London 2012, Olympics — Page 3

Apparently, in off topic personal insults are not really personal insults.

*shrugs shoulders*

Warbler said:

whatever,  my nation is the US of A and that is who I cheer for.

Would it be a bit unpatriotic of me to cheer for the Chinese?

Unmoderated. My point was he made a personal insult elsewhere that he should have received a warning for. I've insulted him several times in off topic before, maybe I haven't been clear enough.

Perhaps you missed my first post in this thread.

Idiot.


;-)

Go eat a cookie that tells your future, buddy.

But..you..and i..

*shrug*

Bingowings said:

I wish the various countries that compete would donate some cash to build a permanent Olympic site in Greece and stop this awful vanity project building malarky.

         Yeah, I've felt this way since I was a kid. Especially after visiting Greece. Absolutely beautiful.

         The modern games could be scheduled during the winter months that are most enjoyable (possibly to coincide with the Winter Olympic games at a mountain location.) The ice rink events could be held in Greece.

         They could arrange with the cruise companies to have their ships present every four years, providing tens of thousands of additional rooms.

         With each country contributing, they could build an internaional university campus near the site and easily evict the students and their spare furnishings every four years.

         They could build a military base close by also for basic training and other units that could relocate or suspend operations every Olympics, making the base housing available. The military could make Olympic security part of it's basic training.

         But hey, it's not like there's any need to prop up the Greek economy ;)

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Everyone who has a problem with the Olympics for political reasons should probably take their discussion to the....politics thread?!  Makes sense.  Fitting.  There's no need for everyone to harp on Warb or act so self-assured about their own views.  The beautiful thing about opinions is that we all base our opinions on different rationales and hold different evidence up at different values.  I love the USA too.  Perhaps I'm a blind patriot.  But quit messing with Warbler with nothing but philosophies on nationalism or patriotism that really have no bearing on a decent discussion about the Olympics.

I don't have TV anymore.  Last time I really watched the Olympics was in '96--I was awaiting my high school freshman year.  However, I think they're fun, and hope everyone enjoys watching nations cheering on their athletes.  It's really okay to be proud of the country you represent.

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CP3S said:

Apparently, in off topic personal insults are not really personal insults.

*shrugs shoulders*

thejediknighthusezni said:

Bingowings said:

I wish the various countries that compete would donate some cash to build a permanent Olympic site in Greece and stop this awful vanity project building malarky.

         Yeah, I've felt this way since I was a kid. Especially after visiting Greece. Absolutely beautiful.

         The modern games could be scheduled during the winter months that are most enjoyable (possibly to coincide with the Winter Olympic games at a mountain location.) The ice rink events could be held in Greece.

         They could arrange with the cruise companies to have their ships present every four years, providing tens of thousands of additional rooms.

         With each country contributing, they could build an internaional university campus near the site and easily evict the students and their spare furnishings every four years.

         They could build a military base close by also for basic training and other units that could relocate or suspend operations every Olympics, making the base housing available. The military could make Olympic security part of it's basic training.

         But hey, it's not like there's any need to prop up the Greek economy ;)

             The opening and closing ceremonies could celebrate global commonalities instead of national peculiarities.

             Instead of the non-national pastels of '84, there could be Hellenistic/non-national Mediterenean colars such as olive, aqua-marine, terre-cotta, salmon and citrus.

             Theme parks and studios could locate near the complex.

             The water system for the complex could be a dual piping arrangement. Freshwater for cooking, drinking, final rinsing, and a partially desalinated (max. economical) system for washing, cleaning and so forth......

             ("Three and a half yards and a cloud of dust";) 

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I find televised sports incredibly boring, so I have no interest in the Olympics. That being said, I have no problem with anyone watching or enjoying them. You find monotonous commentary and uninteresting camera work fun? More power to you ;-)

negative1 said:

TV's Frink said:

 

 
Hey idiot, we're in off topic. Go suck a lemon.

 

yeah, but i don't like lemons!

haha

 

later

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