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Jodami
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| Chaparrastique wrote: |
| I've already seen several Korean skaters blocking and cutting up other skaters in this Olympics. Only reason it didn't cause a pile up was because other people possess peripheral awareness. |
Pretty much how Koreans walk on the streets. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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This was predictable. If the Korean had won cleanly, like many have, they would have either played the "Korean athlete farm vs. Student-Athlete" line or the "She cut people off" line.
If there is a smidgen of controversy, always the Korean gets blamed.
A Brit causes the collapse, and then its "Korean lynch mob". Of course if a Korean had slid it would have been "just like their drivers". Funny how there are no cultural implications when a Brit makes a mistake.
What's clear is that no matter what the outcome, some people would find a way to bash the Korean.
It was a slip, that happens. No reason for Koreans to be vitriolic against the Brits. But there is no reason for chalking every single event involving Koreans up to crookedness. |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| You Brits had it coming anyway. Bunch of hooligans. |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:41 am Post subject: |
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Christie... Pile up.... What's the matter with these Christies and the pile ups they are causing? First the New Jersey Gov Chris Christie on the George Washington Bridge, now this?
Next would be:
at an auction at Christie's
audition at an Agatha Christie movie
Liberty College football game: home of the Fighting Christies
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sligo
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| Skating like a Korean driver! Just tonight i was crossing at a green man when a Korean revved his engine (whilst stationary at a red ligt) then floored it and blasted through the red light (missing me by 2 feet at max) only to pull up 50 metres later to stop into a shop. It seems that regardless of the obstacles, or the consequences, some people's needs cannot be delayed! |
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metalhead
Joined: 18 May 2010
Location: Toilet
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:32 am Post subject: |
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| Blegh, I hate the British press whenever any Brit is involved in a sporting event, or if they win the damn thing - I will never support Britain/England in anything of a sporting nature. If you have no idea what I mean, start looking at Brit news sites now, starting with the BBC I guess, it's revolting. |
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aq8knyus
Joined: 28 Jul 2010
Location: London
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:00 am Post subject: |
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| metalhead wrote: |
| Blegh, I hate the British press whenever any Brit is involved in a sporting event, or if they win the damn thing - I will never support Britain/England in anything of a sporting nature. If you have no idea what I mean, start looking at Brit news sites now, starting with the BBC I guess, it's revolting. |
What? The BBC is the best.
On the daily mail site all the highest rated comments were pretty much blaming the brit for the pile up.
Few Brits care about the winter olympics, fewer still speed skating. The UK has won 10 medals in the last 34 years. To put that into context, that is 4 short of the total Korean medal count from the last olympics alone. |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Few Brits care about the winter olympics, fewer still speed skating. The UK has won 10 medals in the last 34 years. To put that into context, that is 4 short of the total Korean medal count from the last olympics alone. |
They tried extreme measures back in the 1970's to address the shortcomings. Take a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38L424Uc4BY |
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Malislamusrex
Joined: 01 Feb 2010
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Savant
Joined: 25 May 2007
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:37 am Post subject: |
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| andrewchon wrote: |
| Christie... Pile up.... What's the matter with these Christies and the pile ups they are causing? |
The pile-ups and the falls are part of the fun. So long as nobody gets hurt of course... |
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