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Olympics: interesting or not?

Old Aug 9th 2008, 11:29 pm
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Definatly a bore, unfortunatly everyone else in my house would disagree

Think my hubby may find beach volleyball unmissable! funny that cos he's never expressed an interest before

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Default Re: Olympics: interesting or not?

Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Third poll option needed: "I'll probably watch some of the highlights".
I'm with Vash too...

Originally Posted by spartacus
Fourth option needed.

'I'll be watching every minute of the women's beach volleyball. Screw the rest'.
On the other hand...!
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If the rest of Seven's coverage is like their coverage of the opening ceremony, it will be a big bore. I could not believe the amount of adverts appearing at innappropriate moments.

You can expect an advert to appear just as the winning goal, shot, dive, etc is about to occur so you are guaranteed to miss it. As for anyone who's got a new big screen tv for the event, enjoy the ad's !
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Originally Posted by harrip
If the rest of Seven's coverage is like their coverage of the opening ceremony, it will be a big bore. I could not believe the amount of adverts appearing at innappropriate moments.

You can expect an advert to appear just as the winning goal, shot, dive, etc is about to occur so you are guaranteed to miss it. As for anyone who's got a new big screen tv for the event, enjoy the ad's !
So why not watch it on SBS?
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Originally Posted by Hutch
So why not watch it on SBS?
The openeing ceremony was not on SBS and they are showing only "complementary" coverage.
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I love the Olympics although I'm not a big sports fan. The reason I love it is because you get to watch sports that are rarely covered any other time of the year, and because of the competitive level the result is exciting. I love gymnastics which I used to coach, but I also love to watch diving and track and field events which you hardly ever see any other time. You can flag the game sports like netball, football and hockey.

But who has the time to sit riveted to it, and half the time the advertised schedule changes without warning and you find you've just sat down and missed the gymnastics and face half an hour of cycle racing.
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Originally Posted by desperatehousewife
Definatly a bore, unfortunatly everyone else in my house would disagree

Think my hubby may find beach volleyball unmissable! funny that cos he's never expressed an interest before

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Kev's with your husband on the beach volleyball.

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Originally Posted by harrip
If the rest of Seven's coverage is like their coverage of the opening ceremony, it will be a big bore. I could not believe the amount of adverts appearing at innappropriate moments.

You can expect an advert to appear just as the winning goal, shot, dive, etc is about to occur so you are guaranteed to miss it. As for anyone who's got a new big screen tv for the event, enjoy the ad's !
Channel 7's coverage is a disgrace. I don't know how they got the rights- even better still if you make a complaint about their service and coverage on http://au.messages.yahoo.com/sports/olympics/ they were deleting them. So much for free speech...................
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Originally Posted by ekiec
Channel 7's coverage is a disgrace. I don't know how they got the rights- even better still if you make a complaint about their service and coverage on http://au.messages.yahoo.com/sports/olympics/ they were deleting them. So much for free speech...................
Don't know whether you have a point or not, since I don't watch terrestrial TV, let alone anything sports related. However. Why do you use the expression 'free speech'? There's no constitutional right to free speech on the forums of a commercial TV station, any more than there are rights to free speech on this commercial run web forum.

I should also add that, even leaving aside commercial entities, Australians have no right to freedom of expression under the Australian Constitution and even things like Freedom of Assembly are merely implied rights, not written law. You only have to look at the draconian by-laws instigated during the recent Catholic love binge to realise that Australia's only marginally ahead of Burma in the old 'human rights' department.
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Originally Posted by Hutch
Don't know whether you have a point or not, since I don't watch terrestrial TV, let alone anything sports related. However. Why do you use the expression 'free speech'? There's no constitutional right to free speech on the forums of a commercial TV station, any more than there are rights to free speech on this commercial run web forum.

I should also add that, even leaving aside commercial entities, Australians have no right to freedom of expression under the Australian Constitution and even things like Freedom of Assembly are merely implied rights, not written law. You only have to look at the draconian by-laws instigated during the recent Catholic love binge to realise that Australia's only marginally ahead of Burma in the old 'human rights' department.
good one hutch, there's life in the old dog yet, despite being exiled in the cultural and spiritual vacuum that is Australia.
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Originally Posted by Hutch
Don't know whether you have a point or not, since I don't watch terrestrial TV, let alone anything sports related. However. Why do you use the expression 'free speech'? There's no constitutional right to free speech on the forums of a commercial TV station, any more than there are rights to free speech on this commercial run web forum.

I should also add that, even leaving aside commercial entities, Australians have no right to freedom of expression under the Australian Constitution and even things like Freedom of Assembly are merely implied rights, not written law. You only have to look at the draconian by-laws instigated during the recent Catholic love binge to realise that Australia's only marginally ahead of Burma in the old 'human rights' department.
Yes, well. What can I say to that..........
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strange the medal table showed Australia in 7th position why didn't it show that there are 3 equal 7ths? one of them the UK!!

I'm off to do something more entertaining!! I'm watching wolf spiders beig milked for venom
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For all you Olympic naysayers and nerdowells, put that in your pipe and smurk it.

Come On!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olym...ng/7553179.stm

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Originally Posted by spartacus
For all you Olympic naysayers and nerdowells, put that in your pipe and smurk it.

Come On!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olym...ng/7553179.stm
And your point is?
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