</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (XV2PS @ July 24 2004,21:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> I heard the Germans and the French have been spitting on him[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
C'mon, this is kind of things you pay attention at or is it kind of thing you like to hear?
No, those aren't the kinds of things I like to hear. But, yes, given our relationships with those particular allies of ours over the past year and a half, and given that the French started berating Lance well before that time frame, my ears are a bit sensitive to such reports right now
It might be true, it might be false. Knowing how much human being is full of $#!tty people, it does not surprise me. It would also not surprise me a german or french would get spitted on if this would be in the US and he would be the leader. This is not a matter of culture or politics, it is just a matter that not everyone enjoy his live.
Sport is to unify not to divide. Keep that in mind.
I admire Lance Armstrong, who also went through a cancer experience.
I even admire more Daddy that got a double heard bypass, a serious cancer, severe back spine surgery and still rides his bike and many of the newbees cannot follow him. I love you Dad.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
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"C'mon, this is kind of things you pay attention at or is it kind of thing you like to hear?"
No, those aren't the kinds of things I like to hear. But, yes, given our relationships with those particular allies of ours over the past year and a half, and given that the French started berating Lance well before that time frame, my ears are a bit sensitive to such reports right now. Hearing them doesn't surprise me.
"It might be true, it might be false. Knowing how much human being is full of $#!tty people, it does not surprise me. It would also not surprise me a german or french would get spitted on if this would be in the US and he would be the leader. This is not a matter of culture or politics, it is just a matter that not everyone enjoy his live."
I think I've been in enough countries, including France and Germany, to know that there are all kinds of people. I have always found Germans to be very gracious anywhere I encountered them. The French, on the other hand, have been far less so, especially in Paris. But I have never seen foreign visitors from those countires spat upon within this country. I certainly hope that was not done to you when you visited here.
"Sport is to unify not to divide. Keep that in mind."
That's the idea of sportsmanship, however, given that there are sports riots the world over, particularly in regard to soccer and rugby, I don't think I'm the one who needs to keep that in mind. Neither is the U.S. immune to the phenomenon, as NBA, NFL, and NCAA championship cities and colleges know too well.
I live in a Big 10 Conference city, the home of Ohio State University, my alma mater. Our big rivalry is with the state north of Ohio, Michigan. The roots of the rivalry actually trace back to a centuries old territorial dispute between the two states. Now we face off every year with the last football game of the season. And every year, win or lose, our local police have to intervene in rampant vandalism, arson, and other stupidity regardless who wins or loses the big game. Also, when the home team travels to the other school for the game, there is treatment similar to that visited upon Lance. And there have been reports of the same thing when the other school visits. There are more than enough idiots on both sides to make police intervention necessary.
"I admire Lance Armstrong, who also went through a cancer experience."
--which makes his victories the sweeter for his countrymen.
So we thump our chests on his behalf--way to go, Lance!
"I even admire more Daddy that got a double heard bypass, a serious cancer, severe back spine surgery and still rides his bike and many of the newbees cannot follow him. I love you Dad."
Sounds like your dad is a champion and hero in his own right.
Cherish him while you have him. Parents become ancestors much too soon.