The Olympics

Am I the only one who is annoyed by the obsession
with national team accumulation of medals?
It takes the fun out of it.

It's not a war, folks!
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I totally am with you. It is so irritating.

Gotta agree with you. And its kind of hard for most countries to compete with the U.S. and other big ones. And I don't like that. It should be fair for 'em all.

But on the olympic subject: What's everyone's favorite event?

I like halfpipe, and slalom skiing, and others. Except Ice dancing...that's boring.

I like the summer olympics best and my favorite event is the pole vaulting.

but if i had to chose a fav event in winter it would be halfpipe.

Ahh, but how funny is it when those ice dancers/figure skaters fall on their arse!!

It just seems like there are so many events have corrupt judging, or judging that's incosistent. Why have judging for events that don't need it? (Like distance ski jumping)

Judo and Locross are my favorite olympic events

Speed skating is cool

I like all the skating.

Well it appears that something fishy is going on. Details:
http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,45468,00.html

Yeah the canadians were robbed, ROBBED, I tell you. Sorry, I didn't see it.

I was busy watching Michael Jordan get his butt handed to him by the Lakers.

The canadians were robbed. Many others have been too. The propensity to tend toward picked favorites no matter how they do has long since become boring.

I like downhill racing and luge. I actually had a real life luge-like experience once, but it was so foolish its best left in the past...

I'd have to say the Fin that lost out in the halfpipe was robbed as well as the American that came in 6th. Those judges had no clue about amplitude.

Many of my fellow Canadians cried when that judgement was given. We're all very sad up here that we were denied the gold because the Russians were "supposed" to win.

SSJVegeta-Sei