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transmogrifier
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Does it really matter to the vast majority of people who is the best in the world at trampoline or archery? How many lives will be changed because of it? |
What a weird, serious-minded way of looking at sport. Any other joy you want to kill today? How about telling us even the cutest puppy will eventually grow old and die? That no-one else in the world really gives a crap about how much you love your partner/spouse? |
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4 months left
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Does it really matter to the vast majority of people who is the best in the world at trampoline or archery? How many lives will be changed because of it? |
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4 months left
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| transmogrifier wrote: |
| 4 months left wrote: |
| Does it really matter to the vast majority of people who is the best in the world at trampoline or archery? How many lives will be changed because of it? |
What a weird, serious-minded way of looking at sport. Any other joy you want to kill today? How about telling us even the cutest puppy will eventually grow old and die? That no-one else in the world really gives a crap about how much you love your partner/spouse? |
As i travel more I see how patriotism and sports nationalism is not such a great thing. I have to listen to students tell me how Korea wins because of metal chopsticks and kimchee ... And btw, i love puppies. |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:22 am Post subject: |
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| Canada beat out Belarus and Somalia in t irampholine and they end up third in whineing |
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crisdean
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
Location: Seoul Special City
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| rollo wrote: |
| ...and they end up third in whineing |
Who came in second? |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| rollo wrote: |
| Canada beat out Belarus and Somalia in t irampholine and they end up third in whineing |
How is that now  |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| Canada now has a lock on the gold for whining, excuses, sour grapes,after losing to the U.S. WOMENS SOCCER TEAM. |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:45 am Post subject: |
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| rollo wrote: |
| Canada now has a lock on the gold for whining, excuses, sour grapes,after losing to the U.S. WOMENS SOCCER TEAM. |
As if this is the only controversy regarding officiating at the Olympics.
Also, I wonder if this is any worse than the Americans accusing the Chinese of being cheats? |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I am sorry that I wrote that. The Canadian players were upset that the official should have warned them before making that call at such a crucial point in the game. |
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supernick
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:56 am Post subject: |
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| That soccer game was probably the most exciting event at the games. There were some problems with the officiating for sure, but you got to hand it to both teams for a great match. The U.S women's soccer team has been a powerhouse in recent years, and losing to Canada would have been a real blow. Hats off to both teams. |
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T-dot
Joined: 16 May 2004
Location: bundang
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:36 am Post subject: |
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No money and our government cares very little about athletics.
Our athletes are doing what they can against a loaded deck. |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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| T-dot wrote: |
No money and our government cares very little about athletics.
Our athletes are doing what they can against a loaded deck. |
Are we talking about Canada or Jamaica? Cool Runnings was a great movie. |
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Mr. BlackCat
Joined: 30 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| How is Canada underrepresented? In 2008 we finished 14th in overall medals. We're not the 14th most populous country in the world. The only countries that got more medals than us with smaller populations are Belarus, Cuba and Australia. |
You go by overall medals? As in, bronze=gold?
Here's a link to the Wikipedia 2008 Medal Table (we're 19th)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_medal_table#section_1
But I get what you're saying, about population. It's just another excuse, though. |
Yeah, I was going by total medals in this case. People will say that it's a weak argument to talk about population, but when you have a swimming event with 4 Americans and 4 Chinese with both countries training their athletes since birth, other countries like Canada who only have one participant are just picking up the scraps. Out of 302 golds, 84 (28%) were taken by the US and China. 137 (45%) were taken by the US, China, Russia and the hosts. So, yeah, the rest of the 300 countries there had to divvy up the remaining half of the gold medals. Saying that, Canada should have still walked away with more than 1.
I didn't bring up our geographical realities as a nation as an excuse, just one potential cause. The point is, countries like China, the US and most European nations don't have this problem. They may have other issues, but it's certainly a biggie. The fact is, we're a very strong winter Olympic country, so it's not like we're weak in sports in general. It's all about perspective. |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| Congratulations to Canada for it's fourth place finish in women's soccer and its strong showing in the women's triathelon |
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