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Let OUR Games Begin... The 2010 Vancouver Olympics Thread (pg. 48)
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| Spin Laden |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
damn, I am about to send you guys some money :( :( :( This makes me sad. |
nah.
keep it for your shoddy healthcare, your massive defence budget for invading countries on dubious terms, your law enforcement to deal with all the violence down there .....and for the beers to drown your sorrow on Sunday :p ;) |
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| OkiDokie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spin Laden
nah.
keep it for your shoddy healthcare, your massive defence budget for invading countries on dubious terms, your law enforcement to deal with all the violence down there .....and for the beers to drown your sorrow on Sunday :p ;) |
Couldn't agree more :D :p |
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| StereoPrincess |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
slovakia is an amazing team
they beat sweden and russia, almost beat canada, i was hoping for OT though faacckkkk |
yup. slovakia was so surprisingly good. great great game for canada. much better to prapare for the next game. US had a fairly easy game. |
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| StereoPrincess |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
damn, I am about to send you guys some money :( :( :( This makes me sad. |
lol. yeah, i thought we were not going to put other countries down for their achievements. remember canadians have 1/10th of your population. and we can definitely just keep getting better. so proud of the canadians. so good in everything. we can start focusing on the other sports too. i am thinking of taking up biathalon. |
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| FunkyCrew |
curling anyone? lol :)
last night was mental, I think everyone was on their balcony yelling! |
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| Abercrombie |
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| tobywan |
| quote: | Originally posted by StereoPrincess
US had a fairly easy game. |
Watching that first 10 mins was almost unbearable...I didn't know what to feel or think towards the Finns, but Murphy's Law was in full effect for 'em.
To quote Nabokov from the loss the other night, "It was like watching a bunch of gorillas who've just been released" |
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| yankeeBaby |
| quote: | Originally posted by StereoPrincess
lol. yeah, i thought we were not going to put other countries down for their achievements. remember canadians have 1/10th of your population. and we can definitely just keep getting better. so proud of the canadians. so good in everything. we can start focusing on the other sports too. i am thinking of taking up biathalon. |
How does "this makes me sad" a put down?? LMAO....Canadians are SO sensitive...I make a comment about how I wish you guys made more medals (ie: it makes me sad), and you guys go straight into politics and defense-mode. TOUGHEN UP Kiddos!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :haha: :haha: Not EVERYONE wants Canada to fail! ;) I am one of those people. Surely I prefer my own country first, and canada second, but with the exception of playful banter with friends, I am certainly not one of those people going on a hay day about how Canada failed these Olympics. If you want to get defensive with someone, go talk to THOSE people, because I am NOT that woman ;) And Certainly, Spin, going onto politics/social problems in a sports thread will NOT be responded to, PM me other wise if you wish to discuss further. kthx ;)
PS: we already discussed population, that was soo 7 days ago and the idea was easily put to rest ;) |
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| thesauce23 |
[QUOTE]Originally posted by yankeeBaby
Canadians are SO sensitive../QUOTE]
ur kinda right there. from what i got out of living in toronto, anytime the word America or American is heard, canadians kind of cringe at it for some damn reason. its like they have a natural inclination to not like us or anything to do with us. so i just accepted it and let it be. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by thesauce23
[QUOTE]Originally posted by yankeeBaby
Canadians are SO sensitive../QUOTE]
ur kinda right there. from what i got out of living in toronto, anytime the word America or American is heard, canadians kind of cringe at it for some damn reason. its like they have a natural inclination to not like us or anything to do with us. so i just accepted it and let it be. |
there's a reason to that though. although it's been taken too far lately. |
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| yankeeBaby |
| quote: | Originally posted by thesauce23
[QUOTE]Originally posted by yankeeBaby
Canadians are SO sensitive../QUOTE]
ur kinda right there. from what i got out of living in toronto, anytime the word America or American is heard, canadians kind of cringe at it for some damn reason. its like they have a natural inclination to not like us or anything to do with us. so i just accepted it and let it be. |
hehe I dont wanna go there with this statement ;) I think Canadians like whomever they like on a personal basis, including Americans, as I have many friends from here that I love dearly (and vise versa).
However, the lines get blurred when there is a global competition, because there is no longer an individual face, and instead we are competing for a group/country/flag. When the lines get blurred, people get defensive and suddenly the claws come out on anything they can throw out there because they temporarily forget the individuals and go straight into "group defense mode" (ie: endless excuses and arguments over whom is better at sports/politics/economics/whatever!)
We all do it when there is competition, some more sensitive than others based on their "groups" relationship with one another. (look how crazy it gets at an international soccer game when politics, sports, and national pride are mixed!) :nervous:
edit: in other words I dont get mad when people get defensive, because I am a rational human being and understand why they are reacting in such a way, I just think some people need to simmer down and/or take their emotions out on people whom are REALLY saying some nasty ;) I am not one of them, so its a waste of energy to get defensive with me ;) |
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| thesauce23 |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
there's a reason to that though. although it's been taken too far lately. |
yup i know that reason too but its so general and carried over to EVERY american which is just silly. like u CANNOT base the actions of a few and generalize it to a whole but i mean its so obvious, no one gives a , so meaningless arguments and stupidity just keep going on and on |
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