Who gives a fuck about the OLYMPICS?
 

Seriously, what a total waste of time.

Do you know what it did to Sydney? Ruin it. House prices are now trebled, there's too many people living here now, the standard of living for the average Joe has hit the skids, and it cost tax payers billions, which they will never get back.

Opinions?

(are like assholes, everyone has one :1orglaugh)

I'll probably watch it tonight just to see the opening bullshit. Then I'm off to the library to get a few seasons of some TV shows I need to caught up on. I love the library its like Blockbuster but it's free.. Mmm cheapness.

the what??

Because of Chinas stand on so many things I will not watch it at all and I hope all the people who pay a fortune for advertising make a big loss. It's all about business and the best way to hurt these people is not to buy their products.

Chinas record on human rights, trade, pollution and democracy made it a very poor choice to hold an event with the ideals of the Olympics. The Olympic Committee finally sold out. The fact countries over spend to show their balls are bigger than the previous holders balls is down to the politicians and the electorate.

Same Paul.

I just saw a little of the pre coverage on the news, smog city as well, and promises of fundamentalist bombings - just marvellous.

I will watch the opening and the diving, everything else makes me tired.

I don't see how what china does is any fault of the athletes many of who have trained for many years. I will be watching as much as i can :)

Same thing is happening to Vancouver... prices are becoming more and more unaffordable, the homeless are being pushed into the (formerly) nice neighborhoods.

All for one commercial sports entertainment event?

Fuck off.

Used to like it a lot when I was kid....I don't mind watching it when I have nothing to do...but I still can't forget the first USA Dream Team with Michael Jordan and gang played in the Olympics.....that was really so awesome to watch...:thumbsup

I am definitely going to be tuning in. I enjoy the swimming, gymnastics, track and field etc

London is next and yet I am still behind it. I appreciate what these very dedicated people have done and how hard they have trained. It isn't their fault where it is being held and for a little bit I will smile and cheer for the athletes rather than wish for failure to happen around them.

Woo cant wait till the olympics comes to London then :Oh crap Nobody at all will be able to afford a house in London.
Stupid bloody idea and a waste of money was ok back in the day when there was a point but who gives a shit if someone can run a split second faster than someone else :disgust

Oh and gymnastics is just for paedos :1orglaugh

watched the usa/japan soccer match, will probably watch the soccer and the basketball and see if we blow the gold with all the NBA players.

too many issues in China for a good Olympics... squatting toilets? C'mon

watched the usa/japan soccer match, will probably watch the soccer and the basketball and see if we blow the gold with all the NBA players.

too many issues in China for a good Olympics... squatting toilets? C'mon

I'll give a fuck to some horny nice looking girl, just for the Olympics. So yes, I give a fuck about the Olympics.

I give a fuck....

ive never given a fuck about it, dont know why. It doesnt have the same appeal as a european- or world championship football at all. In my eyes it's a second rate sporting event that's not interesting at all.

We could care less about the Olympics. We like the 'X Games'.

:thumbsup

I regard it the same as the issue of Canada's involvement in Afghanistan. I don't agree with our country being there, but I support our troops 100%.

I know that China is the devil, but our athletes prepared too much to ban the whole stuff...I'll watch swimming, handball, waterpolo, kayaking and the cute gymnast girls :)

Gotta agree with you on this. The athletes spent a lot of time training for this and they should not be neglected because of were the games are held. They did not pick the venue spot. :)

The olympics rule. Gymnastics and swimming are awesome.

Agreed. Save the politics for political arenas, this is about friendly competition between nations, and a chance for the athletes to represent their country of origin on a world class stage.

In a lot of the events the Olympics is like the "superbowl" or world series of that sport.

I'll be watching for sure. Nothing at all to do with supporting China or rising cost of fuckinng real estate. :D

I am cooking a Tibetan potato curry for our meal tonight and I didn't even do it on purpose. I only noticed when I went to go set out the ingredients that I was unintentionally making a political statement.

I'll be tuning in

I do, it's going to be awesome.

hope all you guys who want to boycott the olympics because its in china decide to throw away eveything that you own that is in anyway made there.

I wont get much time to watch.

I do! And I intend to follow as much events as possible!

I love the olymics! Swimming, Gymnastics, Weighlifting, Basketball and who can forget Womens beach vollyball :)

Seriously though, who doesnt like to see top athletes from around the world come together and compete against each other? Ive got the olympics set to record at all hours of the day right now so I don't miss anything.

Agreed. I checked out the opening ceremony out of curiousity but can't believe they picked china.

Unfortunately there isn't much choice when it comes to this.

some of the stuff is cool, but they were much better when i was a kid.

i remember one year my friends dad bought this subscription thru the cable service that gave you 3 non stop channels with olympics on

I don't give a shit about them.

Why do i care if somebody from the same country as me can run a fraction of a second faster that someone else ?? I don't.

Waste of fucking time, and money... :2 cents:

http://i27.tinypic.com/2np1rt.jpg
DAMN BLOOD THAT SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING IS HARRRRD

No such thing as "friendly competition", competition between nations = war.

Peaceful war? No way. Turn on the fucking tv. China bashing, 24/7.

Olympics is the time to set politics and differences aside and come together to play the games.

I always enjoy it that way.

IMHO, the time to vote with your dollars is every other time except these games.

I liked them, what can I say?, it's entertaining. Besides, it pushes the human body to its limits. That is interesting, plain and simpe.

Where the worlds most optimised athletes compete on a world stand? Noone gives a fuck, only a billion people.

And those billion are just the locals! :1orglaugh :helpme

The Olympics were originally intended in part to be the tonic to that very problem.

Way. It's called "sports".

Nowwhere in my post did I say people in general weren't stupid. Fact is they are, for the most part.

However, China does deserve a certain amount of bashing. What I find unfortunate is that the Olympics are so often made into the world's whipping boy for protesting things that have nothing to do with the games.

Steriod users competing in unbelievable amounts of smog, that good tv

Anyone who thinks a nation spends 30 billion dollars in a non political event is clearly a few cards short of a full deck. Of course it's a political event. Not for the athletes, but they are bit players in a bigger production. This is all about "Look at how wonderful China is." Or it's $30,000,000,000.00 down the squatting crapper.

I care more about the Olympics than the American Election that's for damn sure.

NBC paid a billion dollars for the American tv rights to the olympics

Its hardly the World Cup now is it...

I give a fuck and fuck you

Good job because i doubt that will be happening :1orglaugh

The biggest sporting event? Yeah, I care about it and watch it.