Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site teklabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekchips!teklabs!done From: done@teklabs.UUCP (Don Ellis) Newsgroups: net.rec,net.misc Subject: Re: Gripes about Olympic Coverage Message-ID: <2906@teklabs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 12:56:32 EDT Article-I.D.: teklabs.2906 Posted: Wed Aug 8 12:56:32 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 02:16:08 EDT References: <51@cadre.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 28 > By and large, the olympics would > be a lot better if the nationalism were forbidden, getting rid of > the stupid flag ceremonies entirely, and honoring individual > achievement. Better for whom? Nationalism is not always bad....sometimes it serves to pay the athlete's bills while they're in training. I also see nothing wrong at all with the flag ceremonies. It gives the winning atheletes some well-deserved recognition, and gives the folks at home something to cheer about. But I guess I'm just too old-fashioned to ignore the existence of countries. And while I'm being blasphemous here, I might as well go all the way. I LIKE watching the US atheletes. Other countries watch and cheer on their athletes, so I see nothing immoral or fattening about watching and cheering on ours. The next statement may even get me kicked off the net: I've enjoyed ABC's coverage of the Olympics. It's a bit shlocky at times, true, but I am one of those ignoramouses who doesn't have encylopedic knowledge of all the Olympic events, and I need to be TOLD what to look for. You're right, I'm probably hopeless. But I'll just continue enjoying the Olympics in my blissful ignorance, and the rest of you can bitch about it. But before you continue your bitching, please pass the popcorn. Don Ellis Tektronix