CAMELOT FANTASIES

Canada has its fair share of serial killers which was very eye opening for me. Other countries that have produced quite a few serial killers are UK (the 2nd most), Australia, South Africa, Mexico, Russia, Germany, France, Japan, and Spain.

But at the end of the day it's sports and pretty much everything goes. Nothing bothers me too much. It's the name of the game but I still want to stay fair and honest in my take. I don't like double standards though I admit, as a human being, it's very hard not to have those negative traits in our characters. In some of the die-hard Murray fans' eye, Andy could do nothing wrong. On the other hand, all the other players are **** or jerks at one time or another and that's not only common in Murray fans btw. It's worth mentioning that this kind of blind love and blind hate only stems from a very bitter place. They only need to look inside. I find it so ironic how some people are so oblivious to their own wrong doings and yet very eager to point fingers at others.

Quote from: thetruth on October 31, 2014, 06:39:16 pm

I disagree, while countries do not "enforce" individual behaviors, they do share a certain type of cultures. For example, China is known for their humility and collectivism as a whole. That doesn't mean everyone within a culture adheres to the social mores of their geographical boundaries. Still, there is a lot that one can see in the differences, even in tournaments. The Australian Open seems to be a fun place, with friendly people, and much respect for the players and the sport; the same with the Argentinians, English, and the Spanish players.

Rafa being a bad loser. I totally disagree about that. I don't much about Bernie except what I hear out of the commentators mouths and I put little to know stock in that.

But of course we can always agree to disagree, because if anybody shows little class as a sportsman, IMO, it's Nole. Tearing off his shirts and having his team celebrating wins in his opponents face. It doesn't get any worse than that to me. I know he "says" reasonable things, but his actions belie his words.

Can't agree with that generalizations. I've first hand experience dealing with British people and know for a fact that they can be mean and a lot of them are mean and nasty. Doesn't matter how they behave at Wimbledon. That's definitely not a good sample to sweep such a generalization. They do look sober on the surface but that's not truly who they are. It's only a cultural thing and a superficial one. Perhaps that comes with their history. Ferrer put out pretty bad behaviours a few times and there are other incidences by other Spanish players I've seen over the years. Tomic is a spoiled brat but I don't dislike him for that. He's still young and has got himself a difficult father but they are both difficult IMO. Hewitt was cocky at first. I cut him slacks because he too was young.

Both Federer and Nadal are bad losers on occasions. I've seen it with my very eyes, barely shaking hands, giving cold shoulders to opponents who have just beaten them. No one's perfect. Nole is good loser but a bad winner. His celebration is over the top no doubt. Andy's self-berating nature is a put off. I don't mind if he calls out his own name when he misses a point and that's even cute but when he beats himself up, it's not at all cool or classy.