I really wanted to boycott the Olympics but in the end I watched
It sucks because for me I love the winter Olympics much more than the summer. Ever since Eric Heiden won those 5 gold medals at Lake Placid I was hooked.
As much as I wanted a full-out boycott of the Olympics I knew how devastating that can be to the Athletes who train hard and prefer not to be pawns in these things. It was disappointing to have the 1980 Summer Olympics boycotted and I would hate to see that again.
I will say that I have enjoyed these Olympics more because instead of watching NBC Primetime - where they only showcase the US athletes and a few of the key events that instead I watch it on the website where they show all of the athletes. Yesterday I enjoyed watching the Ski Jumping team event, something that would never get prime time coverage since the US sucks at Ski Jumping and the Ice Dancing.
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Canada fell to third seed because the Finns took them to OT the other day. Which means we would have to play them in a semifinal game. 
And after they stunk up the joint in Vancouver.
In fact, I saw some of the USA's domination of Sweden in women's hockey yesterday. It's an interesting take on the sport. No body checking is allowed, which leads to lots of skating, passing, and shooting, especially by the Americans, who finished with an outrageous 70 shots on goal. In fact, Sweden pulled their goalie in the second period even though she was playing well, just because she got tired facing all those shots!
Nice to see you on DU.
And it was the Swedes who had trouble staying out of the sin bin the other day. 
