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Sharon, no.
The Olympics are a dream for countless thousands of youngsters. They grow up all over the world with that goal in mind, and living that dream. Sport is severely under-funded at all levels but particularly in schools, and the pc-brigade, who don’t want little Johnny suffering the terrible trauma of ever coming second, simply do not understand the value of physical education in preparing kids for life. Never mind the benefit that it brings to academic work too, and in teaching discipline, comradeship, teamwork, self-respect, self-sacrifice and having an ambition to work towards. Our society in particular desperately needs the next generation to develop these qualities.
Not everyone is good at football and the Olympics are the second biggest sporting event on the planet, and cater for all shapes,sizes and skills of either gender. It’s just a shame that the high profile drugs stories deflect so much from the real picture.
The West has too much invested in rapidly growing China and will make little more than token protests anyway, whatever is happening in Tibet or anywhere else.
I remember the pointless boycotts of 1976, 1980 and 1984. They achieved absolutely nothing in changing things for the better with regards to apartheid or super-power relations. They did destroy many honourable dreams.
The only ones who get hurt by political action are the competitors and the fans.
Most of what you say Toy is a lot to do with my point. There are parents in China at this moment putting their kids through gruelling daily regimes in the hope they will be the next big thing. They have no child-hood other than running, training, more running, more training, bed, more running, eat a little, more training.
I think it is really sad. We would as you say all be pleased if our kids can do well, but they are just so extreme.
In all ways. :(
Nothing wrong with a little discipline! :twisted:
@sharongooner wrote:
Most of what you say Toy is a lot to do with my point. There are parents in China at this moment putting their kids through gruelling daily regimes in the hope they will be the next big thing. They have no child-hood other than running, training, more running, more training, bed, more running, eat a little, more training.
I think it is really sad. We would as you say all be pleased if our kids can do well, but they are just so extreme.
In all ways. :(
Well it’s more of a state-sponsored programme because these particular Games are incredibly important to the Chinese authorities for reasons of national prestige. The jobs of the coaches depend on results and this makes them absolutely ruthless in pursuing success at the expense of their own kids crippled for life. I understand that there are many socio-economic reasons for the parents to go along with this.
But where do you draw the line between our own sportsmen who are also training hard and the Chinese ? Other countries will win plenty of ‘clean’ medals and surely that makes their reward even greater ? Why should they be punished by the politicians?
@sharongooner wrote:
@pikey wrote:
China, while it may be many things, is not a whaling nation. It’s a good thing you didn’t mention it.
Perhaps not on the scale with Japan but they do.
Along with tigers and elephants.
Do the humans in Tibet being killed not bother you? It does me. They are a horrid nation and I hate the fact it all gets ignored.
Perhaps as they are a super power or whatever thats called nowadays, and very successful business wise this country has no “need” to put across its feelings on how the country is run.
Unlike Iraq. Or Afganistan.
I don’t think China hunts elephants- at least not in China!
the chinese have a brilliant way of ensuring the organ banks are always full. they visit the loal court when they need a liver, kidney, whatever. then they give the death sentence that day for all crimes, and when the prisoners are all on board the bus to th jails they shoot em in the back of the head and trawl the bodies for organs.. good eh? actually they dont always shoot them, if they happen to be low on bullets [as if] they electrocute em to death. [cant help but wonder what that does to the organs actually buy hey ho..]
a few years ago at one of the olimpics, he chinse womens swimming team won virtually every medal, great show you may think, but the whole lot ov em were pumped full of testosterone and other drugs, and one of the team actually had a massive heart attack two weeks after returning to china. anyone remember which games it was ?
i reckon the next olympics should be held in iraq, seing as the whole bleddy place has already been flattened, they may as well just re build the placeas a massive sport arena. spread from basra to the pakistan / afghanisan border. problem solved the whole iraqi nation get to learn trades, the country gets lots of cash and we here dont have to sit and suffer endless hours of has been athletes warbling on about how the world has changed since they were in the teams. anyone agree ?
:lol: :lol:
Well Gordon Brown has ruffled China’s feathers by arranging to meet the dala laima (spl).
Perhaps he read my posts. :lol:
@sharongooner wrote:
What do you think? There history in the human rights area leaves a lot to be desired, as does their current treatment of innocents in Tibet.
Not to mention killing whales.
Are our country too scared to pull out of the Olympics?
We shot into Iraq like a bullet from a gun and yet China have been getting away with this for years, yet our government stand by and say nothing.
They get 9 year old children out of bed at 4am for olympic training for 12 solid hours too.
parents here abuse their children in the pursuit of sporting excellence every bit as much as the state run chinese sports academys
whales deserve to be killed the blubbering bas tards
it wouldnt make any difference if we are at the olympics or not one thing that is certain is we wont compete at any olympics
nobody mentions the current world champion at terrorism the USA being excluded from sporting eventslearn the ‘art’ of the humble comma. The knowledge of the Periodical Full stop, The semi colon, the Exclamation !! and maybe, seek the thrill of the elusive question mark ?
and then,and only then.. your passages, May make sense !
Careful, rubes! You’ll only go upsetting folk (some who shall remain nameless) :wink:
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