I refuse to watch the Olympics due to symbolic opposition to the Chinese government. Tibet, the human rights record, the pollution, the fact they closed factories and moved homes etc.
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I refuse to watch the Olympics due to symbolic opposition to the Chinese government. Tibet, the human rights record, the pollution, the fact they closed factories and moved homes etc.
HOW ABOUT 'DEM VIKINGS
-Martok
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PRon.Originally Posted by Innocentius
Find me something less interesting than people moving, I dare you.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
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Originally Posted by InsaneApache
Runes for good luck:
[1 - exp(i*2π)]^-1
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I see no reason to watch any other sport than football. Why torture myself with lesser entertainment?
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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I am not a big fan of the Olympics and I don’t think China should have gotten to host it this year (on the bright side maybe the attention will help them become a better country) but I am a man who loves “current events” and the Olympics are a big deal around here so I have seen some and will see probably see some more, especially if I notice women’s beach volleyball is on, for some reason that really appeals to me.
That tall Chinese girl is H-O-T!
I really don’t care at all for the common sports like basketball but I enjoy seeing some of the ones that don’t get much spotlight. I watched some archery, skeet shooting and fencing the other day and it was interesting.
I know its commercialized but what isn’t? I’ll watch some and take it for what its worth.
Peace in Europe will never stay, because I play Medieval II Total War every day. ~YesDachi
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More humour from the Games!
Spain's Olympic basketball team posed for an advertisement prior to the Games which appears to show all its players slanting their eyes, a move that could offend its Olympic hosts in Beijing. The ads, for a Spanish courier company, appeared in the Spanish-language newspaper La Marca.
As the uproar over the picture has grown today, more information about the advertising shot has come to light. The New York Times reports that Spain's basketball team is sponsored by Li-Ning Footwear, a Chinese company founded by (drumroll) Li Ning, the final torchbearer who was hoisted along the top of Beijing National Stadium during the Olympic Opening Ceremony finale. The ad reportedly references the Spanish team recently extending their contract with the footwear giant for another four years.
linky
Like I said, Mr Li Ning truly embodies the Olympic spirit!
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I'm only watching the cycling events because that is the only sport I am interested in.
Rest in Peace TosaInu, the Org will be your legacy
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I'll watch when MMA makes it's return to the Olympics. Till then very little captures my attention.
Not to mention the Olympics, a celebration of peace and freedoms, is being held in a repressive regime with a stadium built on slave labor. Staying away from this circus act this year.
Wine is a bit different, as I am sure even kids will like it.
"Hilary Clinton is the devil"BigTex
~Texas proverb
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Wow, that Spanish team ... are they still in grade school or what? Why would they pull something like that?More humour from the Games!
Spain's Olympic basketball team posed for an advertisement prior to the Games which appears to show all its players slanting their eyes, a move that could offend its Olympic hosts in Beijing. The ads, for a Spanish courier company, appeared in the Spanish-language newspaper La Marca.
As the uproar over the picture has grown today, more information about the advertising shot has come to light. The New York Times reports that Spain's basketball team is sponsored by Li-Ning Footwear, a Chinese company founded by (drumroll) Li Ning, the final torchbearer who was hoisted along the top of Beijing National Stadium during the Olympic Opening Ceremony finale. The ad reportedly references the Spanish team recently extending their contract with the footwear giant for another four years.
linky
Like I said, Mr Li Ning truly embodies the Olympic spirit!
And this Olympics, for all its flaws, did cause me to jump and yell "YES!" when the US won the 4x100 relay. What a great moment.
CR
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
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Forget the Olympics. You want entertainment watch this show. Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
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I'm Chinese, the Chinese are my people, and I strongly support them. Problem is, like many other members of TW.org, I find the Olympics to be boring (also, the Bird's Nest was *NOT* constructed with Slave Labor, I visited the construction site this winter as they were building it, the PRC wouldn't trust the building of the stadium to slave labor). They should add some form of Parkour to the Olympics (or something more death defying than the traditional sports at least), then I'll watch.
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