smithinjapan said...

smithinjapan at 12:29 AM JST - 23rd August

USNinJapan: Again, Pukey, or anyone else's, country of origin should not matter in regards to their comments. The only reason why people want to know is so the banned people of yester-year, like Pasqi, can try to argue against them based on where they are from. You yourself say, "...your…

Posted in IOC asks for investigation of China's gymnasts at 12:29 AM JST - 23rd August
smithinjapan at 12:26 AM JST - 23rd August

Pukey: not bashing you at all; in fact, I was defending you to an extent (especially about it not mattering where you are from in regards to your arguments). I agree with you as well, to an extent. Most people bitter about and insisting it's the overall medal tally and…

Posted in IOC asks for investigation of China's gymnasts at 12:26 AM JST - 23rd August
smithinjapan at 12:09 AM JST - 23rd August

USNinJapan2: Didn't notice you were responding as such, and so apologize for any harsh criticism. Anyway, as to Pukey's country's 'medal count' and you loving to know what it is, why does that matter? Wouldn't knowing his country's medal count make his argument less objective? Isn't that what we're striving…

Posted in IOC asks for investigation of China's gymnasts at 12:09 AM JST - 23rd August
smithinjapan at 11:12 PM JST - 22nd August

Dukes: "You've probably all got lots of years on Ai-chan yet have only achieved a fraction of what she's done in her short life. She did her best and unfortunately fell short. So what?"

Oh, stop! You're going to make me cry. We've probably only achieved a fraction of what…

Posted in Fukuhara outclassed by world No. 1 Zhang in table tennis at 11:12 PM JST - 22nd August
smithinjapan at 11:04 PM JST - 22nd August

USNinjapan: "Guess you can snipe all you want at other countries when yours isn't a medal contender?"

Actually, your comment, meant to be derisory, is 100% on the mark. You see, when your country is not in contention, you are free from bias, from subjectivity, and from unfairness (unless you're…

Posted in IOC asks for investigation of China's gymnasts at 11:04 PM JST - 22nd August
smithinjapan at 10:51 PM JST - 22nd August

Pathat: "But I cannot help but think that the Japanese media is doing this misleading story binge to draw attention away from the facts. The facts show that Japan is having a poor Olympics itself in relation to Athens. In 2004, Japan won 37 medals, including 16 golds. Right now,…

Posted in South Koreans reach gold-medal game at 10:51 PM JST - 22nd August
smithinjapan at 10:46 PM JST - 22nd August

Outhouse: "The reason why Matsuzaka, Godzilla, Ichiro were not allwed to play is because if US gave their best MLB players most of the Americans would be caught with steroids."

Ummm... so you're fully admitting that the Japanese players you mention above are drug users.

"Why did you come to…

Posted in South Koreans reach gold-medal game at 10:46 PM JST - 22nd August
smithinjapan at 10:24 PM JST - 22nd August

Hehehe... sorry, but I was cheering for Korea 100%!! When Japan was winning, it was all over the media, and I could check the score on my keitai IMMEDIALY upon hitting the built-in Yahoo.jp button. Then, suddenly, it was gone.... had to click on sports, then baseball, then yahoo sports…

Posted in South Koreans reach gold-medal game at 10:24 PM JST - 22nd August
smithinjapan at 01:11 PM JST - 22nd August

As to the loss against the Japan team, well, congrats to Japan. I still utterly disagree with the softball/baseball rules where a team that has lost once or more than once can still beat a team with zero losses to win the gold, but I guess if that's what Japan…

Posted in US softball team loses gold to Japan at 01:11 PM JST - 22nd August
smithinjapan at 01:08 PM JST - 22nd August

Boobug: I agree with you wholeheartedly on one point -- no one should be disparaging the US in terms of their acheivements, for they have been excellent and unsurpassed in many respects. HOWEVER, to say that the overall number of medals matters more than the colour, when it's close, is…

Posted in US softball team loses gold to Japan at 01:08 PM JST - 22nd August