If asked country of origin, just pretend to be Canadian..

[Jason Tate]

American Olympians told not to wave (http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040516-121028-9603r.htm) Stars & Stripes at Olympics. Kinda interesting...

[The Silencer]

wouldn;t want to tarnish the American reputation, anything but that!

[phreaky]

what's "Oymplians"?

[Jason Tate]

Prolly just don't want this again:

[Jason Tate]

what's "Oymplians"?
damn copy and pasting from Fark...

[The Silencer]

Prolly just don't want this again:
hahahaha

[venus/bacchus]

I guess that's reasonable...it's about time we show that not all of us are pompous assholes.

But if anybody asks where you're from, don't be ashamed, say you're from America. If they look down upon you for that one fact, it's their own fault.

[truerockstar]

Maybe we should just throw the games too. Wouldn't want other countries to think that we are better than them by beating them, would we?

I don't think the world has progressed past a 5th grade mentality

[ReFused23]

the whole idea of a country is over rated

[crayZbuzzard]

That's bullshit. The whole point of the Olympics is to show national pride. When Americans wave their flags at the Olympics, it's not because we are "pompous assholes," it's because we are proud of our country doiminating the games. It's not our fault our country is the greatest.

[Jason Tate]

That's bullshit. The whole point of the Olympics is to show national pride. When Americans wave their flags at the Olympics, it's not because we are "pompous assholes," it's because we are proud of our country doiminating the games. It's not our fault our country is the greatest.
The Olympic Games were actually part of a major religious festival honoring Zeus ...

[pezpenguin03]

Maybe we should just throw the games too. Wouldn't want other countries to think that we are better than them by beating them, would we?

I don't think the world has progressed past a 5th grade mentality

exactly!!!

[JTrain12]

the modern Olympics...its all about coming together and shit like that...waving your flag is showing pride to represent the country youre from...that one person from some small country waving his flag is proud, no matter if he finishes dead last or what...just pride thats all...

[Sloaner]

American Olympians told not to wave (http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040516-121028-9603r.htm) Stars & Stripes at Olympics. Kinda interesting...
I'm sure someone will do it anyway. At least I hope so.

[venus/bacchus]

That's bullshit. The whole point of the Olympics is to show national pride. When Americans wave their flags at the Olympics, it's not because we are "pompous assholes," it's because we are proud of our country doiminating the games. It's not our fault our country is the greatest.
The "I'm better than everyone" mentality is what gets us enemies. I'm not on the side of people that believe the entire world hates us, I actually think that's over-dramatized. But there does come a point where you don't want to go to a foreign country in the time of war and dance around your own flag, or pose like a bad ass with it or whatever. It doesn't mean we aren't proud and shouldn't wave the flag, I definitely think we should, but keep the egocentrism to a minimum.

[rellish91]

The idea that we shouldnt be able to show our national spirit is stupid, this I agree with. Though it may sound bad, it is intended to protect the 500 athletes representing the US in the olympics. When politically uneducated haughty pricks, turn things around and try to make them sound like we are trying to denounce our heritage and country of origin, its very unsettling. Furthermore when these same obnoxious people try to turn it into another anti bush/bleeding liberal cause, something is wrong. People like this chap my ass, and most of them are uneducated in the topic and tend to just disagree with the status quo, for their own egotistical and maniacal pleasures. I dont post alot on this website, but I was fed up of getting fed this bullshit propaganda, and though I may agree with some peoples musical tastes, I most definitely do not agree with their political views.

[saintjoel]

That's bullshit. The whole point of the Olympics is to show national pride. When Americans wave their flags at the Olympics, it's not because we are "pompous assholes," it's because we are proud of our country doiminating the games. It's not our fault our country is the greatest.

says the guy with the confederate flag for his icon

[UndefinedBoy]

says the guy with the confederate flag for his icon

haha, I was gonna say something about that.

[Cocky Caucasion]

Ill be sure to wave my American flag proudly when I kick everyones ass at the Olympics. Ill get on a mic and say "BUSH ROCKS!" and run around in my tight skimpy nut hugging american flag pantie hoes and wave our flag like a the proud American that I am.

Rumors are that I've already won the whole olympics (shhh dont tell)

[superman]

What the fuck is flag waving going to do? I mean, surely the crowd knows its an American who won (if it happens to be so) because theyll fucking anounce it on the pa.
Also, you're going to Greece! The Founders Of Democracy!!

[Frank Giaramita]

That's bullshit. The whole point of the Olympics is to show national pride. When Americans wave their flags at the Olympics, it's not because we are "pompous assholes," it's because we are proud of our country doiminating the games. It's not our fault our country is the greatest.


...our country is far from the greatest

[GAD_guy]

Id go so far as to say our country is the worst among "western" countries including all of Europe, but it's still amazing how one asshole (our president) can totally shit on the rest of the world and ruin the reputation of every one of it's citizens, even though MOST of us didn't vote for him.

[truerockstar]

Id go so far as to say our country is the worst among "western" countries including all of Europe, but it's still amazing how one asshole (our president) can totally shit on the rest of the world and ruin the reputation of every one of it's citizens, even though MOST of us didn't vote for him.

shut up seriously

[AudioBoxer624]

What the fuck is flag waving going to do? I mean, surely the crowd knows its an American who won (if it happens to be so) because theyll fucking anounce it on the pa.
Also, you're going to Greece! The Founders Of Democracy!!

As much as I'd like to agree with you on this topic, I think the reasoning that the USOC has put behind it leads me to think otherwise.

The very last thing we'd want in Athens is a repeat of what happened in Munich in 1972.

About 2 weeks ago, 3 bombs were set off near a police station in Athens. And there are almost 300 cells believed to exist in and around the city.

Basically, the USOC is trying to put personal safety before national pride.