What should the IOC do to the Canadian women's hockey team?
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When I open up my web browser today, I see this all over the place:
So tell me...how is that ANY different than if it were a press confrence?
I don't see a difference. The end result is the exact same. And that image does not portary the Olympics in a good light. It just doesn't. So what's wrong with saying so?
Yeah, because having the IOC send them a letter saying "Bad idea...don't do it again" is a mountain.
How terrible for them.
Seriously, the way you guys are acting you'd think they were gonna whip them or burn their houses down or something.
^ I think this just about sums up the problem people have with the whole "controversy:"
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As I said, I really do think there's a world of difference between standing in the middle of the arena wearing your gold medals and...well...not!
Why is that distinction difficult to understand?
Imo there's nothing wrong with celebrating either way.
If you win something important: go ahead and get drunk, do something stupid, make a fool of yourself. You can get back to training soon enough.
I'm much more offended by people who don't really celebrate when they win something like a gold medal at the Olympics.
If you win something important: go ahead and get drunk, do something stupid, make a fool of yourself. You can get back to training soon enough.
I'm much more offended by people who don't really celebrate when they win something like a gold medal at the Olympics.
So how's it different from drinking from a pitcher of beer in the middle of a street in Whistler after winning gold? An act that everyone basically just laughed and cheered at? It's not—in fact, it should arguably be worse, as a hockey arena is licensed to serve alcohol, while it's illegal to drink in public.
Because the Olympics are supposed to represent something more than the normal athletes who play for the NFL or NBA or whatever.
A gold medal is supposed to represent everything that's good about the games. It confers a certain amount of responsibility upon the wearer.
It's like Superman's costume. Do you think that Superman would fly around drinking beer? Would that seem right? But do I care what Clark Kent does with his time? Not in the least.
So don't show me photos of guys not wearing medals and try to compare them. It's not the same thing at all.
Seriously.. you are kidding me right?
I quote from the washington Post: "The IOC, confronted in Vancouver with a couple of lethal issues and fresh human rights concerns at the next Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, instead reserved some of its toughest words for this late-breaking scandal: the drinking of champagne by women in public."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/27/AR2010022703315.html
I'm proud of our women. I'm proud they won gold. I'm proud they inspired Canadians everywhere to work hard and when you do succeed to party hard.
I quote from the washington Post: "The IOC, confronted in Vancouver with a couple of lethal issues and fresh human rights concerns at the next Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, instead reserved some of its toughest words for this late-breaking scandal: the drinking of champagne by women in public."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/27/AR2010022703315.html
I'm proud of our women. I'm proud they won gold. I'm proud they inspired Canadians everywhere to work hard and when you do succeed to party hard.
You did not just compare female hockey players to a fictional character who wears tights in public.
Well, I'm going to switch sides and point out that this incident points to the failings of Canadian women. They are not only violent (thus playing hockey), but they drink like fish and smoke like hos. This points up the utter failure of Canadian parents to discipline their daughters and instill moral virtues. A proper Canadian lady doesn't drink beer, she brings it to her husband. A proper Canadian lady doesn't smoke cigars, she's brings one to her husband as he watches his team win. A proper Canadian lady doesn't play hockey, she makes seal canapes for her husband's drinking buddies when the game is on.
Such narrow-mindedness and uptight thinking
Once in a lifetime achievement -- let them celebrate.
You're right. They should have smiled prettily and posed for photos instead. I can't believe they audacity they had in celebrating a victory for crying out loud! I mean, it's not like male athletes would EVER do such a thing, no siree.
And a gold medal, really, is just a trophy. A highly respected trophy, to be sure, but then again, so is the Stanley Cup, and look what it's gone through. Let them have fun.
Hey now... There is always 2014.Such narrow-mindedness and uptight thinking
Hey now... There is always 2014.Such narrow-mindedness and uptight thinking
Okay, it's a once-every-four-years achievement.
^ I think this just about sums up the problem people have with the whole "controversy:"
Exactly! Walking in the street drinking=illegal. But a man celebrating his gold with fans and spectators(which he hadn't recieved yet, but had already had the flower ceremony) is all good, but women celebrating the same way, with no spectators, and in a buildling licensed for alcohol and with their medals because that's the nature of the ice hockey events, are bad.
Celebrate! Hell, the men's hockey team didn't even go to the closing ceremony because of their celebrating! Good on them!
Double standard, plain and simple.
And yet no one's given me an example yet.
It sure is easy to say 'double standard' when you don't have to provide proof. You're not the only one, by the way. Anyone care to share? I've yet to see a photo of men doing the same thing.
I mean, it's not like male athletes would EVER do such a thing, no siree.
Then it sure should be easy to find a photo for me, right?
Have you ever seen a photo of males celebrating a sports victory? You do know that there are hot bikini babes giving them giant bottles of champagne which they shotgun before hosing down the assembled crowd, don't you? In later years the male winners gain second fame for their beer commercials.
If you don't want to read all my posts, that's fine, but then you can't be surprised when your reply has nothing to do with what I'm asking for.
If you'll go back you'll see where I specifically respond to a photo of exactly what you're describing and am perfectly fine with it. This isn't a problem at all because it's not the same thing.