Its the Americans, not our Olympians, but out fans, journalists, spectators, if you will. I get it, Russia has not been the most hospitable place to land your head or quench you thirst this Olympics. But, lordy, quit complaining.
1. You are at the Olympics, I don't care that you are not going to hurl your way to a Gold medal in the bobsled, you travelled half way around the globe and get to see history! Take it in, quit tweeting, instagramming and #ing how awful it is. I would give anything to be there, to take in one millisecond of it.
2. This is a country people, where millions live. Everyday. Do something. Lobby, speak out, help them. But know how far this country has come. Yeah, they are not as blessed as we are here in the homeland, but why make fun of their lives? They lived for years under the iron curtain of intense communism for heaven's sake! Applaud their work on the magnificent arenas, gorgeous terrain and rich culture. Have we seen anything horrible happen? Has anyone been mean to you? I know Russia may not share the same ideals as we do here in America, but come on people, just stop complaining!
Rejoice! Celebrate! Cheer! Praise God you get to see something that few ever will.
Yes yes yes! It's infuriating and takes away from the good! The whole point of the Olympics is to put the bad away for 2 weeks and unite. It's the only way for forward progress!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you! As long as the athlete's have what they need then I don't really care about the conditions.
ReplyDeleteYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY OLYMPICS!
This is the first piece I have read yet about the Olympics that I am like finally!!!! Seriously all people do is judge and complain! Don't they have anything positive to say?? Thank you for this post! I have been loving the figure skating btw! :-)
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I'm with you, girl. People need to stop complaining. You're at the Olympics. Deal!
ReplyDeleteI agree 100% with everything you said! You should tweet this post to all the haters out there!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. I feel so bad that we are acting like spoiled brats when at the end of the day when everyone goes home, the Russians have to still live in poor conditions. I am enjoying watching them though. I love it!
ReplyDeleteThe Russians have done their best and worked hard to prepare for this, and I feel like it's the epitome of bad manners to react as negatively as we as a country have! Our media doesn't help either by always highlighting the negatives!
ReplyDeleteSO TRUE. Love your thoughts on this!
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