Olympics: yawn
Am I the only one that has absolutely zero interest in the Olympics?
The BBC have devoted BBC1 to covering the games, even the Breakfast programme has been relegated to the News 24 channel.
I might be more interested if there was an English team but I just can’t get excited about Team GB, even when I know that the competitors are English.
The only real interest I have in the Beijing Olympics is the fact that they’re actually being held in China. Human rights abuses, a totalitarian dictatorship government, widespread censorship and the continued illegal occupation of Tibet should preclude China from holding the Olympics on the basis that it goes against the aims of the Olympic Charter.
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You’re forgetting its a big money-making opportunity for multinational corporations…
What interests me is that the Dalai Lama is always quick to stress he does not want Tibet to be an independent state which is at odds with the international campaign of trustafarians. But then, “Greater autonomy for Tibet” doesn’t fit on a t-shirt.
August 10th, 2008 at 12:09 amI’m not surprised you’ve no interest in the Olympics when you’re that ignorant, if the team are English how come GB’s first gold medal was won by a Welsh girl ?
August 12th, 2008 at 4:18 pmIf insults are the order of the day then you’re either blind, retarded or illiterate. Read what I wrote again and tell me where I said there was an English team.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:12 pmAgreed, I couldnt give a flying f*** about a bunch of sports I have zero interest in normally just because they are being played during the ‘olympics’. 1 medal? 5000 medals? Who cares?
August 13th, 2008 at 11:30 pmThe comment “I just can’t get excited about Team GB, even when I know that the competitors are English” tends to suggest that Team GB is an English team.
August 13th, 2008 at 11:54 pmThat’s half a sentence, what I actually said was:
I might be more interested if there was an English team but I just can’t get excited about Team GB, even when I know that the competitors are English.
I actually said there wasn’t an English team. I don’t support Britain because I’m English, not British. I would probably be more interested in the Olympics if I could support my own country but I can’t and even when I know a competitor is English, they are still in Team GB and that loses my interest.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:40 amPiston
England has 52 odd million of britains 60 odd million, so most if not all of team GB will be english
August 14th, 2008 at 8:53 amMy country is the United Kingdom. I think our country done briliantly in the Olympic Games and I couldn’t give a tinker’s cuss about what part of the Kingdom our competitors came from. Hopefully, Gordon ‘Brit’ Broon will soon be able to announce the formation of a British football team for London 2012! If the EU has its way, the separate ‘teams’ will go into the dustbin of history where they belong.
August 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pm‘If the EU has its way, the separate ‘teams’ will go into the dustbin of history where they belong. ‘
Eh?
August 27th, 2008 at 5:04 pm