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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 10214242)
Saw most of USA + The Ref v Canada. Better football than GB's last game, but the ref might just as well scored USA's third goal herself.
And why were all the officials women? Isn't that sexist? |
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Team GB on 18 golds at the start of today, in Beijing we finished with 19 golds...
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Autonomy
(Post 10214523)
Team GB on 18 golds at the start of today, in Beijing we finished with 19 golds...
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Miss Anne Thrope
(Post 10214511)
Isn't that a bit beneath you, Meow, as you are so often the lone challenger of the sexism and misogyny that pervades these fora? I watched the contest and found Ms. Ostapchuk (a mother of three, incidentally, not that that should make any difference) to be an endearingly human character right up to the tearful medal ceremony.
bloody bravo ! loving the entire London 2012 games btw... bloody, bloody bravo to all orgainsers and athletes..wonderful spectacle. |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10214522)
Do you think it's sexist when all the officials for men's football are male?
Although given that the pool of officials to be drawn from is--for whatever reason--predominantly male, it is highly likely that a random draw would result in only male officials, and highly unlikely that it would be all female. So there's obviously sexism at work, but if its done with the inention of demonstrating that female officials can be just as good--or, in the case of the USA v Canada match, just as bad--as males, then fine. |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10214521)
Is it? Am I exempt from making any kind of comment? She is incredibly manly and butch as are many of the athletes. Interesting that the men of this board are permitted to make sexist comments every day, but my one comment is jumped on. Hmmm...
In this case, I thought you were being unfairly cruel. While poor old Ostapchuk would indeed hardly trouble the widest perimeters of conventional beauty, I didn't think she was unduly or unnaturally "manly". In fact she seemed quite sympathetic to me, unlike, say the American pole vaulter who came across as deeply unpleasant during her fraught gold medal vault-off with the Cuban. |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10214229)
(google it for those unfamiliar with "the munch") |
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When I grow up, I want to be Alistair Brownlee.
That is all. |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by commander
(Post 10214770)
When I grow up, I want to be Alistair Brownlee.
That is all. |
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A kind of anti olympics ad from Nike (not sponsoring the olympics)
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by goonerseba
(Post 10214791)
And Bronze for his brother....fantastic achievement by both and for the sport i'm sure. The respect and positive exposure for the lesser-known athletes and sports is the greatest i've seen for many years. Can only be a good thing.
The reason the medal ceremony was delayed was due to Jonathan getting medical attention..these guys put it out there... Alistair Brownlee ran the 10km in 29:07, jogging the last 50m. That is only 97 seconds slower than Mo Farah's 27:30 to win the 10,000m Gold. That is after smashing a swim and a bike... |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by commander
(Post 10215080)
Alistair Brownlee ran the 10km in 29:07, jogging the last 50m. That is only 97 seconds slower than Mo Farah's 27:30 to win the 10,000m Gold.
That is after smashing a swim and a bike... In other news, is it normal to get penalised for being barged off the track? :sneaky: |
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22 gold medals!!!
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Good picture............ McKayla Maroney's vault was so good, even the judges were amazed.............. :ohmy:
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 10214242)
Saw most of USA + The Ref v Canada. Better football than GB's last game, but the ref might just as well scored USA's third goal herself.
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10214522)
Do you think it's sexist when all the officials for men's football are male?
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
In today's Daily Express, we celebrate more Team GB success....... triathlon...... cycling....... dressage...... er........ hang on a minute........... :huh:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/...225827568.html |
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I'm suddenly come over all identity-ly challenged. Are we "Team GB" or "Team UK"?
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Bob
(Post 10215938)
They aren't though.
In the Premiership 99% are. It doesn't particularly bother me, but it does cut both ways. |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Miss Anne Thrope
(Post 10214694)
Surely you would expect to be held to a higher standard? I have also jumped on sexist comments here - though I have to say I try to avoid the threads which appear to lend themselves more obviously to that kind of schoolboy stuff.
In this case, I thought you were being unfairly cruel. While poor old Ostapchuk would indeed hardly trouble the widest perimeters of conventional beauty, I didn't think she was unduly or unnaturally "manly". In fact she seemed quite sympathetic to me, unlike, say the American pole vaulter who came across as deeply unpleasant during her fraught gold medal vault-off with the Cuban. The human race has such variety. You only have to look at the shapes and sizes of competitors in the Olympics to see that. |
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Fatima whitbread, now that was a chick with a dick.
