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Talk:2012 Summer Olympics (view source)
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:::: I would also class some sailing events as team sports as you need perfect team work to do well in sailing. non communication between helmsman and the other crew members will result in a pretty poor performance ! If there are no major breakaways road cycling is also a team sport. --[[User:Nacacube|Nacacube]] 09:27, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
:::: I would also class some sailing events as team sports as you need perfect team work to do well in sailing. non communication between helmsman and the other crew members will result in a pretty poor performance ! If there are no major breakaways road cycling is also a team sport. --[[User:Nacacube|Nacacube]] 09:27, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
--[[User:Nacacube|Nacacube]] 09:27, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
--[[User:Nacacube|Nacacube]] 09:27, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
::::: Having lived in Japan, I would define it as agnostic. Virtually noone actively disbelieves in God (or a god). Most people have a very open mind to religion and are happy to visit the temples and partake in the rituals (both Shinto and Buddhist ones) and also to dip into church once in a while. Nonetheless while my Japanese church had a core group of worshippers, the general attitude to religion in Japan is "Born a Shinto, convert to Christian in middle age, die a Buddhist!". The challenge for the church in Japan is keeping people saved once they get interested. [[User:HumanGeographer|HumanGeographer]] 11:15, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
== A bit confused ==
== A bit confused ==
Recent edits seem to downplay the US women's gold in soccer/football, despite the fact that it seems this site should trumpet every accomplishment by Americans. It seems to imply that Canada should have beat the US in the semifinals, despite the fact that Conservapedia earlier predicted that Canada should underperform in Olympics because of socialism and same sex marriage. Likewise Japan, which should underperform by this site's standards, as it's been ranked [http://www.infobarrel.com/25_Most_Atheist_Countries_in_the_World the #5 most atheist country in the world]. Furthermore, this idea that the US advanced unfairly seems to contradict the idea that the Olympics is a prime example of the best of the public, in which winners are decided by pure skill and performance alone, and not by some committee of so-called "experts". Are the Olympic games not an example of the best of the public after all? [[User:PortlyMort|PortlyMort]] 00:12, 15 August 2012 (EDT)
Recent edits seem to downplay the US women's gold in soccer/football, despite the fact that it seems this site should trumpet every accomplishment by Americans. It seems to imply that Canada should have beat the US in the semifinals, despite the fact that Conservapedia earlier predicted that Canada should underperform in Olympics because of socialism and same sex marriage. Likewise Japan, which should underperform by this site's standards, as it's been ranked [http://www.infobarrel.com/25_Most_Atheist_Countries_in_the_World the #5 most atheist country in the world]. Furthermore, this idea that the US advanced unfairly seems to contradict the idea that the Olympics is a prime example of the best of the public, in which winners are decided by pure skill and performance alone, and not by some committee of so-called "experts". Are the Olympic games not an example of the best of the public after all? [[User:PortlyMort|PortlyMort]] 00:12, 15 August 2012 (EDT)