i would like to see if anybody has a thought on whether the US should send athletes to athens .

i dont wont to see the 500 US athletes be used as hostages , or bombed . i say they stay in the US .

Fear is contagious.


Of course the US should go. No one wants to see anyone taken hostage or killed, but I'm pretty sure they will be taking every procaution necessary for an event of this magnitude.

Isn't the Olympics one of the only times countries come together and support eachother?

If we don't then they have won.

does that make the olympics and the athletes competing in them any less of a target for terrorists?

Its the fucking Olympics... like... people train their entire lives to get into these games... the threat of kidnapping i dont think is great enough to prevent anyone from having a shot at being declared the absolute best at their event...

send the folks... granted its Athens... but we're the United States... we consistantly produce the best atheletes in the world because of our large amount of leisure time... and we need to flaunt it... it would put a red flag on the entire games if the US didnt show up

whats the deal with it being in athens and thats a bad thing?



-scratches head- i think im out of the loop.

uhhh dude...do you watch the olympics? we routinely get our asses handed to us (or place 3rd) on just about every event outside of basketball and figure skating.

Actually we routinely have the highest point tally (Gold = 9, Silver = 6, Bronze = 3 type system) than any other countries.

could that be because we have athletes entering the most events? not all countries have entries for every event.

yes we should go. as soon as we have terrorists dictating how and when we should live our lives and do things that people have spent their lives training for, then they are accomplishing exactly what they've tried to do.

There are quite a few very active anti-american terrorist groups in Athens...


And Dirk... of course we dont win everyevent... but we're americans... we DO have people competing in every event, because thats our lifestyle...

not to mention... even competing in the Olympics is amazing... placing 3rd overall is incredibly amazing...

we have dominated the olympics for a good long time... we may not be the best at everything, but we are best overall....


In the track and field events the United States routinely has atheletes in the final heat... same with swimming... gymnastics we're incredibly competive in as well... we even won gold one year... boxing as well... we are overall the most competive nation in the world when it comes to the summer games... It would be like if the French didnt send a team to the Winter Games

If the united states is not at the summer games... noone can truly call themselves the best in the world... you have to beat at least one american to do that... and not to mention, everyone likes to put a cocky american in their place

yes..

It doesn't mater who you are.. everyone and anyone could be bombed or a hostage, murdered or killed..

Did you drive to work today? More people have died in car accidents then bombed or taken hostage..

You can't live in fear..

that, and like always... we whoop just about everyones ass..

Not being an ass but

Nation
1. United States of America USA 40 24 33
2. Russian Federation RUS 32 28 28
3. People's Republic of China CHN 28 16 15
4. Australia AUS 16 25 17
5. Germany GER 13 17 26
6. France FRA 13 14 11
7. Italy ITA 13 8 13
8. Netherlands NED 12 9 4
9. Cuba CUB 11 11 7
10. Great Britain GBR 11 10 7
11. Romania ROM 11 6 8
12. Korea KOR 8 10 10
13. Hungary HUN 8 6 3
14. Poland POL 6 5 3
15. Japan JPN 5 8 5
16. Bulgaria BUL 5 6 2
17. Greece GRE 4 6 3
18. Sweden SWE 4 5 3
19. Norway NOR 4 3 3
20. Ethiopia ETH 4 1 3
21. Ukraine UKR 3 10 10
22. Kazakhstan KAZ 3 4 0
23. Belarus BLR 3 3 11
24. Canada CAN 3 3 8
25. Spain ESP 3 3 5
26. Turkey TUR 3 0 2
27. Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 3 0 1
28. Czech Republic CZE 2 3 3
29. Kenya KEN 2 3 2
30. Denmark DEN 2 3 1
31. Finland FIN 2 1 1
32. Austria AUT 2 1 0
33. Lithuania LTU 2 0 3
34. Azerbaijan AZE 2 0 1
35. Slovenia SLO 2 0 0
36. Switzerland SUI 1 6 2
37. Indonesia INA 1 3 2
38. Slovakia SVK 1 3 1
39. Mexico MEX 1 2 3
40. Algeria ALG 1 1 3
41. Uzbekistan UZB 1 1 2
42. Yugoslavia YUG 1 1 1
43. Latvia LAT 1 1 1
44. Bahamas BAH 1 1 0
45. New Zealand NZL 1 0 3
46. Thailand THA 1 0 2
47. Estonia EST 1 0 2
48. Croatia CRO 1 0 1
49. Cameroon CMR 1 0 0
50. Colombia COL 1 0 0
51. Mozambique MOZ 1 0 0
52. Brazil BRA 0 6 6
53. Jamaica JAM 0 4 3
54. Nigeria NGR 0 3 0
55. South Africa RSA 0 2 3
56. Belgium BEL 0 2 3
57. Argentina ARG 0 2 2
58. Chinese Taipei TPE 0 1 4
59. Morocco MAR 0 1 4
60. Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 1 3
61. Trinidad and Tobago TRI 0 1 1
62. Republic of Moldova MDA 0 1 1
63. Saudi Arabia KSA 0 1 1
64. Ireland IRL 0 1 0
65. Viet Nam VIE 0 1 0
66. Uruguay URU 0 1 0
67. Georgia GEO 0 0 6
68. Costa Rica CRC 0 0 2
69. Portugal POR 0 0 2
70. Qatar QAT 0 0 1
71. Sri Lanka SRI 0 0 1
72. Kuwait KUW 0 0 1
73. Kyrgyzstan KGZ 0 0 1
74. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MKD 0 0 1
75. Chile CHI 0 0 1
76. Armenia ARM 0 0 1
77. Barbados BAR 0 0 1
78. Iceland ISL 0 0 1
79. Israel ISR 0 0 1
80. India IND 0 0 1

are these measurements?




USA 40 24 33


<3 americans are very wide bodied individuals.

who are "we" and "they"?

if we (america, or anyone else for that matter) doesnt go, they (terrorists) have won.

Sucks to be India..

There is a huge amount of indirect political influence by who attends and wins/competes well at the games. we must go.

Yes, go to fucking Athens.

And FascinationStreet, cut it out with the constant ellipsis use. Ugh.

We went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, we can go now.

If we prove anything with our atheletes, it should start with not being a flaming pussy.