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Is it just me who thinks that nearly every decision made in the Olympics seems designed to favor the US's competitors? Why does the US even compete when everything is so slanted against them? Everything from revising rules to the judges selected to sabotaging players. (ie Nancy Kerrigan)
It is almost like Russia and China own the bloody Olympics. The US should boycott the olympics and leave the commies to play with themselves.
InsaneApache
07-30-2012, 01:11
The Russians aren't commies anymore.
The Russians aren't commies anymore.
Close enough.
Papewaio
07-30-2012, 01:20
Examples or it didn't happen. Also I'm sure there are plenty of counter examples too.
Is whining an Anglo-Celtic thing (AU, UK & US) or do other countries make it a national sport too?
Major Robert Dump
07-30-2012, 01:58
I'm lost. What about Nancy Kerrigan?
The world does not revolve around the USA
Crazed Rabbit
07-30-2012, 08:27
The Russians aren't commies anymore.
Neither are the Chinese really.
Vuk, do you any evidence for these accusations, or did you wake up today just knowing this to be true?
CR
Ironside
07-30-2012, 08:36
I'm lost. What about Nancy Kerrigan?
The world does not revolve around the USA
Appearently some dubious judgement in free skating 18 years ago.
InsaneApache
07-30-2012, 08:44
I thought she was kneecapped by a rival.
Ironside
07-30-2012, 09:18
I thought she was kneecapped by a rival.
She's most famous for that yeah, but that makes very little sense with Vuks original posting. Tonya was American and hardly a sign of corrupt judges.
InsaneApache
07-30-2012, 09:48
Perhaps Tonya was a fifth-columnist commie under Nancys' bed or somesuch.
gaelic cowboy
07-30-2012, 10:19
I would have said that half of the time it's yer own fault yer not winning more medals, last nights swim relay was probably lost due to the forced inclusion of Lochte.
No doubt sponsors and all sorts of finnacial rubbish were brought to bear to include him.
Am I the only one who is utterly unimpressed by the Olympics? I might watch 10 minutes on tv and be mildly entertained but who cares who wins anyway?
call me when they replace the Judo bore-a-thon by MMA matches or when they leak the sextapes of all those freaky nights in the Olympic village.
InsaneApache
07-30-2012, 11:41
Am I the only one who is utterly unimpressed by the Olympics? .
No. They're staying away in their thousands. Good.
Catiline
07-31-2012, 10:34
People are not staying away, be there was an over allocation of tickets to the 'Olympic Family', ie freebies for sponsors, competitors, organisers etc.
I organise events for a living - no more than 1/3 of these sort of FTAs ever show up, unless there's free booze, but the sponsors always ask for huge numbers of passes.
I would be somewhat annoyed.
Talking about fairness and the Olympic games:
A teenager has been arrested by police investigating abuse of Team GB diver Tom Daley on Twitter. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19059127)
So now "you disappointed your dead father" is a situation worthy of police intervention?
Thank God this didn´t happen in China.....it might be a free speech issue if it happened there. :rolleyes:
*grumbles something about pansies and walks away*
rory_20_uk
08-01-2012, 11:26
In the UK we have done away with free speech, and instead have a system where one can be done for anything that may be perceived to upset someone. By logical extension there will be those who are offended by votes for women, so anything is game, provided the police / courts can be bothered.
The precident was set after one woman was harassed for over 2 years. The police did nothing as apparently there were too many people involved and too much evidence. The inference being there was too much effort for justice to be done - and besides, there would be no publicity. She fought on alone and got a court judgement in her favour.
A famous sportsman in the Olympics of course gets the full mailed fist of what is supposedly a free democracy on the writer of one comment.
The UK enjoys sneering at countries such as China or Russia even when undertaking acts that are similar in nature.
~:smoking:
Strike For The South
08-01-2012, 21:03
Is it just me who thinks that nearly every decision made in the Olympics seems designed to favor the US's competitors? Why does the US even compete when everything is so slanted against them? Everything from revising rules to the judges selected to sabotaging players. (ie Nancy Kerrigan)
It is almost like Russia and China own the bloody Olympics. The US should boycott the olympics and leave the commies to play with themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0
It's what we do. We take a dozen warships, sale up the Thames and destroy the Brits, and go back home for beers. But that is frowned upon these days so now we send our hockey team. Shouldn't have cheated us with with dressage that medal was supposed to be ours.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18914439
Talking about fairness and the Olympic games:
A teenager has been arrested by police investigating abuse of Team GB diver Tom Daley on Twitter. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19059127)
So now "you disappointed your dead father" is a situation worthy of police intervention?
