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CaptainCrunch · 08-10-2008, 09:51 PM

Its kind of disheartening to me to watch the Olympics. All I hear is the same thing after a 14th place Canadian finish.

The whole "Oh well I did my best". Its almost like we're not taking this seriously, and if its all about merely doing our best and losing in a humiliating fashion in boxing or track or whatever then whats the point of even sending athletes to the games? I watched the boxing match between the Canadian and the Kazikstan (sp?) and in four Oylmpics they've already surpassed Canada's medal count in boxing history. Add to that and the commentators blathering on about his heart when he lost 20-1, thats not heart, his opponents hands got tired from punching Johnny Canucks face in and he wanted to save them for the next round.

We're a developed nation, with a ton of money, state of the art training facitlities, and oh well we did our best.

Bleh.

08-10-2008, 09:51 PM	#78
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Its kind of disheartening to me to watch the Olympics. All I hear is the same thing after a 14th place Canadian finish. The whole "Oh well I did my best". Its almost like we're not taking this seriously, and if its all about merely doing our best and losing in a humiliating fashion in boxing or track or whatever then whats the point of even sending athletes to the games? I watched the boxing match between the Canadian and the Kazikstan (sp?) and in four Oylmpics they've already surpassed Canada's medal count in boxing history. Add to that and the commentators blathering on about his heart when he lost 20-1, thats not heart, his opponents hands got tired from punching Johnny Canucks face in and he wanted to save them for the next round. We're a developed nation, with a ton of money, state of the art training facitlities, and oh well we did our best. Bleh. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!