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Post by rhaegyr on Jul 25, 2024 10:13:12 GMT
Not one where he can be held up as a role model to young people which Olympians are.
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Post by Youthist on Jul 25, 2024 10:20:44 GMT
I do know I couldn’t stomach watching the cunt either live or on the television when he will be competing - but I bet there is huge interest due to ghoul factor of it all
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Post by Vandelay on Jul 25, 2024 10:37:01 GMT
To be clear, I don't think he is an acceptable role model for kids either. Seems like a pretty clear cut case that he is a cunt, but the Netherlands have obviously decided that they are happy for him to compete under their flag. I'm not sure whether IOC should be the ones making the moral judgement on who is an acceptable role model and who isn't.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jul 25, 2024 10:46:20 GMT
We should get FIFA to decide. The bastions of morality and all that is wholesome that they are.
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Post by Tomo on Jul 25, 2024 11:43:42 GMT
We should get FIFA to decide. The bastions of morality and all that is wholesome that they are. Surefire way to get a contract at a Ligue 1 club. |
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Post by Dougs on Jul 25, 2024 11:56:48 GMT
Good start. Discovery+ doesn't seem to work at all. I have a sub through EE (hangover from BT Sport). Rugby 7s isnt working on phone or tv app.
Ah now it's working.
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Post by muddyfunster on Jul 25, 2024 13:35:55 GMT
This Van Der Velde case does make me challenge my instincts. Serving 13 months (because the Dutch released him one month after he was repatriated) does not feel like long enough for what he did. It's not so much that offenders should never be allowed to return to their careers or compete at the games, it's more that it doesn't feel like he's been adequately punished in the first place. The judge in his sentencing specifically made reference to his actions costing him his sporting career and it clearly hasn't.
Equally I was recently praising the new Government for appointing Timpson to sort out our overcrowded prisons by prioritising reform over locking people up for years, and he specifically cited the Dutch as a good example where they try and reintegrate offenders quickly...
Obviously it's horrible for the victim to see this dragged up publicly again. Then again, he's being publicly shamed on an international scale which is a sort of punishment in itself. The Olympic publicity will mean he can never escape this now.
Yeah, no easy answers.
Only thing that I'm confident about is that Paula doesn't generally wish good luck to convicted nonces and just talked herself into a conversational cul-de-sac without thinking. I imagine she didn't sleep last night.
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Post by grey_matters on Jul 25, 2024 20:26:43 GMT
Gah! Had the beating of New Zealand and Fiji today in the 7s only to throw it away. Ah well, outside chance of a medal gone.
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Post by motti82 on Jul 25, 2024 20:50:59 GMT
Is Eurosport part of Discovery plus because there’s loads of coverage on there. Between Eurosport and BBC, you should get the main headliner sports. If you want to watch every possible event, you need Discovery+. If you've had BT Sports/TNT Sports subscription, your BT log in details will work on it. I have a YouView box, and I've got EuroSports 1 and 2, and they've opened up another 10 EuroSport channels recently. If you have Sky etc, they'll all be there in the higher up numbers (not Babestation levels though  ), or filter by Sport. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jul 26, 2024 8:36:36 GMT
At least no-one is reported hurt.
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Why are Celine Dion and Lady Gaga (rumored to be) appearing at the Paris Olympics? Do they have any connection to Paris or France? Seems an odd choice.
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Post by askew on Jul 26, 2024 8:38:18 GMT
No Russian to fix it.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jul 26, 2024 8:42:53 GMT
I think they're putin off the repairs until the weekend.
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Post by Vandelay on Jul 26, 2024 8:45:58 GMT
Don't know about Lady Gaga, but Celine Dion is known for singing in French (I thought she might have represented France in a Eurovision, but that was just a French language song for Switzerland).
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Post by hicksy on Jul 26, 2024 8:56:20 GMT
Will be interesting who admits/is found out regarding the train lines arson attacks. The french do seem to love burning shit up/rioting/violent demonstrations... Vive la révolution and all that...
Pretty sure Billy Joel wasn't involved!
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Post by Vandelay on Jul 26, 2024 9:05:08 GMT
I don't know, Billy Joel's continual denial is getting suspicious.
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Post by muddyfunster on Jul 26, 2024 10:15:35 GMT
Celine Dion is French Canadian from Québec. Lady Gaga... no idea.
Just looked up most successful French pop artists. Many of the ones I'd heard of are dead. You'd think Daft Punk might have been persuaded to do a one off (surely they will feature), but otherwise I can see why they are trying to claim Dion.
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Post by LegendaryApe on Jul 26, 2024 10:22:34 GMT
Will be interesting who admits/is found out regarding the train lines arson attacks. The french do seem to love burning shit up/rioting/violent demonstrations... Vive la révolution and all that...
Pretty sure Billy Joel wasn't involved!
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jul 26, 2024 11:31:23 GMT
I just got back from Paris. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw a bit of light rioting. Fucking Nostradamus over here, predicting the French would start setting stuff on fire |
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Post by cubby on Jul 26, 2024 11:40:50 GMT
Are they trying to light the torch?
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Post by Dougs on Jul 26, 2024 11:43:45 GMT
The French are revolting etc.
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Post by Whizzo on Jul 26, 2024 11:46:03 GMT
You do have to wonder how much a certain Eastern European country could be "helping" with the problems that are cropping up for the Olympics but that's a subject for a different sub-forum really.
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Post by sport✅ on Jul 26, 2024 12:17:16 GMT
You do have to wonder how much a certain Eastern European country could be "helping" with the problems that are cropping up for the Olympics but that's a subject for a different sub-forum really. I'd bank my previous gold medals on it. |
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Post by hicksy on Jul 26, 2024 14:27:10 GMT
Good job Snow Patrol weren’t booked as an opening act!
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Post by Lukus on Jul 26, 2024 15:07:14 GMT
It's some farmer annoyed at the cost of baguettes
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Post by hicksy on Jul 26, 2024 15:10:55 GMT
Should have voted for Monsieur Compter Binface.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jul 26, 2024 15:20:01 GMT
Good job Snow Patrol weren’t booked as an opening act! Light up, Light up… I think I've figured out that user Hicksy is a bot that has been programmed with the consciousness of Tim Vine. |
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Post by Syrette on Jul 26, 2024 15:50:35 GMT
Good to see that famous Frenchman, Snoop Dogg, carrying the torch.
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Post by dfunked on Jul 26, 2024 16:03:33 GMT
French braids. Duh!
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jul 26, 2024 16:03:38 GMT
He is le shizzle, non?
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Post by hicksy on Jul 26, 2024 17:17:22 GMT
Good to see that famous Frenchman, Snoop Dogg, carrying the torch. I'm just impressed he's not yet tried to smoke it. |
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