Thank God this didn´t happen in China.....it might be a free speech issue if it happened there. :rolleyes:
*grumbles something about pansies and walks away*
If someone said that to me, I'd probably end up getting charged for grievous bodily harm. What an absolute dick.
If someone said that to me, I'd probably end up getting charged for grievous bodily harm. What an absolute dick.
Absolutely he deserved a broken jaw. But why he was arrested is beyond my understanding
InsaneApache
08-10-2012, 13:13
It's the 'offence' thing. I agree the guy was a cock but arrested by the coppers? People wonder why I hate politicians. Groodie-gullivers the lot of them.
But is is fair really. Our supermo-.. hockey ladies are going to be epic!
Here is why http://www.inquisitr.com/288421/dutch-field-hockey-team-dubbed-most-beautiful-at-2012-london-olympics/
It's a shame Fatima de Moreira quit I liked watching her http://www.google.nl/search?source=ig&hl=nl&rlz=&q=fatima+moreira+de+melo&oq=Fatima+&gs_l=igoogle.1.0.0l2j0i10j0l7.2799.5589.0.7074.7.7.0.0.0.0.170.978.0j7.7.0...0.0...1ac.bRXIjsnvuc4#b iv=i|4;d|oh5UBEv91Q9p6M:
Greyblades
08-11-2012, 17:55
Is whining an Anglo-Celtic thing (AU, UK & US) or do other countries make it a national sport too?
Everyone whines.
Everyone whines.
Grow up it was just 9-2
johnhughthom
08-11-2012, 20:01
I love how everybody suddenly becomes a huge fan of whatever their country gets a few Olympic medals at for a few weeks every four years.
Ja'chyra
08-11-2012, 20:21
I love how everybody suddenly becomes a huge fan of whatever their country gets a few Olympic medals at for a few weeks every four years.
Like beach volleyball? :P
tibilicus
08-11-2012, 23:14
I thought the US used a different way of counting medals from every other country so they're guaranteed to win. They count the total number of medals not the number of golds which trump the silver and bronzes like every other country.
a completely inoffensive name
08-12-2012, 00:41
I thought the US used a different way of counting medals from every other country so they're guaranteed to win. They count the total number of medals not the number of golds which trump the silver and bronzes like every other country.
The US has many ways of protecting its ego.
Montmorency
08-12-2012, 01:08
America looks to have this one wrapped up by any measure.
America looks to have this one wrapped up by any measure.
Winning in amount of medals, and in each individual medal tally as well.
Germany screw you. I mean congrats. We will always be better at something else though http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&rlz=&q=dutch+female+hockey+team&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&ei=3SsnUPqCDuiS0QWYqoDICg&biw=1024&bih=644&sei=4CsnUPOwMIWm0QXG9YGgCg#biv=i|9;d|EFJZi3UDsP-NJM:
Edit, added for effect, nobody dislikes cute lesbians http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&rlz=&q=dutch+female+hockey+team&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&ei=3SsnUPqCDuiS0QWYqoDICg&biw=1024&bih=644&sei=4CsnUPOwMIWm0QXG9YGgCg#biv=i|2;d|Z56uGFTrkeoNhM:
I love how everybody suddenly becomes a huge fan of whatever their country gets a few Olympic medals at for a few weeks every four years.
I love how any time there is an upset it absolutely has to corruption or drugs.
Greyblades
08-12-2012, 10:08
Grow up it was just 9-2
What are you wittering about?
johnhughthom
08-12-2012, 10:48
I love how any time there is an upset it absolutely has to corruption or drugs.
Unless it's their nation.
What are you wittering about?
I completely forgot, why are you asking?
Greyblades
08-12-2012, 11:24
why are you asking?
Because "dont feed the troll" is easier said than done.
Papewaio
08-12-2012, 11:32
America looks to have this one wrapped up by any measure.
Any measure? I'll take that bet.
Per capita
Tunisia 1 each type... 10 million people so that would be ~ 30 gold, silver and bronze scaling up to 300 million people
Denmark 2 Golds, 6 million people so that would be 100 gold medals at 300 million people. Looks like mileage isn't so hot now.
Australia 7 gold, 22 million people... ~95 gold at 300 million people
New Zealand 5 gold, 4.4 million people ... ~ 330 gold at 300 million people. And as usual they did most of theirs sitting down.
Because "dont feed the troll" is easier said than done.
Tip, best way to silence a troll is crushing it's windpipe
What are you wittering about?
I completely forgot, why are you asking?
It was the Dutch vs GB Hockey Score.
It was the Dutch vs GB Hockey Score.
And the Germans just had to ruin it all. You got to love disliking the Germans for always getting the better of us, no matter what we do or whatever we don't do we won't beat the Germans. They know that and are far too smugg about it. I still secretly really like them but geez
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