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Why Are Women Being Left Out in the Cold?
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| 2/16/06
Posted on 02/19/2006 7:59:53 PM PST by dervish
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To: dervish
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:33:45 AM PST
by
weegee
("...the left can only take power through deception" -W. Chambers, former mem of Communist Party USA)
To: Do not dub me shapka broham; xzins; LibertarianInExile
Given that women's figure skating and gymnastics are women's sports with the highest number of prepuscent girls who are fequently anorexic, I think those so called sports are more dangerous than ski jumping.
The logic appears to be the popularity among viewers who like to watch girls.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:14:35 AM PST
by
dervish
("And what are we becoming? The civilization of melted butter?")
To: Richard Kimball
That wouldn't make it stupid. Just creepy. :)
To: supercat
I think there's only one non-segregated event in the Summer Olympics, however, and I don't know of any in the Winter Olympics. As far as I know, equestian events are the only Olympic sports where men and women compete equally.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:30:21 AM PST
by
kevkrom
("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
To: Do not dub me shapka broham
I'm still trying to figure out how rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming qualify as "sports," but softball and baseball don't. Um... softball and baseball are Olympic sports. The only major team sport not in the Olympics is (American) football.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:32:19 AM PST
by
kevkrom
("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
To: kevkrom
For the record, in Athens:
- Baseball: GOLD - Cuba, SILVER - Australia, BRONZE - Japan
- Softball: GOLD - United States, SILVER - Australia, BRONZE - Japan
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:36:07 AM PST
by
kevkrom
("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
To: Do not dub me shapka broham
Ok... now I see the stories about baseball and softball being dropped after the 2008 games. (Being the first sports since polo dropped from the Olympics.) I get conflicting info -- some say the sports are being dropped because they are "too American" and another that says they're dropped because MLB won't let players on major league rosters compete in the Olympics.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:46:32 AM PST
by
kevkrom
("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
To: dervish
it was way below zero in MN this past week and I saw very few women (or men) out in the cold
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:51:51 AM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Muslims pray to Allah, Allah prays to Chuck Norris.)
To: dervish
Not regular gymnastics-I don't have a problem with that-but rather, this thing:
I'm not saying that these women aren't athletic-they're definitely very flexible-but I don't know if they should be described as "sportswomen," and have an Olympic-sanctioned event.
Figure skating makes some sense-in the Winter Olympics-but some of the other events are a bit absurd.
Curling, for example.
Isn't that what a zamboni is for?
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posted on
02/20/2006 9:32:33 AM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
To: Billthedrill
You don't, however, see any male balance-beam competitions in the Olympics for, er, obvious reasons. Because men have no sense of balance?
To: ozarkgirl
Because men have no sense of balance? Ah, no. Because doing the splits on one of those things will ruin a feller's chances for a family...not to mention for breathing. It's a painful enough accident for the ladies and it does happen in training.
To: dervish
If they want to compete they should compete with the men...not in separate contests.
That should eliminate most if not all the distractions off the field/slopes so to speak for the guys.
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:05:29 AM PST
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: ozarkgirl
What about this guy:
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posted on
02/20/2006 12:01:53 PM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
To: dervish; Rakkasan1; rjp2005; LibertarianInExile; SamAdams76; SFC Chromey; A CA Guy; xzins; ...
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posted on
02/20/2006 12:22:13 PM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
To: Billthedrill
I think I knew what you meant, I was just teasing. ;)
To: kevkrom
"Um... softball and baseball are Olympic sports."
Not any more. Just booted.
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posted on
02/20/2006 4:56:05 PM PST
by
LibertarianInExile
(Freedom isn't free--no, there's a hefty f'in fee--and if you don't throw in your buck-o-5, who will?)
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