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Jan 22nd 2010 | 1:16 pm

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Re: Tennis hooligans

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I'm curious to know, has this kind of 'crowd trouble' ever been experienced at tournaments outside of Australia? I can't think of any.

Can you imagine crowd trouble at Wimbledon?

"Excuse me Sir but you are in my seat".

"Right you are old chap, I am terribly sorry. Would you accept some strawberries and champagne as an apology"

"That would be spiffing!"

Jan 22nd 2010 | 1:17 pm

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I'm curious to know, has this kind of 'crowd trouble' ever been experienced at tournaments outside of Australia? I can't think of any.

To the best of my limited knowledge about tennis I believe its unique to Australia. Certainly amongst the major tournaments.

Jan 22nd 2010 | 1:22 pm

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Re: Tennis hooligans

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Can you imagine crowd trouble at Wimbledon?

I reckon I could kick off if I was forced to sit in the rain listening to Cliff Richard all day!

Jan 22nd 2010 | 1:24 pm

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I reckon I could kick off if I was forced to sit in the rain listening to Cliff Richard all day!

Haha. They built a roof to fix the Sir Cliff problem.

Jan 22nd 2010 | 2:25 pm

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To the best of my limited knowledge about tennis I believe its unique to Australia. Certainly amongst the major tournaments.

Thought so.

Jan 22nd 2010 | 3:04 pm

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Re: Tennis hooligans

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Ignoring all the self congratulatory back slapping, if your degree should have tought you anything at all, it is that man is tribal. Always has been, always will be. That's ALL that history has tought us. The only time diplomacy brings anything close to a 'lasting settlement' is when one side or the other is victorious and imposes that settlement.

This "why can't we all just get along" mantra is pure fantasy.

You're the one who questionned the validity of my opinions and knowledge, all I did was reply to this by listing my education in this field. If you don't like that type of response don't go questioning people's knowledge on such matters. Quite simple really.