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Children Stealing Gold in Beijing (pg. 4)
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| Shakka |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaolin_Z
LOL, are you getting the question marks or Chinese characters? I rebooted in Winblows right now so I can't see them either :p. |
I got Chinese characters, but I haven't got a clue what they say because I don't know if the translate function I used in Word actually does anything. I think I said something like "eat , I don't know what that means." Then again, I don't think there is a direct Chinese translation for that. |
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| Moongoose |
| If i may go back on topic for a bit. Sure those chinese girls look young , but i just saw that 16 year old american Shawn Johnson get a hug from one of the chinese girls who was congratulating her on the gold. And you know when you put them together, the chinese girls dont look all that younger if at all. The girl in question was just as tall and similarly built as the american girl. |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shakka
I got Chinese characters, but I haven't got a clue what they say because I don't know if the translate function I used in Word actually does anything. I think I said something like "eat , I don't know what that means." Then again, I don't think there is a direct Chinese translation for that. |
LOL, I didn't say eat dude :p. |
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| mndeg |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
Perhaps. But you've pretty much got to be a slave to be in the Olympics. They train everyday, or at least 5 or 6 days a week by the time they're 10 or 11, probably younger. |
Pretty much all olympic gymnasts train since about 5-6 years old. You can find youtube videos of our prior American gymnasts training at that age.
When you're just a peasant and the government says you have a knack for a certain skill, you're gonna train your ass off. The Chinese hurdles athlete has over 30 million U.S. dollars from sponsorship deals because he won gold in 2004. Do you know how much that can buy you in China? He's set for life.
Everybody here probably lives in a suburb or in a city, and likely has never seen what peasant living is like.
The Chinese-government-treats-their-citizens-like- is just American media China bashing. The current Communist leadership is actually scared of their citizens, they are doing all they can to improve quality of life so that they will NOT be overthrown. In comparison the U.S. Government seems to not particularly care about the average American citizen as much as corporate and special interests. |
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| Zild |
When the government says hey dirt poor peasants your daughter is great at this we are taking her of course they're going to say yes. Peasants in China barely scrape by so of course the family is going to force their child because they know it is their only way towards a life of luxury. Much better than making $1 an hour making cell phones in 12 hour shifts at the factory.
In the USA gymnastics is pretty much a sport for the middle class and higher. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
hey, i said if 13 year old girls can compete on a level playing field in the Olympics, then why shouldn't they? |
Um, maybe because it's against the rules??
That and they've lied about their gymnasts' ages before, giving different dates at different competitions.
One would think you jokers would get past the China-bashing red herring and maybe think that NO country should be cheating!? :rolleyes:
Yes, we get it.
It's China - get over it.
It's still not right. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Um, maybe because it's against the rules??
That and they've lied about their gymnasts' ages before, giving different dates at different competitions.
One would think you jokers would get past the China-bashing red herring and maybe think that NO country should be cheating!? :rolleyes:
Yes, we get it.
It's China - get over it.
It's still not right. |
We're talking about the damn rules, and I know it's "against the rules." WTF is your point? |
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| mndeg |
| A lot of people are probably cheating at the moment, nothing you can do about it though. Doping detection always trails doping technology by quite a while. |
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| mndeg |
Americans cheating? haha
The official timekeeper of the event, Omega, was also the sponsor of Phelps.
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| Krypton |
| Let's get this one straight. Phelps never cheated. He doesn't control the time sensor pad thingy. |
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| Kinezi |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
Let's get this one straight. Phelps never cheated. He doesn't control the time sensor pad thingy. |
So its the IOC and decision comittee who cheated.. who pressurised them to do so? US or China? I think China and its government and people who is to be blamed.. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kinezi
So its the IOC and decision comittee who cheated.. who pressurised them to do so? US or China? I think China and its government and people who is to be blamed.. |
I don't know who cheated, or even if there was cheating. But if there is a discrepancy, a cheat, it ain't Phelps. Phelps isn't the time keeper. Even he believed he was second before the scoreboard went up showing the .01 second time. |
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