WJMorris3 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Gentlemen, the following sign was found at the Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco, in protest of China hosting the Olympic Games in 2008.Discuss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Speaking as a historian...Either that's deliberately ironic, or once again an American has demonstrated that we are far stupider than we give ourselves credit for. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Some people really are that dumb.... On 4/10/2017 at 3:05 PM, Rollins Man said: what the hell is ccslc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbreadmann Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 You could call it intentional hyperbole to make a statement. At least I certainly hope they don't believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I would like know what intersection that is... that traffic sign caught my attention About the protest, it's not all that surprising to me. As much as we can denouce China, I blame the IOC for even giving them the Olympics in the first place. I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 You could call it intentional hyperbole to make a statement. At least I certainly hope they don't believe it.Ahem.I was hoping willmorris would talk about how overrated these protests are, and that the Paris protesters deserve to get a higher seed than San Francisco protesters. I'm disappointed. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Confucius said, "Sow the wind, reap the s t-storm." (Or something like that.) Which is just what the "People's Republic" has done, and will no doubt continue to do through the end of August. And somehow I have a hunch that this won't be anywhere near the worst of it.Giving Beijing the Games was a huge mistake, but at least it's casting a great big spotlight on (1) the "People's Republic" for the for the thuggish regime it is, and (2) the IOC braintrust for the fools they are, and both in spectacular fashion. That must count for something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 You could call it intentional hyperbole to make a statement. At least I certainly hope they don't believe it.Either that's deliberately ironic, or once again an American has demonstrated that we are far stupider than we give ourselves credit for. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbreadmann Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Captain Obvious, okay, I got it. No need to go out of your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 You could call it intentional hyperbole to make a statement. At least I certainly hope they don't believe it.Ahem.I was hoping willmorris would talk about how overrated these protests are, and that the Paris protesters deserve to get a higher seed than San Francisco protesters. I'm disappointed.Well they were wrong in 1936 and they are wrong now, China is a disastrous choice for the Olympics, they should have done the right thing and put it in Toronto. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB61 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 The U.S. didn't pull out of the '36 olympics because Avery Brundage (who is responsible for promoting the high-and-mighty douchbaggery that was the AAU and later the IOC) was sucking Hitler's Oscar Meyer and no one saw it because it wasn't a world problem.This is a different situation.Honestly, I don't care where they play the games. Just make sure that come this summer, we have Olympics, and they go off without a hitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 Honestly, I don't care where they play the games. Just make sure that come this summer, we have Olympics, and they go off without a hitch.Fully agree with you Brian... just makes me cringe a bit when I see Americans make fools of themselves by not doing their research when they make stupid signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred T. Jane Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 just makes me cringe a bit when I see Americans make fools of themselves by not doing their research when they make stupid signs....just like when we read any of your analysis of, well, anything! [Croatia National Team Manager Slavan] Bilic then went on to explain how Croatia's success can partially be put down to his progressive man-management techniques. "Sometimes I lie in the bed with my players. I go to the room of Vedran Corluka and Luka Modric when I see they have a problem and I lie in bed with them and we talk for 10 minutes." Maybe Capello could try getting through to his players this way too? Although how far he'd get with Joe Cole jumping up and down on the mattress and Rooney demanding to be read his favourite page from The Very Hungry Caterpillar is open to question. --The Guardian's Fiver, 08 September 2008 Attention: In order to obtain maximum enjoyment from your stay at the CCSLC, the reader is advised that the above post may contain large amounts of sarcasm, dry humour, or statements which should not be taken in any true sort of seriousness. As a result, the above poster absolves himself of any and all blame in the event that a forum user responds to the aforementioned post without taking the previous notice into account. Thank you for your cooperation, and enjoy your stay at the CCSLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Speaking as a historian...Either that's deliberately ironic, or once again an American has demonstrated that we are far stupider than we give ourselves credit for.that would be the case, witness the average wal-mart customer and employees. Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Gentlemen, the following sign was found at the Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco, in protest of China hosting the Olympic Games in 2008.Discuss...Well, I'm sure that did a lot for the affirmation that the U.S. has some of the smartest people in the world. Way to fall asleep during history class, guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friarcanuck Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Political beliefs should remain out of sports, especially the Olympics. If you don't like what's going on either don't participate or do something about it.Holding a sign up in the middle of downtown San Francisco doesn't count, cause the leaders of a nation on the other side of the world don't give a rat's ass what some 'smo in the middle of the US thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Political beliefs should remain out of sports, especially the Olympics. If you don't like what's going on either don't participate or do something about it.You might want to tell China that, since they wanted the Olympics so they could essentially throw a huge international coming out party. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
averyj Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 You could call it intentional hyperbole to make a statement. At least I certainly hope they don't believe it.Ahem.I was hoping willmorris would talk about how overrated these protests are, and that the Paris protesters deserve to get a higher seed than San Francisco protesters. I'm disappointed.Well they were wrong in 1936 and they are wrong now, China is a disastrous choice for the Olympics, they should have done the right thing and put it in Toronto.The games were granted to Berlin before the Nazi Party took over. You know, I rarely visit ccslsc anymore. I really should fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 You could call it intentional hyperbole to make a statement. At least I certainly hope they don't believe it.Ahem.I was hoping willmorris would talk about how overrated these protests are, and that the Paris protesters deserve to get a higher seed than San Francisco protesters. I'm disappointed.Well they were wrong in 1936 and they are wrong now, China is a disastrous choice for the Olympics, they should have done the right thing and put it in Toronto.The games were granted to Berlin before the Nazi Party took over.Yes, but they were still one of the larger parties in the Reichstag, and were already beginning to influence German policy and decisions.That said, option B (Barcelona) was possibly a worse choice than Berlin due to security issues (Spanish Civil War.) On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Political beliefs should remain out of sports, especially the Olympics. If you don't like what's going on either don't participate or do something about it.Holding a sign up in the middle of downtown San Francisco doesn't count, cause the leaders of a nation on the other side of the world don't give a rat's ass what some 'smo in the middle of the US thinks.Huh? 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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