flamingjimmy Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 because the race had to be stopped and re-run as you know and the guy who collapsed after the second re-start was endangered, its highly unlikely that he would have collapsed after the first race as that is what he trained for ONE race not 1 and a half races:roll: So it's his fault that one of the rowers pushed himself to exhaustion? As I understand it the guy did not collapse after the incident with the swimmer, he chose to continue with race, endangering himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Also, I think the OP's attitude to protest in general is shameful. Here's hoping that people use the worldwide attention of the Olympics to get some important messages across, then maybe the event might actually do some good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Graham Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Who gives a toss about the boat race? Sometimes they're not even proper students, they're more often than not ringers who've been brought in to do a phony postgrad course and a bit of rowing. Hear hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Also, I think the OP's attitude to protest in general is shameful. He hasn't offered an attitude to protest in general, so on what basis do you come to that conclusion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 If he wants to protest in that way so be it.It is better than the usual hooligan protestors who smash things when they protest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 He hasn't offered an attitude to protest in general, so on what basis do you come to that conclusion? I suppose that's true, not explicitly. I guess I was extrapolating from his stated attitude towards this protest and any potential future protests at the Olympics. It would be a bit strange for them to say the things they said without being generally against protesting and civil disobedience at least a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ab6262 Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 So it's his fault that one of the rowers pushed himself to exhaustion? As I understand it the guy did not collapse after the incident with the swimmer, he chose to continue with race, endangering himself. no its his fault that the race had to be re-run:loopy: dont you see?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 no its his fault that the race had to be re-run:loopy: dont you see?? No it's only his fault that the race was stopped, not that it was re-run, it certainly didn't 'have' to be re-run, everyone involved had a free choice. The rowers knew at that point that they'd be pushing themselves harder than they had trained for yet they carried on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ab6262 Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 I suppose that's true, not explicitly. I guess I was extrapolating from his stated attitude towards this protest and any potential future protests at the Olympics. It would be a bit strange for them to say the things they said without being generally against protesting and civil disobedience at least a little bit. got it in one:D yes am against protesting in these types of incident, and civil disobedience should be clamped down on hard! to set an example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastbank Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 No it's only his fault that the race was stopped, not that it was re-run, it certainly didn't 'have' to be re-run, everyone involved had a free choice. The rowers knew at that point that they'd be pushing themselves harder than they had trained for yet they carried on. bit of an attention seeker...next stop big brother....and a column in the sun...should have just smacked him with the oar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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