Comments on: 2008 Olympic Medals – Will China Take The Gold? http://www.thechinaexpat.com/2008-olympic-medals-will-china-take-the-gold/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: sarah http://www.thechinaexpat.com/2008-olympic-medals-will-china-take-the-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-2923 sarah Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:49:52 +0000 http://www.thechinaexpat.com/2008-olympic-medals-will-china-take-the-gold/#comment-2923 Why is each country not given a total score by allocating a point value to each medal? Gold = 3 Silver = 2 Bronze = 1 This would settle things would it not? Anyway, my prediction is that things will end up the way they are now... USA will lead in total medals and China will lead in golds. Good for China I say, they deserve it. Why is each country not given a total score by allocating a point value to each medal?

Gold = 3
Silver = 2
Bronze = 1

This would settle things would it not? Anyway, my prediction is that things will end up the way they are now… USA will lead in total medals and China will lead in golds. Good for China I say, they deserve it.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.thechinaexpat.com/2008-olympic-medals-will-china-take-the-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-2922 Jeremy Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:46:15 +0000 http://www.thechinaexpat.com/2008-olympic-medals-will-china-take-the-gold/#comment-2922 @JH - But China's rise in the rankings come as it becomes a freer country - sure, there is no lack to state funded sport schools, but this happens everywhere, including America where much of the state funding for education ends up in athletic programs. It's just a question of degree. That's a funny comment about the 'handmade crafts' - a lot of the ones I saw while traveling in Germany were made in China. @Rhys - Don't mind a relevant plug, and that's a funny post though your comment here is misleadingly serious :) Your site is blocked, though, so I can't leave a real comment. @JH – But China’s rise in the rankings come as it becomes a freer country – sure, there is no lack to state funded sport schools, but this happens everywhere, including America where much of the state funding for education ends up in athletic programs.

It’s just a question of degree.

That’s a funny comment about the ‘handmade crafts’ – a lot of the ones I saw while traveling in Germany were made in China.

@Rhys – Don’t mind a relevant plug, and that’s a funny post though your comment here is misleadingly serious :) Your site is blocked, though, so I can’t leave a real comment.

]]> By: Rhys http://www.thechinaexpat.com/2008-olympic-medals-will-china-take-the-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-2925 Rhys Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:31:23 +0000 http://www.thechinaexpat.com/2008-olympic-medals-will-china-take-the-gold/#comment-2925 I don't know who is going to win, but I know the use of the colour red gives the Chinese team a statistical advantage and should therefor be considered cheating. I posted an article arguing this point on my own blog. (Sorry for plug) I don’t know who is going to win, but I know the use of the colour red gives the Chinese team a statistical advantage and should therefor be considered cheating. I posted an article arguing this point on my own blog. (Sorry for plug)

]]> By: Jaded Horse http://www.thechinaexpat.com/2008-olympic-medals-will-china-take-the-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-2924 Jaded Horse Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:24:33 +0000 http://www.thechinaexpat.com/2008-olympic-medals-will-china-take-the-gold/#comment-2924 The question is not measured in gold medal counts, but in the successful management of public perception. For me the Olympics has always been a tribute to individual achievement. Making it a state enterprise only trivializes and debases it. Like factories churning out copies of handmade crafts. What's the point of traveling & buying souvenirs that were made in China? Culture without meaning. I question this path. Were the pyramids worth the human cost? I doubt it. But there are those who condescend to do that math, in tribute to something that doesn't even really exist. Sorry, but this consumer doesn't buy it. The question is not measured in gold medal counts, but in the successful management of public perception.

For me the Olympics has always been a tribute to individual achievement.

Making it a state enterprise only trivializes and debases it. Like factories churning out copies of handmade crafts. What’s the point of traveling & buying souvenirs that were made in China? Culture without meaning. I question this path.

Were the pyramids worth the human cost? I doubt it. But there are those who condescend to do that math, in tribute to something that doesn’t even really exist.

Sorry, but this consumer doesn’t buy it.

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