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Post by wombat on Feb 14, 2010 5:37:51 GMT -5
I like the speedskating. I saw a few of your guys in the ski-jumping yesterday - the trouble is that I can't tell the difference between a good jump and an indifferent one. I like the downhill skiing - I became a fan around the time Franz Klammer was the best but I haven't watched it in years.
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Post by team on Feb 14, 2010 5:43:30 GMT -5
Nelly Furtado's dress was very beatiful. I love it. But I wished Sarah McLachlan had sung a bit more...))
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Post by klenotka on Feb 14, 2010 6:02:06 GMT -5
I like the speedskating. I saw a few of your guys in the ski-jumping yesterday - the trouble is that I can't tell the difference between a good jump and an indifferent one. I like the downhill skiing - I became a fan around the time Franz Klammer was the best but I haven't watched it in years. I can´t tell the difference, too ;D I can say when they jumped far but the technique? Not at all. team: I had my eyes on Bryan Adams (love him) but he also seemed to like what he saw ;D He kept watching Nelly Furtado all the time. ;D
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Post by team on Feb 14, 2010 6:05:53 GMT -5
Klenotka, I realized that the man was Bryan only after reading reports LOL (I tried to find the video with the opening song )
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Post by wombat on Feb 14, 2010 6:48:53 GMT -5
Was Nell Furtado the one in a shiny blue dress that looked like it could be spandex?
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Post by jean on Feb 14, 2010 7:17:23 GMT -5
I've also seen the opening and I liked it very much, much more than the Bejing opening (I agree with Klenotka, exactly my thoughts too). I liked the Vancouver opening, because it was quite lyrical (I loved the part with the projection of the whales, it was so impressive!) I also liked Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado, I love Nelly Furtado. Btw, the whole opening show was created by an Australian , have forgotten his name, but it could be same who produced the opening in Sydney., but I'm not sure. I love winter sports. I love alpine skiing and hope Bode Miller wins a medail. I love this guy, he is crazy, but I like him LOL. I also like figure-skating, free-style skiing. snowboard, bob sleigh ..., I like a lot of winter sports LOL.
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Post by Dark Phoenix on Feb 14, 2010 7:29:44 GMT -5
I didn't watch it. I don't get up for something like that at 3 a.m. at night. My mom did though. I couldn't care less about Olympics. Never liked them. I can't wait for the Soccer WC though. Sucks that Germany plays against Australia.
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Post by Dark Phoenix on Feb 14, 2010 7:32:15 GMT -5
Bringing it back to the topic, I think it's EXTREMELY wrong that NBC showed footage of the Lugar's death and saw a ratings spike because of it. That is so so so wrong. I completely agree! Just because you HAVE the footage does not mean you should show it. Have some respect for the tragic circumstances of someone's death. I was very glad to hear Bob Costas say during tonight's coverage that they would not be showing the footage again at any time during the rest of the coverage. Good! They really showed it? That's so wrong. Here it was a single picture where he was thrown up into the air. It really sucks that someone has to die before those constructors finally listen and change the track.
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Post by vivianl on Feb 14, 2010 8:12:04 GMT -5
I didn't watch it. I don't get up for something like that at 3 a.m. at night. My mom did though. I couldn't care less about Olympics. Never liked them. I can't wait for the Soccer WC though. Sucks that Germany plays against Australia. LOL, I couldn't care less for the Winter Olympics too. My dad is all high on this, making a little agenda for himself listing his fav events, so he wouldn't miss anything. But me, skiing is my life, but watching it, naah...
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Post by jean on Feb 14, 2010 8:16:42 GMT -5
It really sucks that someone has to die before those constructors finally listen and change the track. It was a tragic accident, that's very sad, but it wasn't because the "constructors didn't listen and changed the track." They changed the track before this accident several times. It IS a dangerous sport and everyone who does this sport knows that. Nowhere isn't a 100% safety! Even Georg Hackl, who really knows what he is talking about!, said it could have happen on every track in the world! So tragic and sad it is, but it was an accident caused by a mistake by the sportsman.
