[questio verum]

Is anyone else catching the Olympic opening ceremonies in Beijing right now? Pretty impressive from what I've seen. Anyone got a fave, going in? Any predictions?

qv

[Oxygen]

I predict some of them will die due to smog.

Thanks for nothing china!

[Artesia]

The athletes and their abilities are inspiring but drowned out by the commercial and political symbolisms. The fact that this is all happening in China makes it difficult to take any of it seriously. I watched a part of the opening ceremonies. Yeah, real pretty and grandiose but it just makes me shake my head. I'll watch some of the events because i'm athletically inclined myself and it does feel good to see human greatness in action. Whether the games leave me feeling inspired or defeated depends on my mood at the time, however.

[usamamuneeb]

I predict some of them will die due to smog.

Thanks for nothing china!

Only one Olympic Death uptil now, that because of doping.

The opening ceremony's great. Seems China has really put its whole money on that. The ground is small, I wonder how all teams would fit in.

[monday90]

I normally try to watch most of the events, usually the British don't do so well which is a little disappointing. The opening ceremonies are usually quite a spectacle. Unfortunately it is inevitable that politics will overshadow this event.

[Oxygen]

Originally Posted by monday90

I normally try to watch most of the events, usually the British don't do so well which is a little disappointing. The opening ceremonies are usually quite a spectacle. Unfortunately it is inevitable that politics will overshadow this event.

But as English people, we crave disappointment.

[monday90]

Yes unfortunately we do, right the way down to watching us fail to qualify for the European cup! Are you enjoying the summer by the way?? :drown:

[fingal]

I haven't seen any Olympic events so far, and I have no intention of watching for some of the reasons mentioned above.

[Agent-X]

I wanna watch someone's shoes catch on fire this time.
In the last one (right?) the guy's shoes started smoking because he ran so fast.
I wish for once that an olympiad would wear Sonic the Hedgehog shoes.

I like watching people push things to new limits.

[MikeTbob]

I love seeing athletes do great things, but I won't be watching this years events, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that China had to remove dog meat from the Olympic restaurant menus to avoid "foreigner objection".
Why would anyone want to eat Benji??