Aleksandr Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Ha, the French! You can tell when a war's about to kick off because the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is heading back to port! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 i was thinking along similer lines about the paralympic athletes, dont us and the USA have a better chance at winning more? as cos of iraq / afganistan etc compared to other countries we have a larger pool of disabled people to choose from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Ha, the French! You can tell when a war's about to kick off because the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is heading back to port! The French are not cowards nor ever have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 i was thinking along similer lines about the paralympic athletes, dont us and the USA have a better chance at winning more? as cos of iraq / afganistan etc compared to other countries we have a larger pool of disabled people to choose from? Surely by that logic, Iraq and Afghanistan would have the better chance of winning? Any technological advantage Team GB might have over the French would be minuscule compared to the advantage both would have over most of the rest of the rest of the world simply because we can both afford high tech gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Surely by that logic, Iraq and Afghanistan would have the better chance of winning? Any technological advantage Team GB might have over the French would be minuscule compared to the advantage both would have over most of the rest of the rest of the world simply because we can both afford high tech gear. but do iraq and afganistan have the capabillity to fix and train their "disabled" people to the standards we can? and indeed do they take part in the olympics like we do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 but do iraq and afganistan have the capabillity to fix and train their "disabled" people to the standards we can? and indeed do they take part in the olympics like we do? Well not they don't - which was sort of my second point. To what extent are the results in some paralympics events a reflection of how rich the successful countries are against the talents of the athletes taking part? To some extent the same is true of the normal olympics as well with rich countries being able to afford better facilities/able to get greater sponsorship, but the differences are less marked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLakeland Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Who cares what the surrender monkeys say.....they're just bitter.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scare Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 i was thinking along similer lines about the paralympic athletes, dont us and the USA have a better chance at winning more? as cos of iraq / afganistan etc compared to other countries we have a larger pool of disabled people to choose from? Yes it's kinda one sided when it come to country's like them but I think some Europeans could do well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladesman Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 The French are not cowards nor ever have been. That is true. Although for now they do the seem to be rather sore losers. It must be difficult for them losing to us especially with our nice go faster French wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Who cares what the surrender monkeys say When have they surrendered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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