Post by: K Frame on August 23, 2008, 08:14:19 PM
He was pissed because he lost the bronze medal match, so he laid one into the match referee.
Post by: wmenorr67 on August 23, 2008, 08:20:21 PM
Post by: K Frame on August 23, 2008, 08:22:38 PM
The Cuban coach was also mouthing off, essentially saying it was justified.
Post by: Manedwolf on August 23, 2008, 08:34:35 PM
Kind of violates the spirit of that martial art to use it for attack, too.
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on August 23, 2008, 09:06:13 PM
Post by: RevDisk on August 23, 2008, 10:21:03 PM
Jail him for assault and battery.
I was going to say, shouldn't he be tossed in jail for at least assault? If not attempted murder?
Post by: The Annoyed Man on August 23, 2008, 10:50:14 PM
Post by: RevDisk on August 23, 2008, 10:52:23 PM
I'd have him checked for stereoids as well...
Why? He's lifetime banned from the Olympics. And any other international sports league, most likely. If they're not going to arrest him for assault that's friggin recorded twenty ways to Sunday, I doubt they'd nail him on drug charges.
Post by: The Annoyed Man on August 23, 2008, 10:55:09 PM
I'd have him checked for stereoids as well...
Why? He's lifetime banned from the Olympics. And any other international sports league, most likely. If they're not going to arrest him for assault that's friggin recorded twenty ways to Sunday, I doubt they'd nail him on drug charges.
Post by: Iain on August 23, 2008, 11:47:34 PM
Post by: Waitone on August 24, 2008, 02:40:39 AM
Post by: seeker_two on August 24, 2008, 03:16:58 AM
Jail him for assault and battery.
Agreed....banning him forever is appropriate, but a little time in a Chinese detention facility will adjust his view on sportsmanship quite effectively....
Post by: The Annoyed Man on August 24, 2008, 03:47:42 AM
Like, the days of the Mayan civilization. You know? Just sacrifice the loser as a token to the gods immediately after the match. That probably would make people try a lot harder, and break more records. Plus, no one would have to worry about charging this angry Cuban guy with anything, they could just throw him into the volcano and be done with it.
Just sayin.'
I wonder what the ancient Greeks would think about our modern Olympics.
Post by: K Frame on August 24, 2008, 04:14:59 AM
Dude, it's the Olympics, they already do that.
As I understand it, EVERY medal winner does a whiz test for a number of banned drugs.
As for arresting him, this is China we're talking about, and he's a member of the consortium of Fraternal Communist Nations. Probably not going to happen.
Post by: MrRezister on August 24, 2008, 06:11:50 AM
If the guy can't handle a call with which he disagrees, then he should pick some other skill to excel in, like raft-building.
Post by: roo_ster on August 24, 2008, 07:43:51 AM
I wonder what the ancient Greeks would think about our modern Olympics.
Considering the original olympics were competitions of athletic and martial prowess, I bet they'd think the modern olympics are the masturbatory efforts of effete girly-men.
Post by: Sergeant Bob on August 24, 2008, 07:47:29 AM
Good Riddance.
If the guy can't handle a call with which he disagrees, then he should pick some other skill to excel in, like raft-building.
If the guy can't handle a call with which he disagrees, then he should pick some other skill to excel in, like raft-building.
He's already working on it.
Post by: Manedwolf on August 24, 2008, 10:39:04 AM
Good Riddance.
If the guy can't handle a call with which he disagrees, then he should pick some other skill to excel in, like raft-building.
If the guy can't handle a call with which he disagrees, then he should pick some other skill to excel in, like raft-building.
He's already working on it.
Nice truck. I always wonder why the Cuban refugees I saw come over never thought of doing outriggers with a barrel at the end of a board to keep the boat from capsizing. Hawaiians and other islanders did outriggers for thousands of years.
Post by: Azrael256 on August 24, 2008, 11:44:07 AM
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Hawaiians and other islanders did outriggers for thousands of years.
Right, but they were in the ocean paddling around *all the time* for a few thousand years. Cubans don't really have the time to learn efficient boat building.
Post by: French G. on August 24, 2008, 05:57:22 PM
Post by: French G. on August 24, 2008, 06:00:59 PM
Post by: Firethorn on August 25, 2008, 06:59:03 AM
As I understand it, EVERY medal winner does a whiz test for a number of banned drugs.
I thought it was every athlete, often blood tests drawn both before and after the competition?
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As for arresting him, this is China we're talking about, and he's a member of the consortium of Fraternal Communist Nations. Probably not going to happen.
We might be surprised. Communists do love their jails/work camps.
Post by: Scout26 on August 25, 2008, 07:36:42 AM
Nice truck too. Sadly it was sank by a Coast Guard door gunner after they picked all the people off.
It didn't meet EPA or CAFE standards....
Post by: MechAg94 on August 25, 2008, 09:00:23 AM
We might be surprised. Communists do love their jails/work camps.
What do you think Cuba will do with him now that he is no longer an Olympic athlete?
Post by: The Annoyed Man on August 25, 2008, 09:06:23 AM
We might be surprised. Communists do love their jails/work camps.
What do you think Cuba will do with him now that he is no longer an Olympic athlete?Post by: Manedwolf on August 25, 2008, 09:07:34 AM
Post by: Firethorn on August 25, 2008, 09:39:43 AM
They should have had Chuck Norris as the ref.
Wouldn't have been fair to the competitors; his very presence would cause them all to die of fear.
Post by: Ryan in Maine on August 25, 2008, 10:53:28 AM