Olympic Boycott: Day One

[rusty_armour]

So today is the first official day of my Beijing Olympics boycott. It's probably not even worth writing about as it's not going to have a major impact on the world or anything. Hell, it's not even going to have that big an impact on me. Usually, I'm doing well if I watch the Olympic opening ceremonies and some events on the first day. After that, my attention wanders, I get bored, and then I stop watching. This time around, I just won't tune in at all. Tonight, I'll probably catch up on a couple of shows I've taped over the last few days (like the eighth episode of Life on Mars). Oh, and Torchwood is premiering on SPACE. For some reason I can't fathom, SPACE is starting with the second series instead of the first. However, I'll probably tune in anyway. I'm hoping I might manage to scribble something at the same time. It's awful but sometimes I write in front of the TV. This is usually when I can't be motivated to write at all and think I can fool my brain into believing that I'm not actually writing but just watching TV.

Uh...maybe the second day of the boycott will be a little more exciting. *g*

Comments

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

I just find it astounding that female athletes are being held to a genetic standard that male athletes aren't. Lots of people aren't XX or XY, but the only the people competing as females may end up with their personal medical issues 'outed' to the world at large. Very not impressive, IMO.

No, it's not impressive. Not impressive at all. I can understand testing for steroids and other drugs, but I don't understand gender-testing. If (and only if) such a test has to be conducted then it's only fair that both sexes be examined.

Then again, I recently learned that female ski-jumping in the winter Olympics weren't merely not being bothered to be covered by the media -- the event simply doesn't exist. It does exist as a sport at competition levels, but TPTB have decided that wimmfolk just don't belong in Olympic ski jumping.

*scratches head at all the WTF-ery abounding*

I remember hearing about female ski-jumping not being allowed a while ago (possibly during the last Winter Olympics) and feeling even more disenchanted with the IOC and TPTB. I had been naive enough to think that the days when women were banned from certain events had passed, but obviously it hasn't. I don't blame you scratching your head at all the WTF-ery abounding.

[inkscribe.livejournal.com]

PS: BTW, I just adore this icon. I keep thinking about Rodney jogging alongside an elderly Swede. *snerks at Canadiana of no great import*

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! It's always great when someone gets the reference! :-) I wish I could have worked in the elderly Swede somehow. As it was, I had to go with Ronon instead. *g*