Beijing Olympics 2008 Discussion Thread (3 Viewers)

[Born2baplacebo]

i assume so. maybe our enemies are A+ and we're only playing at A grade. Damn plus sign.

 

[dodgyv]

Hahahahah Lol

 

[Silver Persian]

hahaha olympic relay teams are crap. even at school carnivals and little aths basically all the teams get around without getting disqualified.

 

[sf_diegoxrock]

was it just me or did the Chinese crowd constantly boo whenever the Opals had free throws?

then when the Chinese players were up on the line, they were all chanting 'jia you'

I know they're supporting their team, but the constant booing is so disrespectful, for lack of a better word

 

[karoooh]

Yay TKD's on!

 

[tomjashrooms]

THe game should have been boycotted hardcore for what they are doing to the Tobetans. Fucking squinty eyed ass holes lol I guess anyone can be an asshole even asians

 

[Zrap]

Okay olympic is shit now

 

[Zrap]

How the fuck do we lose in all these close games.

 

[Donski]

hmmmm u know what Kohei Uchimura is so fineeee...hes killing me. I'm obsessed.

I can't take it any more...

 

[wuddie]

aust has choked on so many games. the hockey teams, both men and women, water polo, michael diamond, etc. they were all pretty firm favourites.

 

[Silver Persian]

Germany's knocked us out of the top 5

We haven't won a gold medal for ages now...

 

[scarybunny]

Since stazi's in this thread a fair bit, I thought he'd like to know that there's a guy on the Russian volleyball team whose name is Semen.

 

[stazi]

Since stazi's in this thread a fair bit, I thought he'd like to know that there's a guy on the Russian volleyball team whose name is Semen.

hhahahhahah awesome. i don't get it.

 

[scarybunny]

Oh there's no joke. I just thought it was a lovely name =)

 

[stazi]

Oh right. yes it does sound quite nice. Semen. Does it mean anything in Russian?

 

[Salchow]

was it just me or did the Chinese crowd constantly boo whenever the Opals had free throws?

then when the Chinese players were up on the line, they were all chanting 'jia you'

I know they're supporting their team, but the constant booing is so disrespectful, for lack of a better word

Ahhh, but so is calling us assholes in a later post.

We're just normal people - really. You should really read David Rosenhan's article: Being Sane in Insane Places.

Why is it so acceptable, then, if you were all 'booing' at the Chinese? Would you have made a corresponding post?

Olympics brings us almost nothing good but further international demarcation and racism.

 

[stazi]

Booing during free throws is quite common and part of the game; part of having a home crowd advantage. Often the stadiums distribute fluoro wavey things at basketball games to distract the away teams.

 

[stazi]

whoa what an amazing run by bolt again. 3rd world record

edit: silver in pole vault for us

 

[Zrap]

Well Done Hooker!!!

 

[akrinis]

Steven Hooker's won GOLD!!!