dougal55
War Child
Hi all!
I have been watching some of the Winter Olympics here and I want to say this.....
I am fed up with the attitude shown by the American TV networks at Salt Lake! It seems to me that they are intent in saying "Zoom in tight on the American bronze medallist, who CARES who won?!?". I have seen those kind of images on TV here in Britain. Its utterly shameful, unfair and over the top patriotism! There's no excuse for that kind of thing!
And you know what else Im thinking? I think its high time that the North Americans stop bidding for any more Olympic Games (winter or summer) for at least 20 years! 20 years!
Why? Because you have had too much Olympics in the last 30 years!!! Lets recall where it has been.....lets start off with Canada in 1976 at Montreal, then to LA in 1984, Lake Placid also in 1984, Calgary in 1988, Atlanta in 1996, and finally Salt Lake City this year. So all in all, North Americans had 6 Olympics of the last 13 Olympics! Thats too much! Give someone else a turn!
Actually Im kinda real glad that the next 3 Olympics are gonna be held outside North America! (Athens 2004, Turin 2006, and Beijing 2008).
Apart from that, its great to see some great moments like that lucky Aussie winning gold in speed skating when 4 guys in front of him all fell! A superb and hilarious moment to watch! And for me as a Brit, it was brilliant to see 4 Scottish lassies win gold in curling which included a win against world champions on the way to their win against the Swiss in the final with one last stone!
OK Ive said it now.......
dougal
I have been watching some of the Winter Olympics here and I want to say this.....
I am fed up with the attitude shown by the American TV networks at Salt Lake! It seems to me that they are intent in saying "Zoom in tight on the American bronze medallist, who CARES who won?!?". I have seen those kind of images on TV here in Britain. Its utterly shameful, unfair and over the top patriotism! There's no excuse for that kind of thing!
And you know what else Im thinking? I think its high time that the North Americans stop bidding for any more Olympic Games (winter or summer) for at least 20 years! 20 years!
Why? Because you have had too much Olympics in the last 30 years!!! Lets recall where it has been.....lets start off with Canada in 1976 at Montreal, then to LA in 1984, Lake Placid also in 1984, Calgary in 1988, Atlanta in 1996, and finally Salt Lake City this year. So all in all, North Americans had 6 Olympics of the last 13 Olympics! Thats too much! Give someone else a turn!
Actually Im kinda real glad that the next 3 Olympics are gonna be held outside North America! (Athens 2004, Turin 2006, and Beijing 2008).
Apart from that, its great to see some great moments like that lucky Aussie winning gold in speed skating when 4 guys in front of him all fell! A superb and hilarious moment to watch! And for me as a Brit, it was brilliant to see 4 Scottish lassies win gold in curling which included a win against world champions on the way to their win against the Swiss in the final with one last stone!
OK Ive said it now.......
dougal