Australia wins first ever Winter Olympics Gold medal after everyone else falls over

[Asher]

Re: Re: Re: Double standards?

Originally posted by DinoDoc
If you knew anything about the history of Olympic figure skating you'd realize that kind of stuff is all too common and that you should go whine somewhere else.

What's been up your ass lately, anyway?

Of course there's been a history of it. And now it's time to put a stop by it. Oh God Heavens it's so horrible that the French judge was caught.

You and Wiggy are very similar. That's not a good thing.

[Alexander's Horse]

Whenever I see that avatar I wonder what has been up your ass

[Asher]

If we are going to award medals on the basis of bad judging, why stop with Canadians, when Olympic history is full of wrongs that we could correct?

Well, these are entirely different cases for one, dip****.

It was PATENTLY OBVIOUS who the medal should have gone to. There were allegations and then admissions of collusion that came.

In this case, an event that is not uncommon in the least (a giant pileup) occurs, and one skater gets the medal. If you knew anything about the sport, you'd know that this is NOT abnormal and is well within sport rules.

When judges collude, that's NOT within sport rules. That's why everyone was whining (coincidentally, the American press made a bigger deal out of it than the Canadian press but I'll let that slide).

[DinoDoc]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Double standards?

Originally posted by Asher
Of course there's been a history of it. And now it's time to put a stop by it.

By giving medals to Canadian teams who failed to earn them?

[Asher]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Double standards?

Originally posted by DinoDoc
By giving medals to Canadian teams who failed to earn them?

Are you really that blind?

Has anyone accused you of being a DL before? You consistently post with the "shades" icon, much like another troll we know...

[KrazyHorse]

Man, the Australian won by the rules in the short-track. Stupidly, but by the rules. Falls are supposed to be a part of the game. Vote-swapping, despite its ubiquity is not supposed to be part of figure skating. See the difference?

If the Australians had colluded with the Chinese, then you'd have a point. Otherwise, you're just trolling.

[Alexander's Horse]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Double standards?

Originally posted by Asher

Has anyone accused you of being a DL before? You consistently post with the "shades" icon, much like another troll we know...

No, when I post as a DL I never use the...................

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Asher
Are you really that blind?

I see quite clearly and what I saw was whining on the part of the general public get a team gold medals instead of actual talent.

Has anyone accused you of being a DL before?

No, I must have missed that craze when I came to the OT. Have one of the mods "vet" me if you wish.

[Alexander's Horse]

Let's ask Steve what he thinks:

[Ming]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Have one of the mods "vet" me if you wish.

At least on the point of him being a DL... he's clean
But feel free to think of him however you want

[KrazyHorse]

Dino, would you please address my point?

[Asher]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I see quite clearly and what I saw was whining on the part of the general public get a team gold medals instead of actual talent.

And quite clearly the whining of the public allowed the Canadian Military to force the people, at gun point, to confess to collusion and vote-swapping.

Surely the GeneralPublic^TM conspired ahead of time also to all react the same way once the judgement was initially reached.

No, I must have missed that craze when I came to the OT. Have one of the mods "vet" me if you wish.

Maybe you're related to Wiggy then.

[Alexander's Horse]

*horse checks his DL list*

Nope, he's definitely not one of mine

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Man, the Australian won by the rules in the short-track. Stupidly, but by the rules. Vote-swapping, despite its ubiquity is not supposed to be part of figure skating.

a) I'm not challenging the Aussie's right to his medal. Personally, if I were him I'd buy a few lottery tickets while I was in the States with the way his luck is running.

b) The solution to vote swapping is to ban the judge(s) for life from the sport, not to award medals to who ever won the crowd over to thier side, a la gladiatorial combat.

Dino, would you please address my point?

I'm sorry that I missed your post earlier.

Ming: At least on the point of him being a DL... he's clean

I'll be hurt if you actually had to check on that point.

[Imran Siddiqui]

If you knew anything about the sport you'd realize that in short track speed skating this kind of stuff is all too common.

I'm not sure that the Korean skater pulling down, purposely, the American skater was legal or common.