Canadian skaters totally screwed!!!!

[Peacemaker]

Originally posted by blackice
Seems Peacemaker you simply do not understand the enormous amount of time, dedication, finesse and physical fitness involved in the sport...

I understand the talant involved in skating but anything that involves the winner being "chosen" is not a true sport.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Peacemaker
I sorry. Can you tell me the name of one male skater who is not a homosexual.

The majority of NBA players are black... but if you call them the "N" word... you would get restricted too.

Leave out the bigoted attitude... or find some place else to post.

[Peacemaker]

Originally posted by Ming


The majority of NBA players are black... but if you call them the "N" word... you would get restricted too.

Leave out the bigoted attitude... or find some place else to post.

But a black preson is normal.

[Asher]

I don't even think most figure skaters are gay.

A lot of them aren't even very effeminate.

Get a clue.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Peacemaker
But a black preson is normal.

See you in three days...

[Flubber]

vagabound

Ihave seen a lot of Canadian figure skaters lose out in close competition to Russian/ soviet skaters over the years. It is a tribute to the strength of the Russian/Soviet program. In a couple of those years the natural bias I hold led me to think that perhaps the canadians had deserved to win but each time i could accept the result because it WAS close and i could see how the other skater(s) could be seen as the winner -- I have a bias but am aware of it and in those competitions I could accept the result and cheer wholeheartedly for the winners.

Not this time. The canadians performed close to perfect while there were several errors in the Russian program. The winner was obvious and we celebrated as the Canadians had skated the best on that night.

So you cannot put this off to national bias or sour grapes. yes i am a proud Canadian but I have accepted close losses before with equanimity. This time it stinks, the decision was obviously political and harkens back to the ice dance competition of 4 years ago when prior to the competition a person predicted with perfect accuracy the top 5 placings of 5 of the judges (and named which judges would form the voting bloc). The other 4 judges had variation among themselves and some downright disagreement with the 5 judge majority but the majority was perfectly aligned as predicted and corruption was widely acknowledged after the fact.

[Ming]

Latest report...
The Head of the French Olympic team has just told the AP that the French judge was a "fragile person" who had been manipulated...
It just keeps getting better with each report

[JohnT]

Che: "Of course, it didn't help that she's Black in a sport that dislikes working class and minority (with the exception of Asians, now) skaters."



You know, not everything is the result of injustice/prejudice.

Anyway, how can you get any more working-class than Tonya Harding, who got a pass to redo her routine back in '94?

[chequita guevara]

Very true, but they really hated her and loved Nancy Kerrigan. I remember constantly seeing stories talking about what a horrible person Harding was, and how wonderful Kerrigan was. The irony, of course, is from thos people who knew them, Tanya was a very nice and sweet person while Nancy earned the title Ice Queen. The reality of their personalities didn't matter. The press and judges loved the middle class woman and hated the working class girl with the termerity to rise above her station.

Now, Kerrigan was a much better skater than Harding, I'm not denying this. Nor did I deny that the French skater wasn't as good as I originally thought she was. What looked amazing to my untrained eye (at the time) was infact, not all that hard, which is the main reason she didn't score well (which I stated previously).

[Docfeelgood]

These new revelations are down right disgusting!

Hell, I knew the Oscars were fixed because of " The color purple " but the Olympics?

Sorta turns my stomach

[faded glory]

Harding was a Socio-path Che. (look at what she did in the name of Jealousy?)


I think "Inside Edition" Made that point many.....many times

[chequita guevara]

She didn't do anything. Her husband and bodyguard cooked it up and did it. She was always tarred with guilt by association.

And thank you for illustrating my point, FG.

[Docfeelgood]

She does not make good porn either

[Asher]

You actually buy that?

[Docfeelgood]

You actually believe that story that she knew nothing?