Gymnasts short, volleyball players tall .... Cough.
Alright that wasn't very funny but it was pretty obvious.
I thought about diving and that the dive happens so quickly that you have to think that a judge might have blinked, yawned, or just daydreamed in those split seconds and was like 'whoops!' at some point.
To close on the subject of height, suppose two swimmers are exactly the same in ability and strength but one is just an inch shorter ...
With the sensors in the pool walls that inch could make or break a medal win, and under the scenario I am envisioning, has nothing to do with ability or strength.
Lastly, from a PR and tourist point of view, the Olympic committee in London should have considered placing the torch in a space similar to the Winter Olympics in British Columbia.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
God, Guns, & Guts ...
The title of this post is derived from a slogan I saw, which if I'm not mistaken, was at a Tea Party rally a couple of years ago in Washington DC.
The slogan actually started out with the words "America is about ... "
George Zimmerman evoked Gods will, presence, or whatever you want to call it the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman basically lost almost all of his credibility after uttering those words as far as I'm concerned.
Why?
By claiming his shooting and killing Trayvon Martin has anything to do with divinity puts him in nearly the same league as Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, or the Taliban, all of which espouse divine reasons for brutalizing women, flying planes into buildings, and setting of bombs on busy streets.
Alright, I'll admit that the circumstances that lead to Zimmerman shooting and killing Martin does not compare with crazy acts of terrorism, except in one way.
Using God as a lightning rod to justify one or a group of persons actions.
I'm sure Zimmerman didn't intend to shoot Martin, but please, don't you dare imply a God of any kind when one person kills another under any circumstances.
The slogan actually started out with the words "America is about ... "
George Zimmerman evoked Gods will, presence, or whatever you want to call it the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman basically lost almost all of his credibility after uttering those words as far as I'm concerned.
Why?
By claiming his shooting and killing Trayvon Martin has anything to do with divinity puts him in nearly the same league as Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, or the Taliban, all of which espouse divine reasons for brutalizing women, flying planes into buildings, and setting of bombs on busy streets.
Alright, I'll admit that the circumstances that lead to Zimmerman shooting and killing Martin does not compare with crazy acts of terrorism, except in one way.
Using God as a lightning rod to justify one or a group of persons actions.
I'm sure Zimmerman didn't intend to shoot Martin, but please, don't you dare imply a God of any kind when one person kills another under any circumstances.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Who Wears Short Shorts?
A recent article I came across online via the Associated Press highlights a woman in Abu Dhabi concerned about the attire (or lack thereof) of young women.
It is obvious that the Middle East as a whole tends to be more conservative when it comes to how women not only dress, but what they do. Yes, I'm pointing my finger at you Saudi Arabia who only recently allowed women to participate in the Olympics and hopefully soon drive ... cough, cough.
What I thought about reading this article though, is how it pits feminists against feminists and the colour pink for men.
On one side you have conservative feminists who object to lingerie, beauty pageants, and Brittany Spears doing a strip tease routine with a chair in a video.
On the other side you have liberal feminists who rail against the idea that anyone should tell a woman how she should dress, act, and do what she will with her body.
What about men though?
It has become plain as day to me as a father of a daughter that it is ok for my daughter to wear more 'masculine' clothes rather than if I had a son to wear more 'feminine' clothes.
This 'fashion perception' has it's roots back in the 1960's, and now a woman can wear jeans and a t-shirt and not have it construed as less feminine.
But that bridge doesn't sway over to the male side.
Thankfully I saw an episode of Sesame Street that helps curb the erroneousness of this fashion perception.
In this episode, Baby Bear is ashamed when Telly finds out he has a doll he likes to play with. Baby Bear tells Gordon, who let's Baby Bear know he has nothing to be ashamed about. Gordon points out to Baby Bear that he is wearing a pink shirt because he likes the colour pink and that's all there is to it.
So the fight for equality in the Middle East is of epic proportions for women, while in North America, if we can get to a day where men can wear a pink shirt without it being perceived as either gay, straight, or Australian, I would say we are on our way!
Remove gender perception from the colour pink for men and allow women to drive in Saudi Arabia.
It is obvious that the Middle East as a whole tends to be more conservative when it comes to how women not only dress, but what they do. Yes, I'm pointing my finger at you Saudi Arabia who only recently allowed women to participate in the Olympics and hopefully soon drive ... cough, cough.
What I thought about reading this article though, is how it pits feminists against feminists and the colour pink for men.
On one side you have conservative feminists who object to lingerie, beauty pageants, and Brittany Spears doing a strip tease routine with a chair in a video.
On the other side you have liberal feminists who rail against the idea that anyone should tell a woman how she should dress, act, and do what she will with her body.
What about men though?
It has become plain as day to me as a father of a daughter that it is ok for my daughter to wear more 'masculine' clothes rather than if I had a son to wear more 'feminine' clothes.
This 'fashion perception' has it's roots back in the 1960's, and now a woman can wear jeans and a t-shirt and not have it construed as less feminine.
But that bridge doesn't sway over to the male side.
Thankfully I saw an episode of Sesame Street that helps curb the erroneousness of this fashion perception.
In this episode, Baby Bear is ashamed when Telly finds out he has a doll he likes to play with. Baby Bear tells Gordon, who let's Baby Bear know he has nothing to be ashamed about. Gordon points out to Baby Bear that he is wearing a pink shirt because he likes the colour pink and that's all there is to it.
So the fight for equality in the Middle East is of epic proportions for women, while in North America, if we can get to a day where men can wear a pink shirt without it being perceived as either gay, straight, or Australian, I would say we are on our way!
Remove gender perception from the colour pink for men and allow women to drive in Saudi Arabia.
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