On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:10:21 -0500, Viva wrote:
>I've watched what little I can of the Olympics, odd moments here and there
>... enough of women's gymnastics to want to count the teeth of those Chinese
>girls. 16 y/o, c'mon. I am not so jingoistic that I can't stand it when
>another country wins, but I do want everything to be fair. Those little
>immature bodies are more lithe, easier to bend than a woman's body.
>
>Anyway, I root for the best ones to win, and feel sorry for the ones who
>goof up. They have all worked so hard and lived for this moment. Even the 12
>y/o Chinese gymnasts who were taken from their family at the age of 3....
As I've heard say recently:
"Gymnastics is a difficult, physically taxing sport. If little kids
can handle that, why don't we train 'em to work in coal mines and
mills??"
>I love the swimming and diving, can't believe how they're setting so many
>world records. Can it only be the new high-tech full body swimwear? Or is
>Michael Phelps really part dolphin? I am fascinated by his size 14 feet.
Steroids, drugs, that sort of thing I expect.
>One thing I want to bitch about is women's beach volleyball ... a lot of
>sexism is manifested in the choice of competition uniforms. Who chooses them
>anyway? Women have to wear those sand-up-yer-tootie bikinis, and the men get
>more comfortable shorts down to their knees.
