I personally don't see anything wrong with this, and thought the author got a little to prideful of the states, but hey, maybe that is what the Olympics are about!
Also, I wonder if it has anything to do with it being "Mexico" and the illegal immigrant issue and the author mentions in his article as well.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/10/opinio...html?hpt=hp_c1
Should make an interesting discussion though, should this action be considered distasteful or nothing wrong with it?