what a bunch of fuddy duddies we are

[cali]

Scotty Lago evidently offends the delicate sensibilities of many DUers. As does Bode Miller. Snow boarding shouldn't even be in the Olympics according to quite a few and the disdain for them is reflected in comment after comment

Who would have thought DU had such a prim and proper streak?

[niyad]

1. can't offend me, since I don't know who they are. what have they done to offend?

[cali]

scotty lago won the bronze in the half pipe

and was photographed with a young woman kneeling and kissing his medal which was at crotch level. They kicked him out of Vancouver for it. Bode Miller is an alpine skier who was expected to win multiple medals in Turin four years ago. Instead he partied and crashed and burned. Now he's pissing off the puritans by winning.

[niyad]

15. don't know what a half pipe is either. but the kissing thing sounds a trifle tacky, or ill-timed,

if nothing else. can imagine what it looked like, though.

[freeplessinseattle]

20. could be interpreted that way

or maybe she was kneeling down to look at his tattoo? Maybe he was just lifting his shirt all the way up to show off his abs, ala Jersey Shore, but either way the real atrocity is that hideous tattoo, IMHO. Maybe if the revered medal wasn't involved it wouldn't be such a big deal, hard to say.

Not that I am offended either way, I can understand getting caught up in the excitement, and it's really far down on the racy scale. If it was someone from a different sport maybe the reaction would've been different, I don't know, but maybe they want to show that they welcome the increased audience snowboarding brings, but not the realness. Maybe the uncensored language just before Shaun White's victory run irked them and they want make a point that they don't want anything really embarrassing to happen.

If they are so worried about offending people maybe they should think about a different network to host the Olympics in the future that isn't so greedy and controlling.

[Egnever]

37. wow banished for this?

Thats prety weak.

[BR_Parkway]

38. He's 22 years old, celebrating the biggest day of his life -

I hope he had a hellacious night personally, he's trained most of his life for this

[virgogal]

14. + 1

[Edweird]

2. Heh. Yep. He didn't do anything wrong.

[taterguy]

3. Who would have thought that there's any subject that doesn't offend many DUers?

:evilgrin:

[cali]

6. point taken

:rofl:

[Bluzmann57]

4. Don't have an idea who Lago is

and don't care about Miller. He's all right. He just needed to grow up a bit it seems. And as far as "sports" that shouldn't be in the Olympics, get rid od ice dancing. What the hell is that? It ain't sport, that's for sure.

[spoony]

5. And people being offended offended you so much you started another thread

to chide them. The race for the gold medal in inanity continues.

[theHandpuppet]

28. Yep, I have to laugh when that happens...

...as it does far too often here.

[City Lights]

31. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[Fumesucker]

7. I am offended, therefore I am.. n/t

[wtmusic]

8. There are some who think Women's Mud Wrestling shouldn't be an Olympic sport

It's a big wide world

[anonymous171]

9. When he is competing, he is a representative of the American nation

His behavior should reflect that.

[KonaKane]

10. That's odd, I thought athletes went there to compete as humans.

Reps of their countries, down the list.

[anonymous171]

You thought wrong. nt

[KonaKane]

19. Got any proof of that?

[11 Bravo]

35. All US olympians sign a code of conduct which delineates the manner in which they are expected ...

to represent their country. Good enough?

on edit: I probably should make it clear that I think that pressuring Scotty to leave the Olympic venue was total bullshit.

[Fumesucker]

11. I thought he represented America very well..

He did win the Bronze I believe.

[Beacho]

12. I'm sorry but if curling is a 'valid sport'

than snow boarding should be included *over* curling.

I'm pretty sure that will offend all the curling fanatics

Just doing my part


:hide:

[wtmusic]

17. Curling is awesome, even Dylan thought so

Everybody must get stones!

[fishwax]

22. a bit corny, but it made me smile

:)

[jody]

13. It's no surprise that some DUers have narrow minds just like members of that other site. n/t

[Arkana]

16. Who said snowboarding shouldn't be in the Olympics?

That's just dumb. Snowboarding is awesome and Shaun White rules.

[RedCloud]

23. What if the snow melts? Would it be waterborading then?

And would Obama grow a sack and prosecute?

[NC_Nurse]

18. I agree. The guy was celebrating, so what? Don't think similar things aren't

happening at parties after sports events all over the world. What is the big deal?

Bunch of prudes in this country, I swear.

[proteus_lives]

21. Manners offend people nowadays.

I don't mind snowboarding but he acted like an asshole.

[KonaKane]

24. It would have been ill-mannered to say "no" to the young lady

who looked very anxious to plant a kiss on that medal.

[Name removed]

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[proteus_lives]

36. What lady?

All I see is a bar skank.

[Odin2005]

26. People are bashing SNOWBOARDING!?!

WTF? maybe my youth is showing, but how could anyone be bashing SNOWBOARDING!?! :wtf:

Lago has a right to party. The prudes can go screw themselves.

[KonaKane]

27. I think DU is starting to show a major generation gap lately.

If it's not snowboarding, it's having a good time at a medal winning party. If its not that, it's "standing up when a woman enters the room" or not.

Seriously, it's getting a little creepy. And I'm 50!

[Odin2005]

29. I think us Millenials are freaking out some of you Boomers for some reason.

WE ARE YOU WORST NIGHTMARE :rofl: :evilgrin: (J/K :) )

[H2O Man]

32. I remember

when I was young. It seems like 50 was only yesterday.

[old mark]

34. Who the fuck remembers back that far?

What a different world.
50 years ago, I was almost 13.

mark

[dmallind]

30. Anybody who has read any thread on air travel

That would have anyone who is not as slender as a snake, perfectly groomed and dressed, without either perfume or natural odor, and silent and still as the tomb and carrying nothing more than a wallet thrown off as an undesirable peasant and an outrage.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

33. You're saying that authoritarian, solipsist, sex-negative DU can be a touch provincial?

The funniest threads here are those asserting that America is not a basically conservative place.

America? Hell, even DU is a basically conservative place.