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Post by team on Feb 14, 2010 8:52:41 GMT -5
well, I love sport and winter sports as well, but hate winter LOL The only one who could make me skiing - Hugh. LOL
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Post by vivianl on Feb 14, 2010 12:18:26 GMT -5
Haha, I LOVE skiing, my absolute fav sport to do. One of the reasons I don't watch the Olympics is that it makes me want to go skiing so badly, and I know I can't do it until like middle of March, that it's just pure suffering... lol.
Back to the topic of the Beijing Olympics, I just wanna make a very brief comment ('cos anything more would mean touching politics). There are 2 types of Chinese nowadays. Those that still live under the Communist spell, and those that have long awaken from it. The Beijing Olympics carries very different meanings for these 2 groups, the first considers it to be the greatest achievement of the country, and the latter views it to be the biggest propaganda ever.
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Post by Kristin on Feb 14, 2010 13:08:31 GMT -5
I don't think the footage was shown by the BBC but my son had seen it on the internet. We did get a minute or so of the luger from an earlier run which I found disturbing. It's rather shocking to see someone full of life just a short time before their death. I don't know where you draw the line. I've seen the 9/11 footage many times and I know many people are dying but they're nameless and I can't see the individuals. The people that died on September 11th, 2001 in the United States are hardly "nameless". Each one of those people had a life, many of them police and firefighters who were doing their jobs trying to save others, were working class and had families to support. I think it's pretty cruel to diminish that tragedy by saying they're nameless because you didn't see them die.
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Post by wombat on Feb 14, 2010 13:37:43 GMT -5
I think you're misunderstanding me. Everyone who dies has a name. However, when we see something like a building collapse or a bomb being dropped, we do not know the names of the people. Or is the difference that we cannot see them? When the planes crashed into the WTC and the buildings collapsed, the footage was shown repeatedly. It was shocking but it felt right to witness it.
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Post by Kristin on Feb 14, 2010 13:48:51 GMT -5
I think you're misunderstanding me. Everyone who dies has a name. However, when we see something like a building collapse or a bomb being dropped, we do not know the names of the people. Or is the difference that we cannot see them? When the planes crashed into the WTC and the buildings collapsed, the footage was shown repeatedly. It was shocking but it felt right to witness it. No, I understood you perfectly. You're saying it's easier to watch 9/11 footage because you're not seeing people physically dying and taking their last breaths. I'm saying that you shouldn't call anyone nameless just because you didn't see them die, because in my opinion, it's kind of fucked up. I didn't see people dying in Haiti, but it certainly doesn't make looking at the aftermath of that earthquake any easier. Nobody has to agree with me, just my opinion.
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Post by wombat on Feb 14, 2010 14:09:24 GMT -5
I didn't say that looking at it was easier. I'm just trying to understand how we can look at something like that where so many die and yet be offended by coverage of the death of one man. (I'm not saying it's wrong to be offended).
It's not the right place to discuss it, but I'm interested in why some things ring alarm bells and not others. I know I couldn't bring myself to watch either of the films relating to those hijackings.
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Post by narrows101 on Feb 14, 2010 14:16:50 GMT -5
I didn't say that looking at it was easier. I'm just trying to understand how we can look at something like that where so many die and yet be offended by coverage of the death of one man. (I'm not saying it's wrong to be offended). IMO - because the death of that one man was an tragic accident that we don't need to see and the death of so many was terrorism, which we need to be reminded about from time to time.
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Post by wombat on Feb 14, 2010 15:54:35 GMT -5
Pat, that is most probably it. We don't want to rubberneck but sometimes we feel obliged to do so.
Kristin, you don't understand me, perfectly or otherwise. There's no reason why you should.
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Post by klenotka on Feb 15, 2010 5:31:52 GMT -5
Yaaay! Martina has a golden medal! And it wasn´t even her strongest discipline! That´s our girl. ;D
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Post by jean on Feb 15, 2010 6:12:44 GMT -5
Yaaay! Martina has a golden medal! And it wasn´t even her strongest discipline! That´s our girl. ;D Congratulations! I've seen it yesterday evening, she won absolutely deserved. Our German skater won silber, it's good as well. Canada has its first gold medal, it's always great if the host country wins gold, and Australia won a silber medal.
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