! Stan: Oh yes… sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like. Reg: All right, I’ll grant you that the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done… Matthias: And the roads… Reg: Well yes obviously the roads… the roads go without saying. But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads… Another Masked Activist: Irrigation… Other Masked Voices: Medicine… Education… Health… Reg: Yes… all right, fair enough… Activist Near Front: And the wine… Omnes: Oh yes! True! Francis: Yeah. That’s something we’d really miss if the Romans left, Reg. Masked Activist at Back: Public baths! Stan: And it’s safe to walk in the streets at night now. Francis: Yes, they certainly know how to keep order… (general nodding)… let’s face it, they’re the only ones who could in a place like this. Reg: All right… all right… but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order… what have the Romans done for us? Xerxes: Brought peace! Reg: What!? Oh… shut up!