And lo, the 2008 Olympic games begin
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And lo, the 2008 Olympic games begin
Well, the opening ceremony anyway, heh. The fire works were pretty nifty, as was the epilepsy inducing light show. The Beeb are going OTT as always, but such is life, eh?
No doubt team GB will suck as always, but we can always hope to get more than the Ozzies (Never going to happen)
No doubt team GB will suck as always, but we can always hope to get more than the Ozzies (Never going to happen)
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IT IS PRETTY IN THE EXTREME
Also, that little Chinese girl is a hundred times better than Nikki fucking Webster.
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I'm watching in Hi Def on a big TV. It is pleasing.
Also, that little Chinese girl is a hundred times better than Nikki fucking Webster.
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I'm watching in Hi Def on a big TV. It is pleasing.
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Heh, the Israeli Judo and one of the swimmers and volleyball player (3 girls, one guy) were in my class. Nice to see they kept it up
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I missed the opening bit, I just enjoy which countries are wearing what. Anything interesting from the "show" should be on the news later.
For this olympics, I'll be supporting Georgia.
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The US TV stations will be showing the opening ceremonies this evening in their entirety. NBC, I think, said it will start at 7:30 Eastern/6:30 Central - those west of those time zones will have to look up their broadcast times. This is good, because I enjoy the opening ceremonies but I also have to work and run errands and do stuff today. Darn 12 hour time difference!
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Be warned: It's 2 hours, 30 minutes long.
And there's no time for toilet breaks!
And there's no time for toilet breaks!
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I've seen the Olympic opening ceremonies close to 10 times in my life that I remember, I know the drill - pee before ceremonies start, have munchies and drink at hand, get comfy and settle in for awhile.
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Please, which country is totally clean in the stuff they do? We might as well don't host the olympics then...although if the US host the olympics in 2008...I don't think anyone would care about the Iraq war being an issue.Buddha wrote:I couldn't care less about the Olympics and all that stuff. This isn't a good year to host them in China with the recent events and all. China is playing dirty and lying about athlete ages and how hard they drive them to get gold. Then there is Tibet...
Just focus on the games themselves, and the event ceremony.
Although the olympics is never that fun compared to the world cup.
Tivo for the win.Broomstick wrote:I've seen the Olympic opening ceremonies close to 10 times in my life that I remember, I know the drill - pee before ceremonies start, have munchies and drink at hand, get comfy and settle in for awhile.
They say, "the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots." I suppose it never occurred to them that they are the tyrants, not the patriots. Those weapons are not being used to fight some kind of tyranny; they are bringing them to an event where people are getting together to talk. -Mike Wong
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China's human rights record is atrocious though. I don't think anyone's asking for Norway to be recreated in the hosting country, but there has to be a certain limit beyond which countries are not rewarded with the 'gift' of the Olympics.ray245 wrote:Please, which country is totally clean in the stuff they do?Buddha wrote:I couldn't care less about the Olympics and all that stuff. This isn't a good year to host them in China with the recent events and all. China is playing dirty and lying about athlete ages and how hard they drive them to get gold. Then there is Tibet...
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Buddha wrote:I couldn't care less about the Olympics and all that stuff. This isn't a good year to host them in China with the recent events and all. China is playing dirty and lying about athlete ages and how hard they drive them to get gold. Then there is Tibet...
Do you have proof for these serious allegations? And please don't bring up some stupid website with dubious sources.
This may sound petty but the Olympics has been given to nations with dubious human rights track record. Australia is hardly a saint in that regards, at least until the new PM actually apologised for the racist policies. Let's not even forget America's often dubious record on that as well, what with all the communist witch hunts and all over the last few decades.hongi wrote: China's human rights record is atrocious though. I don't think anyone's asking for Norway to be recreated in the hosting country, but there has to be a certain limit beyond which countries are not rewarded with the 'gift' of the Olympics.
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It is all over the news and in the BBC News as well. Is that good enough for you? Do a Google search and see for yourself what the Chinese are doing. Don't think I made this up because of any "bias".Fingolfin_Noldor wrote:Do you have proof for these serious allegations? And please don't bring up some stupid website with dubious sources.
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Yeah, two of China's gymnasts' dates of birth mysteriously jumped back in time two years within the last few months.
They're 'officially' 16, but I've seen the pics, and even for underfed asian girls they look young.
They're 'officially' 16, but I've seen the pics, and even for underfed asian girls they look young.
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I just saw the end of the opening ceremony. That giant globe thingy looked neat, and the fireworks were impressively huge. But I was very dissapointed that no misfires, explosions, or other catastrophes seemed to occur.
Maybe it's just me, but I really want China to fail hard with these Olympics.
Maybe it's just me, but I really want China to fail hard with these Olympics.
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Maybe it's just me but I think your an asshole for wanting people to fail at something and expecting people to die in fireworks explosions.TC Pilot wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I really want China to fail hard with these Olympics.
Prick.
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It's an athletic competition. Failure by one side or another is mandatory.Resinence wrote:Maybe it's just me but I think your an asshole for wanting people to fail at something
Far better that failure be heaped on a government that drapes its city in a polluted smog, apparently forces children to compete, blatantly censors media, etcetra etcetra etcetra.
Hey, if you want to assume people have to die for China to be humiliated, go right ahead.expecting people to die in fireworks explosions.
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You're the one who talked about "misfires, explosions or other catastrophes". And get a grip, millions of ordinary Chinese are putting thier pride on the line for this, regardless of how evil or manipulative thier government is, would you deny them this?TC Pilot wrote:It's an athletic competition. Failure by one side or another is mandatory.Resinence wrote:Maybe it's just me but I think your an asshole for wanting people to fail at something
Far better that failure be heaped on a government that drapes its city in a polluted smog, apparently forces children to compete, blatantly censors media, etcetra etcetra etcetra.
Hey, if you want to assume people have to die for China to be humiliated, go right ahead.expecting people to die in fireworks explosions.
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Hope you get to, because the opening ceremonies were spectacular.Fire Fly wrote:Is there somewhere online where I can watch the opening ceremony? Sucks to not have a tv right now.
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Well, the trouble would be, that I don't expect Russia or the US to stay quiet over such blatant cheating. Unless everyone is doing it (big surprise), why hasn't it been thrown the IOC?Buddha wrote:It is all over the news and in the BBC News as well. Is that good enough for you? Do a Google search and see for yourself what the Chinese are doing. Don't think I made this up because of any "bias".Fingolfin_Noldor wrote:Do you have proof for these serious allegations? And please don't bring up some stupid website with dubious sources.
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