Can't believe nobody created a thread for this yet. Shame!
I love the olympics... so let's talk about it here.
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07-28-2012 #1The Heisman
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2012 Summer Olympic Games Thread
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I am stunned that some people appear to love their Playstation(1,2,3) or Xbox(360) more than I love the Denver Broncos.
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07-28-2012 #2Elite Sage
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I'm with Japan, Germany, England, Romania (my country lol) and Australia.
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Eh, Olympics are not a big deal for me. I'll watch diving cus i went to high school with one of the competitors, and i'll watch some o the track events, but beyond that i couldn't care. The Olympics to me are supposed to represent cultural exchange, but its just really just watching people compete in sports i don't care about. I've never learned much about other nations and culture watching the olympics. If they had like "German hour" or "South Africa hour" inbetween events, i'd watch cus i could lean about histories, governments, and cultures, otherwise i don't care.
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Couldn't you just learn that by watching the travel channel or doing a few Google searches? The Olympics have always been about sports since their inception.
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You know what I'll root for the Asians haha..
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I could yes thats true. but you can say the olypics are about sports but its not just that. It represents globalization, it represents the tearing down of transportation and communication barriers. You have heads of state participating in some fashion big names. the activity is sport, but there is symbolism and meaning beyond that. To me, it fails to draw attention to this meaning. It falls short by just conducting the events without providing context or meaning.
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That's actually what I think it tries too hard to do and fails because some nations compete against each and it's a little ironic given that they're all there, united. But I guess that's what the UN is for. Take for example the Israeli debate whether they should have stood in silence for the Munich games since it's their 40th anniversary. One guy said that the opening ceremony is no place for that, and I completely agree (oh I have a feeling I'll get a lot of heat for this one). That ceremony is there to celebrate the games and all the nations that are participating, not horrific tragedy. Originally Posted by btbam
Just my 0.02.
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That's a fair assessment, but to me, it like a great lost opportunity. It could stand for more, but it doesn't. Originally Posted by DreDayDetox
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Let's hope they don't make anymore mistakes with flags. Unbelievable that they had mixed up North & South Korea's flags! Anyway, go Teams USA, Germany & Japan & Guyana!
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Bob Costas' comments on Pakistan were out of line.. the whole NBC team was unprepared.
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The Opening Ceremony was awesome. Really, really good and just British haha.
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Wasn't NBC coverge not even live?
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This was great - a part of the opening ceremony:
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I say that i was like are you SERIOUS! WOW that could cause a huge riot!! Originally Posted by THUGGEDOUT
I watched the whole opening ceremony and my gf and i agree Puerto Rico (my native country) had the best outfits in the parade of countries followed by USA then Italy LOL
Im looking forward to the gold medal USA basketball is going to win! LOL
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PR oh yeah! I have the same fedora LOL
USA!... Best part about their outfit they were designed by ralph lauren and made in China! Thats the American Way LOL
Italy
And the WTF outfit of the night went to Germany! LMAO WTF?
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The USA make it to the Archery final, facing Italy, let's hope USA get gold!
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USA get silver for Archery, what a nail biter against Italy, well done to them getting gold.
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Some country wore wellington boots and had umberellas.
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Damn US is rocking Korea in Volleyball c'mon girls.
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America! Fuck yeah!! Lol
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It's kinda close Korea can catch up lol.
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Shiggity im not watching my gf is home watching it tho lol
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Damn they lost..sigh
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Womens Football - GBR v Brazil 19:45 Tuesday
Should be a good match I watched Brazil game today and they have nice close give n go passing and loads of skill but their long balls suck, constantly way too much pace on them.
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BBC coverage is great there are about 30 channels dedicated to every sport imaginable I watched allsorts of sports today. Fencing looks like good fun.
Just listened to the Team America tune. Originally Posted by DeviousOne
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