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10216149)
In the Premiership 99% are. It doesn't particularly bother me, but it does cut both ways.
Some jobs are for men (e.g. coal mining, refereeing football matches, driving taxis) and some are for women (cutting hair, nail bars, pet grooming). We should embrace the differences, not try and normalize them. :rofl: |
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Did the ExCel (owned by Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre) experience yesterday. Greco Roman.
Bloody brilliant. Georgian fans the best followed by Iranians some flying Persian flag http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=I4876381981180976&pid=1.1 Up to Westfield Stratford after to peer through John Lewis' window at the Olympic Park. Shopping centre full of athletes. US Basketball team getting a lot of attention. |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 10216158)
Really though, does it?
Some jobs are for men (e.g. coal mining, refereeing football matches, driving taxis) and some are for women (cutting hair, nail bars, pet grooming). We should embrace the differences, not try and normalize them. :rofl: |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10216153)
I accept your comments and agree that it was rather unfair to make such comments publically. I do think she is very manly in appearance, but it is cruel to make the point in a public forum and it has nothing to do with her personality and talent which are far mroe important. I apologise.
The human race has such variety. You only have to look at the shapes and sizes of competitors in the Olympics to see that. |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by britexpat76
(Post 10216157)
Fatima whitbread, now that was a chick with a dick.
You, on the other hand, reveal yourself with this comment to be just a dick (a misogynistic, homophobic one at that). |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Miss Anne Thrope
(Post 10216199)
Actually she was a great athlete and by all accounts is a delightful person, and a loving mother, who overcame a very difficult childhood to achieve great success.
You, on the other hand, reveal yourself with this comment to be just a dick (a misogynistic, homophobic one at that). And I love women more than you will ever imagine, just not ugly ones. I know you like your big words, but please use them in the correct context. |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Miss Anne Thrope
(Post 10216199)
Actually she was a great athlete and by all accounts is a delightful person, and a loving mother, who overcame a very difficult childhood to achieve great success.
You, on the other hand, reveal yourself with this comment to be just a dick (a misogynistic, homophobic one at that). |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Boris wades in.............:
" 'Inspire a generation' is our motto. Not necessarily 'Create a generation', which is what they sometimes get up to in the Olympic village." [London Mayor Boris Johnson extols the "energy and enthusiasm" of the Games' 10,000 athletes, to whom some 150,000 condoms have been distributed] |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10216273)
...... but definitely in the 'did she or didn't she?' category for drug-taking suspicions. Look in the files under 'Florence Griffiths-Joiner - Other Cases'.
There are a few very prominent GB Olympians who have had late career successes that must be viewed as, at best, verging on improbable... If you win your first Olympic running medal up to 1.5km over the age of, say, 25 then surely there is some basis for skepticism... |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 10216158)
Really though, does it?
Some jobs are for men (e.g. coal mining, refereeing football matches, driving taxis) and some are for women (cutting hair, nail bars, pet grooming). We should embrace the differences, not try and normalize them. :rofl: |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Miss Anne Thrope
(Post 10216299)
Acknowledged. Alas I think we have to look back on a whole generation of athletics performances with that question. Note that no world records have yet been broken in the athletics competitions in these games, if I'm not mistaken. When is the last time we have been this far into an Olympics without that happening?
There are a few very prominent GB Olympians who have had late career successes that must be viewed as, at best, verging on improbable... If you win your first Olympic running medal up to 1.5km over the age of, say, 25 then surely there is some basis for skepticism... |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10216309)
Yeah......... reassuring then that the latest technology and back-testing techniques are so good - note the guy (can't remember name or sport - I'll check) who has now been banned because they have been able to RETEST a sample he gave at Athens in 2004.
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by commander
(Post 10137247)
Brownlee Brothers, gold and silver....
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by britexpat76
(Post 10216157)
Fatima whitbread, now that was a chick with a dick.
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Originally Posted by hearthrob13
(Post 10216313)
lol...are you serious ?
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 10216304)
I note that you used "e.g." for the list of men's jobs, but not for the list of women's jobs. What are you trying to say?
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10216310)
Someone is storing samples for years? All a bit Howard Hughes.
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by typical
(Post 10216330)
Yes, part of the WADA grand plan. Blood and urine samples are stored for eight years.
I think this is to capture the draining, storing and later transfusion of your own blood back into your body in order to boost the red blood cell count nearer the games. |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10216310)
Someone is storing samples for years? All a bit Howard Hughes.
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