tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post1492164187863056418..comments2024-03-11T08:31:04.022-04:00Comments on Bieganski the Blog: Bieganski and the Sochi Olympics D Goskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353495585591945881noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-60625738211210392502014-02-19T16:16:43.171-05:002014-02-19T16:16:43.171-05:00Here in the UK there are usually some shock horror...Here in the UK there are usually some shock horror stories about how the host country is going to make a complete mess of the Games and nothing is going to be ready. I think they said the same things when we were hosting them.<br /><br />So I hadn't seen Bieganski in this. Though it could be that the media coverage in the USA has been angled that way. <br /><br />Interesting and depressing that you note, Magdalena, how Poland's media was happy to join in the chorus, until Poland got 4 golds. We need to remember the Golden Rule - to treat others as we would want to be treated. This campaign of vilification is giving us an excellent upclose and personal lesson in how not to treat others, if we want to take it.<br /><br />The Games seem to be going well, as far as I can see. And we are enjoying them. Though I do mutter every so often, as I see some dazzling young athlete hurtling backwards down a ski jump while doing somersaults and making cup of coffee at the same time: "Just wait till you get arthritis, try ski-jumping then matey!" Sue Knight's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597157298218651144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-11812050880113627392014-02-17T13:48:33.286-05:002014-02-17T13:48:33.286-05:00Such prejudices against Slavs are nothing new. For...Such prejudices against Slavs are nothing new. For instance, when the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949, years ahead of expectation, President Truman reportedly asked how "those Asiatics" could have built something so sophisticated so quickly. Mr. Jan Peczkishttp://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3Q04XXGGED746?sort_by=MostRecentReview&x=6&y=6&display=publicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-77825664344729916272014-02-17T08:46:23.854-05:002014-02-17T08:46:23.854-05:00The media coverage of the Sochi Olympics is disgus...The media coverage of the Sochi Olympics is disgusting. It's nothing but criticism, including criticism of what one hotel offered for breakfast - shock horror, they had vegetables on the menu! - of the water, of the hotel infrastructure, fake pictures were posted all over the internet (as in, the pictures had not been taken in Sochi and had been around much earlier), additionally, pictures from Sochi construction sites were widely circulated as showing the current conditions at the Olympic Village... The opening ceremony was ridiculed for no apparent reason. Information about the actual sporting events is pretty much kept to a minimum, at least in the UK media. I am afraid to say the Polish media fully participated in this shameful propaganda until Poland won 4 gold medals and now it's all good. <br />Magdalena Paśnikowskahttp://www.zahoryzont.blog.onet.plnoreply@blogger.com